kissing
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I'm just a little curious about something.
There are a lot of ukes out there lately that come with the Shadow active pickup. The ukes themselves are highly variable, ranging from archtops to all solids, etc etc.
But would these different ukes sound pretty much the same through an amp or a mixer/PA system?
For instance, the Kala Archtop is marketed as a "Jazz Uke".
Is the sound actually particularly jazzy when played amplified? Or would it sound the same as any other Tenor uke with the same Shadow pickup?
Furthermore, would a Soprano uke with the same pickup as a Tenor uke sound much different when amplified? I take it that undersaddle pickups don't really depend on the size of the body, but mostly on the strings...
I have a Risa uke-solid Soprano, which is basically an electric uke (non-acoustic) with a passive Shadow pickup.
Would an acoustic uke with the same passive Shadow pickup sound the same as far as electronic sound goes?
There are a lot of ukes out there lately that come with the Shadow active pickup. The ukes themselves are highly variable, ranging from archtops to all solids, etc etc.
But would these different ukes sound pretty much the same through an amp or a mixer/PA system?
For instance, the Kala Archtop is marketed as a "Jazz Uke".
Is the sound actually particularly jazzy when played amplified? Or would it sound the same as any other Tenor uke with the same Shadow pickup?
Furthermore, would a Soprano uke with the same pickup as a Tenor uke sound much different when amplified? I take it that undersaddle pickups don't really depend on the size of the body, but mostly on the strings...
I have a Risa uke-solid Soprano, which is basically an electric uke (non-acoustic) with a passive Shadow pickup.
Would an acoustic uke with the same passive Shadow pickup sound the same as far as electronic sound goes?