Video comparison of wood vs. plastic Makalas

buddhuu said:

Thanks, Will. Nice comprehensive demo.

Going by the video, you can certainly hear the wood=bright / plastic=mellow thing, but the volume thing seems to come across the other way from how you heard it when you recorded that. On the video I thought the plastic sounded not just mellower but a fraction louder too.

There's only one thing for it. I'm going to have to find a store with plastic Makalas and try them out!

Good job. Hope your project goes well.

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RevWill said:

That is a weird but common phenomenon - how a uke can sound louder to the player and less loud to a listener.

I used to think that my Taylor acoustic lacked a bit in the bass register until I heard someone else play it.

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buddhuu said:

Thanks, Will. Nice comprehensive demo.

Going by the video, you can certainly hear the wood=bright / plastic=mellow thing, but the volume thing seems to come across the other way from how you heard it when you recorded that. On the video I thought the plastic sounded not just mellower but a fraction louder too.

There's only one thing for it. I'm going to have to find a store with plastic Makalas and try them out!

Good job. Hope your project goes well.

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RevWill said:

I just posted a vid of myself playing two Makala sopranos; one with wooden back and sides, one with the newer-design plastic.

If you're wondering how different they sound, check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tl9fgDk4Cs

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