SweetWaterBlue
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I got a chance to drop by Sam Ash this morning, and wanted to take a look at the ukes. They had a half dozen or so, including a few Oscar Schmidts, the infamous Martin SO, an Applause, but none of the Lanikais they have in their catalog.
Anyway, the acoustic room was empty (and quiet) when I went in, so I got a chance to actually hear myself play the ukes. Not having played before, I don't really have any fingernails to speak of, so my playing is pretty quiet anyway. After playing all of the ukes there, my peace was broken by a man coming in and picking up what I can only describe as an acoustic dreadnought guitar. He sat down an proceeded to destroy any prayer I had of hearing the ukes. If I didn't know better, I would have sworn he was amped. He sat down and didn't seem like he was going anywhere, so I finally gave up.
The thought did pop into my mind that if I had an amp and plug in there, I could have plugged the Oscar OU2E in and cranked her up, but it was an acoustic room after all! Sheesh! That little Oscar did seem well put together, had a nice tone, and the built in electronics had some appeal anyway. That solution seems to work for Buffett (Warren, not Jimmy) with his OU2E:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ovjjwyLPg
I had noticed a similar effect at GuitarCity when I tried to hear the ukes there to no avail in the after Thanksgiving mayhem.
So, how in the heck do you guys ever hear yourselves playing a uke when you aren't in a dead silent room? I know letting the fingernails grow will help.
Anyway, the acoustic room was empty (and quiet) when I went in, so I got a chance to actually hear myself play the ukes. Not having played before, I don't really have any fingernails to speak of, so my playing is pretty quiet anyway. After playing all of the ukes there, my peace was broken by a man coming in and picking up what I can only describe as an acoustic dreadnought guitar. He sat down an proceeded to destroy any prayer I had of hearing the ukes. If I didn't know better, I would have sworn he was amped. He sat down and didn't seem like he was going anywhere, so I finally gave up.
The thought did pop into my mind that if I had an amp and plug in there, I could have plugged the Oscar OU2E in and cranked her up, but it was an acoustic room after all! Sheesh! That little Oscar did seem well put together, had a nice tone, and the built in electronics had some appeal anyway. That solution seems to work for Buffett (Warren, not Jimmy) with his OU2E:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ovjjwyLPg
I had noticed a similar effect at GuitarCity when I tried to hear the ukes there to no avail in the after Thanksgiving mayhem.
So, how in the heck do you guys ever hear yourselves playing a uke when you aren't in a dead silent room? I know letting the fingernails grow will help.
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