Today was a great day for a drive through the light snow covered landscape of West to South Central Indiana and visit the "Mainland Uke" shop in Nashville, IN. I blame and thank you all here at UU as it was the discovery here that led me to the Mainland.
I will have to say that in all my years of guitar shopping and now the search for "the" Uke... I have never met anyone as patient, cordial, interesting and just an all around good guy as "Mike". I would have searched online in the most anal and consuming ways for the right Uke if I had not discovered Mainland was less than 90 minutes away from me. Mike was kind enough to have a few requested tenors ready for me and it did not take long to satisfy my tonal palate for mahogany over red cedar & rosewood.
Mike's "boss" was very kind and promptly changed the tuning key knobs from ebony to MOP. While I waited, I browsed and found every Uke was set up very nice and I found everything quite impressive. It was an unexpected treat to get my hands and ears around a Fluke, Vineyard and other varieties.
My visit was refreshing as Mike and I talked bees, prairie restoration, blue stem grasses, music of course and a bit of "Hoosier speak". In all my travels for guitars having collected them over the past 30 years.... not even my visits to Elderly were as pleasing as an hour or so with Mike.
A great day, a great deal, and a very good lunch recommendation Thanks Mike.... I am already thinking about the next one and the festival in June !
Doug
I will have to say that in all my years of guitar shopping and now the search for "the" Uke... I have never met anyone as patient, cordial, interesting and just an all around good guy as "Mike". I would have searched online in the most anal and consuming ways for the right Uke if I had not discovered Mainland was less than 90 minutes away from me. Mike was kind enough to have a few requested tenors ready for me and it did not take long to satisfy my tonal palate for mahogany over red cedar & rosewood.
Mike's "boss" was very kind and promptly changed the tuning key knobs from ebony to MOP. While I waited, I browsed and found every Uke was set up very nice and I found everything quite impressive. It was an unexpected treat to get my hands and ears around a Fluke, Vineyard and other varieties.
My visit was refreshing as Mike and I talked bees, prairie restoration, blue stem grasses, music of course and a bit of "Hoosier speak". In all my travels for guitars having collected them over the past 30 years.... not even my visits to Elderly were as pleasing as an hour or so with Mike.
A great day, a great deal, and a very good lunch recommendation Thanks Mike.... I am already thinking about the next one and the festival in June !
Doug