Yeah, I was in exactly the same boat when I ordered my mango tenor. I was like, "eh, I need a tenor with a pickup, it's going to be for amplified performance with a loud band anyway and I don't play tenor that often, it probably won't live up to the hype but it will be good enough." It gets as much play time as my KoAloha concert.
I think part of that assembly and setup process Mike does up in Indiana is rub crack into the fetboard or something. That's the only explanation I can come up with because I don't even like the rope binding! LOL
John
With my Mainland, I'm letting the chips fall as they may. I'm tired of keeping my favorite ukes in hard-to-get-at-cases all winter, from October to May pretty much. I wanted one that I would really enjoy playing, and I wanted to leave it out. That should have meant a laminate, but since I do try to keep the living room humidified (it just doesn't work so well, but the uke is closer to the humidifier - not too close though) though. So far, so good. We'll see. I know if it goes bad, it's my own dang fault.
. The uke shipped out today and I'm crossing my finger's I'll get it before the weekend...
I live in OR where it's pretty humid most of the time (weather here is like Seattle...) so would I still need a humidifier? And yeah, I didn't get a case from Mainland, but I will def go pick up a decent case
