wilsons85283
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I have recently moved up from Concert to Tenor and want to know what you think about the idea of either having an instrument of every size or keeping only instruments that you will actually play.
I currently own:
Soprano - Ko’Aloha,
Concert - Kamaka,
Tenors – Lanikai CK-TEQ Tenor Curly Koa Acoustic Electric
Collins UT2 (Koa).
After deciding to move up to a tenor, I got the Collings and the Lanikai (I had the strings lowered to match the Collings, re-humidified it and put Worth Brown strings on it, sounds great!) Since getting the tenors, I have been playing them exclusively.
When I was getting the Collings, I also tried some Kamaka & Kanile’a. I loved the Kanile’a, but decided the one I liked was more than I wanted to spend and I loved the Collings. It just felt fun to play, had an incredibly resonate sound and made me smile. One of the big negatives for me with the Kamaka, was that I have started paying higher up the neck much more often and the Kamaka has very few markers on the side. I found them harder to play standing up. Also the sound of those particular Kamakas didn’t grab me.
Before the tenors arrived, I had been playing my Kamaka a lot and loved it. Since getting my Collings I am not playing any of the smaller instruments and am considering trading in my Ko’Aloha & Kamaka towards another nice Tenor (probably a Kanile’a). I originally had thought it would be nice to have one of each size, but I am having second thoughts. What do you recommend I do?
I currently own:
Soprano - Ko’Aloha,
Concert - Kamaka,
Tenors – Lanikai CK-TEQ Tenor Curly Koa Acoustic Electric
Collins UT2 (Koa).
After deciding to move up to a tenor, I got the Collings and the Lanikai (I had the strings lowered to match the Collings, re-humidified it and put Worth Brown strings on it, sounds great!) Since getting the tenors, I have been playing them exclusively.
When I was getting the Collings, I also tried some Kamaka & Kanile’a. I loved the Kanile’a, but decided the one I liked was more than I wanted to spend and I loved the Collings. It just felt fun to play, had an incredibly resonate sound and made me smile. One of the big negatives for me with the Kamaka, was that I have started paying higher up the neck much more often and the Kamaka has very few markers on the side. I found them harder to play standing up. Also the sound of those particular Kamakas didn’t grab me.
Before the tenors arrived, I had been playing my Kamaka a lot and loved it. Since getting my Collings I am not playing any of the smaller instruments and am considering trading in my Ko’Aloha & Kamaka towards another nice Tenor (probably a Kanile’a). I originally had thought it would be nice to have one of each size, but I am having second thoughts. What do you recommend I do?