New (to me) Uke Day

Got the Mainland red cedar tenor that I bought from Glenn in the marketplace today. I was worried for a while because the estimated delivery was 3/16 and there had been no status update since it went through the receiving sort facility on 3/12 but, that's the USPS for ya!

Got here in great shape, sounds super. Not as bright as I'd half-feared a cedar top might be. Sounds very good with the strings that are on it (Worths CTs, I think). It is definitely a bit brighter than my Mainland mango tenor (with fluorocarbon homebrews that are kind of like a Worth CM set with an unwound low-g thrown in), but not objectionably so by any means.

Needed another uke, especially a tenor, like a hole in the head but at least now I can have one tuned low-G and one hi-G. The only problem is going to be deciding which way to set them up. The mango has a MiSi, so I suspect I'm probably going to leave it set up low-G even though I'd kind of like to do it the other way 'round since the mango has a little more traditional sound to it.

Maybe I'll put a MiSi in this cedar at some point...

No pictures, if you're that curious you can see the ones that Glenn posted in the marketplace.

John

congrats on the new uke!!

Congrats on the new Uke! Happy Uke Day!

cool, congratulations on the new ukulele!

Congratulations on the new (for you) ukulele! The marketing guys would say that your ukulele isn't "used," it's "experienced," And for a sold wood ukulele, there's truth to that, as it's probably had some time for the wood to open up.