Update To Strum Tests

SweetWaterBlue said:

Excellent collection of strums Thom.

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pdxuke said:

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Updated sound strum tests due to the nagging of my fellow ukers on this forum:

Left to right quick pics:

CK25--solid player; SK35G--love this one; SK35, my "go-to"; new TK35G, lovely.

http://soundcloud.com/pdxuke/sets/uke-sound-tests-1/

Enjoy.

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Eric Blooduke said:

Guilty as charged. Great to hear the Ohana's with the Martin strings. If you had to pick one, would you select SK35 or 38?

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pdxuke said:

SK35. Don't get me wrong, the SK38 is very nice, but the difference in sound, while there, is slight. Both are superb. You would be happy with either.

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Eric Blooduke said:

Thanx. I do like the "Martin" mahogany sound and I hadn't realised the SK35 was so close to the 38 in sound :cheers:

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SweetWaterBlue said:

It is interesting that some draw a different conclusion on this. When I did my sound sample comparison of Ken Middleton's playing on the SK-35 and SK-38, there seemed to be a lot of difference in sound, but Ken was playing different songs. I also know Ken commented the sound was quite different.

When I did my own comparison and posted it on YT, I didn't detect as much difference, although there is clearly some, and since the SK-38 only has 12 frets, it invites harder strumming, and the notes seem more distinct on finger picking. In Thom's strumming tests, I don't detect as much difference either.

The SK-38 looks cooler right out of the box, if you like that classic Martin look. It will probably take 10-20 years for my SK-35G to acquire that dark brown patina.

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