Hi,
I am looking around for a nice tenor at the moment. My eye is on the big Hawaiian makers, but recently I found a Japanese luthier with a basic model that was very nice as well...
Anyway, in one shop there was an Kanile'a basic tenor on sale, but with the "old" bracing, thus without the holes in the bracing under the soundhole. I suspect of course, that the new bracing was done to make it even more resonant, loud, and clear. But how do the sounds of this "old" and "new" bracing compare? Would getting the old version be worth the price difference of, say, $200 in favor of the old version?
Edit: ah, apparently I am talking about the "ukulele TRU bracing"...
I am pretty sure this is just nitpicking as the old bracing model sounded very good and clear, just wondering if anyone can give some advice on this difference. In addition, could one construction be more sensitive to severely humid weather than another, or is that less of a problem (I will of course try to keep the case climate in balance)?
Hope this makes sense, any of you with a Kanile'a tenor or experience in playing one, please share your stories.
I am looking around for a nice tenor at the moment. My eye is on the big Hawaiian makers, but recently I found a Japanese luthier with a basic model that was very nice as well...
Anyway, in one shop there was an Kanile'a basic tenor on sale, but with the "old" bracing, thus without the holes in the bracing under the soundhole. I suspect of course, that the new bracing was done to make it even more resonant, loud, and clear. But how do the sounds of this "old" and "new" bracing compare? Would getting the old version be worth the price difference of, say, $200 in favor of the old version?
Edit: ah, apparently I am talking about the "ukulele TRU bracing"...
I am pretty sure this is just nitpicking as the old bracing model sounded very good and clear, just wondering if anyone can give some advice on this difference. In addition, could one construction be more sensitive to severely humid weather than another, or is that less of a problem (I will of course try to keep the case climate in balance)?
Hope this makes sense, any of you with a Kanile'a tenor or experience in playing one, please share your stories.
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