Marcy325
Active member
So I bought a Mainland mahogany concert a few months ago as a
50th birthday treat for myself. I had read reviews and watched plenty videos, I liked the sound, even when played by people who weren't all that great. I'm wondering why I was disappointed with it and sold it a couple months later, when so many people really love their Mainlands?
I know that loving the sound of a particular uke is very subjective, but I felt that it was a little too dull sounding. I don't think it was the set-up as I ordered it direct from Mainland and I assume (maybe mistakenly) that it was set-up well. Maybe I had been used to the sound that my tenors made, and my spruce top is especially loud and bright, with no dullness? Maybe I was taken in by the (to me) beautiful look of Mainlands even before I bought my first starter uke? So, anyway, a guy on ebay got a good price for a nearly new Mainland, and I went back to my trusty KALA brand and got a solid mahogony concert that's deep sounding and loud and not dull. I'm wondering if anyone else had high expections for Mainlands but they didn't work out for you?
50th birthday treat for myself. I had read reviews and watched plenty videos, I liked the sound, even when played by people who weren't all that great. I'm wondering why I was disappointed with it and sold it a couple months later, when so many people really love their Mainlands?
I know that loving the sound of a particular uke is very subjective, but I felt that it was a little too dull sounding. I don't think it was the set-up as I ordered it direct from Mainland and I assume (maybe mistakenly) that it was set-up well. Maybe I had been used to the sound that my tenors made, and my spruce top is especially loud and bright, with no dullness? Maybe I was taken in by the (to me) beautiful look of Mainlands even before I bought my first starter uke? So, anyway, a guy on ebay got a good price for a nearly new Mainland, and I went back to my trusty KALA brand and got a solid mahogony concert that's deep sounding and loud and not dull. I'm wondering if anyone else had high expections for Mainlands but they didn't work out for you?