Paul December
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Recently I've seen people letting go of their bamboo ukes...
...what's the verdict, is bamboo a good building material?
...what's the verdict, is bamboo a good building material?
It is not a good building material, it is a really great building material. It has a fantastic weight to strength ratio. it is fabulous for building houses, flooring, fences, chopsticks ... In my opinion it is not great for ukuleles though. Ukuleles made from wood have a fuller, richer sound. Bamboo is a grass.
Ken, thank you for your insight into this. I have wondered about it for a while, but I never considered the "grass" aspect of it. I wondered whether the fibres running end-to-end transmitted vibration like they do in a flyrod and whether that would make a difference as well. Perhaps vibration dies at the seams.
Ukuleles made from wood have a fuller, richer sound. Bamboo is a grass.