Bought a very nice tenor that I want to give to my better half on her birthday. It has a solid spruce top and rosewood sides and back. I have only had it for a day so the strings are still settling.
I compare every uke I buy to my Curly Koa and I must say this is a nice sounding instrument. However I can’t seem to put my 'finger' on the sound characteristics or timbre of the spruce top . I guess I need more time with it.
It sounds very clean and with a sustain that goes on forever, but maybe lacking some of the complex harmonics that my Koa has.
The sound appears to be 'tight'. That is the only way I can describe it really. Like it needs to open up somehow. Strings are Aquila nylgut.
Anyone with spruce tops like to comment?
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Bill
I compare every uke I buy to my Curly Koa and I must say this is a nice sounding instrument. However I can’t seem to put my 'finger' on the sound characteristics or timbre of the spruce top . I guess I need more time with it.
It sounds very clean and with a sustain that goes on forever, but maybe lacking some of the complex harmonics that my Koa has.
The sound appears to be 'tight'. That is the only way I can describe it really. Like it needs to open up somehow. Strings are Aquila nylgut.
Anyone with spruce tops like to comment?
Photos attached
Bill