Hello awesome UU forum people! First post here
I'm in the market for a new Kanilea; I've been wanting to get my hands on one since I started playing the uke, but I have hit a roadblock.
My first uke is a Pono Acacia Concert, and my second is the Pono Ebony Tenor. Now that I've tried both sizes, I can comfortably say that my small hands are better suited to a concert. It's not that I can't play a tenor, but I find that I have much better control with the concert and I can reach those stretchy chords much better.
The problem is that I really much prefer the sound of the tenor. I love the deeper bass notes and the generally richer and more complex melodies that the tenor produces. From my experience Concerts are punchier and brighter, and as I primarily favor fingerstyle over strumming, the tenor sound would suit me a lot more I think.
I would really appreciate anyone's advice on this. I'm not sure how much more my fingers can learn to stretch, and I'm not sure which I should sacrifice: sound or playability. There is no where I can get my hands on a kanilea to try either model where I live, so I'm relying on second-hand experience, vids and reviews.
Thank you in advance! Aloha!
I'm in the market for a new Kanilea; I've been wanting to get my hands on one since I started playing the uke, but I have hit a roadblock.
My first uke is a Pono Acacia Concert, and my second is the Pono Ebony Tenor. Now that I've tried both sizes, I can comfortably say that my small hands are better suited to a concert. It's not that I can't play a tenor, but I find that I have much better control with the concert and I can reach those stretchy chords much better.
The problem is that I really much prefer the sound of the tenor. I love the deeper bass notes and the generally richer and more complex melodies that the tenor produces. From my experience Concerts are punchier and brighter, and as I primarily favor fingerstyle over strumming, the tenor sound would suit me a lot more I think.
I would really appreciate anyone's advice on this. I'm not sure how much more my fingers can learn to stretch, and I'm not sure which I should sacrifice: sound or playability. There is no where I can get my hands on a kanilea to try either model where I live, so I'm relying on second-hand experience, vids and reviews.
Thank you in advance! Aloha!