garyg
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Here's a video I made comparing some new vintage ukes in my latest backslide of UAS www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8QzQkbTH3M Made with a Flip HD with small mics, so the sound quality isn't perfect. In real life, the ukes sound different, but as this video shows, they sound more alike than different. Some of the lack of difference is probably because I didn't stand in the exact same spot for each uke. These mahogany Favilla teardrops are one of the true secrets of the vintage uke world. They are very uncommon but well worth searching out. Sorry for letting the cat out of the bag. Also this video demonstrates once again that a vintage Martin with lots of cracks that are properly glued and cleated, can still sound great. The luthier that I bought the 1K from mentioned that he actually thought that there was a correlation between cracks and sound quality in vintage Martins because the thinner wood produces better sound but also is more prone to cracking. That doesn't mean that there aren't poor sounding ukes with cracks and of course the key is having an expert luthier do the repairs. cheers, g2