DaveY
Well-known member
So does it make sense, for someone who plugs in regularly, to use a laminate ukulele with a good quality pickup (and amp, or sometimes someone else's P.A.)? I'm asking because I already do this with an Islander MT with a Pono passive, and I'm thinking of buying an Islander Flame Maple tenor (also laminate) and a Baggs 5.0.
(I'm not going spend the money right now on a really nice solid body uke, and my daughter and I could use another laminate for travel / performing.)
A related question (probably addressed in some past threads) is how much the amplified sound varies between a solid body uke and a laminate (as well as by the type of wood, build, etc.) when using the same pickup and amp, but that's not my main question.
The Baggs pickup would be about 80% of the cost of the instrument . . . which would make sense (to me) if the pickup is the main factor in the amplified sound. (I'm choosing the Baggs because it sounds the best to me on an HMS comparison video, and also to have an active pickup in my arsenal.)
Thanks . . .
(I'm not going spend the money right now on a really nice solid body uke, and my daughter and I could use another laminate for travel / performing.)
A related question (probably addressed in some past threads) is how much the amplified sound varies between a solid body uke and a laminate (as well as by the type of wood, build, etc.) when using the same pickup and amp, but that's not my main question.
The Baggs pickup would be about 80% of the cost of the instrument . . . which would make sense (to me) if the pickup is the main factor in the amplified sound. (I'm choosing the Baggs because it sounds the best to me on an HMS comparison video, and also to have an active pickup in my arsenal.)
Thanks . . .