Is there such a thing as a dead ukulele?
I bought a solid mahogany baritone from VietNam. It has very poor volume and sounds muddy & dull. I have tried strings from Southcoast, D'Addario fluoro, Martin fluoro, Mya-Moe fluoro & tunings to D linear, A linear, and B flat linear. All combos have been muddy & dull.
It is like night & day when compared to my Kala spruce top bari. The Kala is resonant, loud, & beautiful to hear. It is everything that the VietNam bari is not. I'm taking the VN to a luthier tomorrow to see if he can resurrect the dead. If he cannot, the VN uke is built solid enough to use as a self-defense weapon. Who knows? It might save my life some day.
Has anyone here ever encountered a dead uke? Any ideas as to possible reasons why this uke is like this? Any ideas for fixing it?
I bought a solid mahogany baritone from VietNam. It has very poor volume and sounds muddy & dull. I have tried strings from Southcoast, D'Addario fluoro, Martin fluoro, Mya-Moe fluoro & tunings to D linear, A linear, and B flat linear. All combos have been muddy & dull.
It is like night & day when compared to my Kala spruce top bari. The Kala is resonant, loud, & beautiful to hear. It is everything that the VietNam bari is not. I'm taking the VN to a luthier tomorrow to see if he can resurrect the dead. If he cannot, the VN uke is built solid enough to use as a self-defense weapon. Who knows? It might save my life some day.
Has anyone here ever encountered a dead uke? Any ideas as to possible reasons why this uke is like this? Any ideas for fixing it?