Bagaag
Active member
I recently began the painful but exciting year long wait for a Mya Moe tenor. Right now I'm really stuck on wood selection and wondering if anyone here can weigh in.
Currently I play two mahogany ukes - a Pono concert and a Mainland tenor. I've only played one Koa instrument (a Martin 2k) in a store once, and I really liked the sound. I play finger style, mostly traditional and classical, and enjoy a clear bell-like tone.
I've narrowed it down to these three options:
- all Koa: it's traditional, a popular choice at Mya Moe, and I've played a Koa uke that I really liked. It's all the way on the "warm" side of the warm/bright scale Mya Moe uses to rate tone woods.
- all Myrtle: it's what Gordon from Mya Moe supposedly prefers and even more popular than Koa among Mya Moe orders; it's sustainable, right in the middle of the warm/bright scale. Supposedly a nicely balanced tone and youtube videos (as lousy audio quality as that is) do sound great.
- cherry back/sides and port orford cedar top: really beautiful, also right in the middle of the warm/bright scale. Aaron from Mya Moe said in a video it's the best option to achieve the widest range of tones from the instrument.
Obviously all this is enormously subjective, but anyone have any thoughts, opinions, experiences to share?
Currently I play two mahogany ukes - a Pono concert and a Mainland tenor. I've only played one Koa instrument (a Martin 2k) in a store once, and I really liked the sound. I play finger style, mostly traditional and classical, and enjoy a clear bell-like tone.
I've narrowed it down to these three options:
- all Koa: it's traditional, a popular choice at Mya Moe, and I've played a Koa uke that I really liked. It's all the way on the "warm" side of the warm/bright scale Mya Moe uses to rate tone woods.
- all Myrtle: it's what Gordon from Mya Moe supposedly prefers and even more popular than Koa among Mya Moe orders; it's sustainable, right in the middle of the warm/bright scale. Supposedly a nicely balanced tone and youtube videos (as lousy audio quality as that is) do sound great.
- cherry back/sides and port orford cedar top: really beautiful, also right in the middle of the warm/bright scale. Aaron from Mya Moe said in a video it's the best option to achieve the widest range of tones from the instrument.
Obviously all this is enormously subjective, but anyone have any thoughts, opinions, experiences to share?