fabioponta
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After having spent 4 years of buying ukuleles and have played more than 80 of them, of various top and cheap brands, models and sizes, I created my (own) 10 commandments/rules about ukuleles:
1. The construction and shape of an ukulele determines how its sound more than the wood used.
2. Exist koas and Koas, mahoganys and Mahoganys, etc., as different as different types of wood, and some Koas and Mahoganys and etc... are much better than others to give timbre, if they are cut in the proper thickness.
3. The instrument finish is important, but hear how the ukulele sounds is more important than how it looks.
4. There is no better strings: there are appropriate and deserved strings for the ukulele that you have and for the type of sound you want to produce (so, you have to play all the sizes to know).
5. Appropriate strings are 30 to 50% of the performance sound.
6. The adequate size of your ukulele depends on the type of sound you want to play.
7. Have more ukuleles if you want to collect, have less ukuleles if you want to play and improve your technique.
8. Some luthiers (alone or working in some ukulele brands) are geniuses, and can make ukuleles sound magically. Other sounds just like an instrument.
9. Ukuleles made of laminated wood are limited to the perception of the depth of sound that may have a ukulele.
10. Ukulele is the most versatile and variable instrument you can find in the world: you will never know everything about them.
1. The construction and shape of an ukulele determines how its sound more than the wood used.
2. Exist koas and Koas, mahoganys and Mahoganys, etc., as different as different types of wood, and some Koas and Mahoganys and etc... are much better than others to give timbre, if they are cut in the proper thickness.
3. The instrument finish is important, but hear how the ukulele sounds is more important than how it looks.
4. There is no better strings: there are appropriate and deserved strings for the ukulele that you have and for the type of sound you want to produce (so, you have to play all the sizes to know).
5. Appropriate strings are 30 to 50% of the performance sound.
6. The adequate size of your ukulele depends on the type of sound you want to play.
7. Have more ukuleles if you want to collect, have less ukuleles if you want to play and improve your technique.
8. Some luthiers (alone or working in some ukulele brands) are geniuses, and can make ukuleles sound magically. Other sounds just like an instrument.
9. Ukuleles made of laminated wood are limited to the perception of the depth of sound that may have a ukulele.
10. Ukulele is the most versatile and variable instrument you can find in the world: you will never know everything about them.
