I just saw this electric steel string uke Tele look-a-like (I have a Telescaster guitar), but having gone through the long effort of buying that Alida steel string arch-top, then finding that when I received it, I really wasn't going to play steel very often, if at all, I'm fighting myself about this one for the same reason.
The price is certainly right, $140 US all in, but I haven't seen any reviews of it, other than the sales description on zZounds.com;
"Vorson Electric Ukuleles are the coolest instruments that we have seen in a long time. If you play guitar you are going to want one. If you play ukulele you will HAVE to have one. Dual single coil pickups provide excellent ukulele tone with nice variation via a 3-way toggle and tone control. The necks are very comfortable and the ukes are really easy to play because of the adjustable truss rod and bridge. Shredding on a uke? Absolutely possible. The real wood finishes are super high quality and the craftsmanship of the Vorson electric ukes is superb. All Vorson Electric Ukes come with a padded gig bag and cable."
Then I start thinking about using much heavier strings to thicken the sound. It comes with steel 009, 011, 016, 011 and in calling zZounds, he recommended flat wound D'Addario ECG25, 012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .052, or ECG26, 013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .056 (I would get two sets to be able to have reentrant tuning or low G). That thought is pushing me closer to buying it.
I posted in a recent thread that my way of dealing with UAS is not to have any excuses and go for it, but I guess I'm not completely convinced of that. (Please don't berate me, I know I'm nuts.)
The price is certainly right, $140 US all in, but I haven't seen any reviews of it, other than the sales description on zZounds.com;
"Vorson Electric Ukuleles are the coolest instruments that we have seen in a long time. If you play guitar you are going to want one. If you play ukulele you will HAVE to have one. Dual single coil pickups provide excellent ukulele tone with nice variation via a 3-way toggle and tone control. The necks are very comfortable and the ukes are really easy to play because of the adjustable truss rod and bridge. Shredding on a uke? Absolutely possible. The real wood finishes are super high quality and the craftsmanship of the Vorson electric ukes is superb. All Vorson Electric Ukes come with a padded gig bag and cable."
Then I start thinking about using much heavier strings to thicken the sound. It comes with steel 009, 011, 016, 011 and in calling zZounds, he recommended flat wound D'Addario ECG25, 012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .052, or ECG26, 013, .017, .026, .035, .045, .056 (I would get two sets to be able to have reentrant tuning or low G). That thought is pushing me closer to buying it.
I posted in a recent thread that my way of dealing with UAS is not to have any excuses and go for it, but I guess I'm not completely convinced of that. (Please don't berate me, I know I'm nuts.)
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