CliveyG
Well-known member
Hi all,
Here is my first Baritone Ukulele that I received this week.
It’s made by Paul Barnard of Wildcat Ukuleles here in the UK.
American Walnut back and sides, Engelmann Spruce top with multi wood rosette and maple bindings.
Indian Rosewood bridge and 16 radius fingerboard. Bone nut at 37mm and bone saddle.
The neck is nice straight grain quarter sawn Sapele with a medium profile, very comfortable to play.
Scale length of 20.08.
Tuned DGBE linear and strung with D’Addario Pro-Arte Carbon strings.
Leader sealed geared machine heads.
To me this sounds and plays amazing. Very responsive even to a light touch. I’m very impressed and it has surpassed my expectations.
The only thing I have to work on is getting used to the wound D string.
I have 2 tenors currently low g with fluorocarbon strings, but this is my first try of wound. I feel I will have to change what technique I have (not much) in order to keep the string noise to a minimum while moving around.
I posted for the first time on you tube today with a sample of this Baritone and I have tried to link it here in the post with a few pictures.
I’m not holding my breath as to whether the uploads are successful, as I tried before and the resolution and size of the pictures ended up being posted in miniature. Not a tech wiz unfortunately.
Here is my first Baritone Ukulele that I received this week.
It’s made by Paul Barnard of Wildcat Ukuleles here in the UK.
American Walnut back and sides, Engelmann Spruce top with multi wood rosette and maple bindings.
Indian Rosewood bridge and 16 radius fingerboard. Bone nut at 37mm and bone saddle.
The neck is nice straight grain quarter sawn Sapele with a medium profile, very comfortable to play.
Scale length of 20.08.
Tuned DGBE linear and strung with D’Addario Pro-Arte Carbon strings.
Leader sealed geared machine heads.
To me this sounds and plays amazing. Very responsive even to a light touch. I’m very impressed and it has surpassed my expectations.
The only thing I have to work on is getting used to the wound D string.
I have 2 tenors currently low g with fluorocarbon strings, but this is my first try of wound. I feel I will have to change what technique I have (not much) in order to keep the string noise to a minimum while moving around.
I posted for the first time on you tube today with a sample of this Baritone and I have tried to link it here in the post with a few pictures.
I’m not holding my breath as to whether the uploads are successful, as I tried before and the resolution and size of the pictures ended up being posted in miniature. Not a tech wiz unfortunately.