A few months ago I bought a tenor walnut Fluke from the Marketplace for $150. I was persuaded by the various posts here on UU, and by the leader of my uke group who is friends with Dale, Phyllis and Jim. I wanted a beater uke I could leave out of my humidified cabinet.
After having to replace the wrong bridge, I found the shape of the neck to be very uncomfortable for me. I lived with it for while, but I also didn't really like the sound quality, even after changing the strings, flat and minimal sustain. I read a post here where a person sanded down the back of the neck and refinished, so I tried it. It helped a little but I didn't do a very good job, especially the finish.
So I started looking around for a replacement. None of the "plastic" ones fit the bill of tenor and cutaway. I also read a post here about the Aklot all bamboo uke for about $125, which seemed interesting, but it also didn't have a cutaway.
Then last night when I couldn't sleep, a did some surfing on eBay and found a new model Aklot tenor cutaway for $70 out-the-door from China. I looked up some reviews and videos, and it sounded really good to me, so I ordered it. It should be here in about 25 days, just before Chinese New Year. I'm going to add black fret markers, strap buttons, nut and saddle.
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 10 solid body bass ukes, 13 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 37)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers
After having to replace the wrong bridge, I found the shape of the neck to be very uncomfortable for me. I lived with it for while, but I also didn't really like the sound quality, even after changing the strings, flat and minimal sustain. I read a post here where a person sanded down the back of the neck and refinished, so I tried it. It helped a little but I didn't do a very good job, especially the finish.
So I started looking around for a replacement. None of the "plastic" ones fit the bill of tenor and cutaway. I also read a post here about the Aklot all bamboo uke for about $125, which seemed interesting, but it also didn't have a cutaway.
Then last night when I couldn't sleep, a did some surfing on eBay and found a new model Aklot tenor cutaway for $70 out-the-door from China. I looked up some reviews and videos, and it sounded really good to me, so I ordered it. It should be here in about 25 days, just before Chinese New Year. I'm going to add black fret markers, strap buttons, nut and saddle.
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 10 solid body bass ukes, 13 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 37)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers
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