I visited a friend who had 2 identical all-solid-hog Ohana tenors, same exact model. He wanted to sell 1 of them.
I played each of them a while and noticed something odd. Namely, on one of those tenors, the wood vibrated a LOT when I played it. The other tenor manifested only what I would call "normal" vibration.
I examined them closely and could see zero differences in structure. My friend said he had strung both ukes with nylgut plus Fremont low G.
Of course I bought the one that vibrated. Several days later, my granddaughter visited. She played it for about an hour. As she was playing she said, "This thing feels like it's going to fly apart but it sure sounds nice."
I have 17 ukuleles and none of them vibrates like this particular Ohana. In fact, the vibration is almost startling, bordering on "ominous."
What is going on with this ukulele, I wonder?
I played each of them a while and noticed something odd. Namely, on one of those tenors, the wood vibrated a LOT when I played it. The other tenor manifested only what I would call "normal" vibration.
I examined them closely and could see zero differences in structure. My friend said he had strung both ukes with nylgut plus Fremont low G.
Of course I bought the one that vibrated. Several days later, my granddaughter visited. She played it for about an hour. As she was playing she said, "This thing feels like it's going to fly apart but it sure sounds nice."
I have 17 ukuleles and none of them vibrates like this particular Ohana. In fact, the vibration is almost startling, bordering on "ominous."
What is going on with this ukulele, I wonder?