So, this is another NUD I originally wasn't going to make but I felt I had some interesting points to make.
For a while now, I've been looking for a decent concert I could string with a low g. I tried this on my Kanile'a K1 concert and it actually sounded quite good with a low g but ultimately I prefer the warmth of a Kanile'a with just the regular re-entrant tuning. I was looking at a few different options for a low g concert, mainly a Romero Creations ST Concert model. I wanted the uke to have a larger body than a typical concert so it would benefit from the low g and the Romero definitely fit the bill since they even come strung with low g. But then the aNueNue AMM2 caught my eye with its wider-than-normal lower bout. I adore aNueNue ukes anyway but I did some further research and found some recommendations for stringing it with low g (which it doesn't come with as stock), and I thought to myself that mahogany would probably work really well with linear tuning since it's typically a warm sounding tonewood. And pleasingly, it was about 2/3 of the price of a Romero ST Concert, so I decided to pull the trigger.
Once it arrived, I was blown away by the quality of this thing. I have an aNueNue Moon Bird but I wasn't expecting the quality of the AMM2 to be so similar with half the price of the Moon Bird. I can't find a single flaw with this uke. Everything about is just superb. The classy look, the mirror gloss finish, the lovely slotted headstock, the slight radius on the fretboard, even the neck which isn't quite as nicely profiled as the Moon Bird is still very comfortable. And most importantly the sound is wonderful. It came strung with re-entrant aNueNue Clear Water strings which gave the uke a fairly bright and punchy tone with still a lot of depth and warmth in the sound. Since I know that aNueNue ukes are typically fairly bright I wasn't surprised by this but I was pleased that the sound also had the depth I was looking for. The one slight niggle I have is that the C string is a bit too dominant and boomy but once I switched the fourth string to a Fremont Soloist low g the tone balances out really nicely. I'm going to be testing out different strings on it for the next few weeks, probably some nylon strings and Worth Browns or equivalent, so no sound sample unfortunately at this point.
Lastly, I wanted to showcase how large the body actually is for a concert uke. From the photo below, you can see a Kanile'a Concert compared to the AMM2. Particularly the lower bout is just so much wider (I believe the AMM2 has been redesigned as of 2019 to have that wider lower bout).
Also comes with a very nice light case
So yeah, couldn't be happier with this purchase. Cost me about 550
For a while now, I've been looking for a decent concert I could string with a low g. I tried this on my Kanile'a K1 concert and it actually sounded quite good with a low g but ultimately I prefer the warmth of a Kanile'a with just the regular re-entrant tuning. I was looking at a few different options for a low g concert, mainly a Romero Creations ST Concert model. I wanted the uke to have a larger body than a typical concert so it would benefit from the low g and the Romero definitely fit the bill since they even come strung with low g. But then the aNueNue AMM2 caught my eye with its wider-than-normal lower bout. I adore aNueNue ukes anyway but I did some further research and found some recommendations for stringing it with low g (which it doesn't come with as stock), and I thought to myself that mahogany would probably work really well with linear tuning since it's typically a warm sounding tonewood. And pleasingly, it was about 2/3 of the price of a Romero ST Concert, so I decided to pull the trigger.
Once it arrived, I was blown away by the quality of this thing. I have an aNueNue Moon Bird but I wasn't expecting the quality of the AMM2 to be so similar with half the price of the Moon Bird. I can't find a single flaw with this uke. Everything about is just superb. The classy look, the mirror gloss finish, the lovely slotted headstock, the slight radius on the fretboard, even the neck which isn't quite as nicely profiled as the Moon Bird is still very comfortable. And most importantly the sound is wonderful. It came strung with re-entrant aNueNue Clear Water strings which gave the uke a fairly bright and punchy tone with still a lot of depth and warmth in the sound. Since I know that aNueNue ukes are typically fairly bright I wasn't surprised by this but I was pleased that the sound also had the depth I was looking for. The one slight niggle I have is that the C string is a bit too dominant and boomy but once I switched the fourth string to a Fremont Soloist low g the tone balances out really nicely. I'm going to be testing out different strings on it for the next few weeks, probably some nylon strings and Worth Browns or equivalent, so no sound sample unfortunately at this point.
Lastly, I wanted to showcase how large the body actually is for a concert uke. From the photo below, you can see a Kanile'a Concert compared to the AMM2. Particularly the lower bout is just so much wider (I believe the AMM2 has been redesigned as of 2019 to have that wider lower bout).
Also comes with a very nice light case
So yeah, couldn't be happier with this purchase. Cost me about 550