Rllink
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I had a pretty nice Ohana spruce top soprano that I was taking down to the beach. A guy stopped to talk to me and was admiring my uke, he said he was a uke player too, and he asked me if I wasn't worried about having a nice wooden ukulele out there where it might get wet. I told him jokingly, that I was careful not to play it out on the surf. I sold that Ohana, but I also took it camping and on bike rides to the park, lots of places outdoors. It was fine and weathered everything. I will admit that if it looked like it was going to rain I quit playing it and put it away.
I know that there is a big market for indestructible ukuleles that can withstand hurricanes and I can understand not wanting to climb a mountain with something less than indestructible, or paddle your kayak with a mahogany uke, or sitting out in a torrential rainforest singing Raindrops Are Falling on my Head with just any ukulele, but do people actually do those things with their ukes, or is it just the idea that they could attractive to them?
I know that there is a big market for indestructible ukuleles that can withstand hurricanes and I can understand not wanting to climb a mountain with something less than indestructible, or paddle your kayak with a mahogany uke, or sitting out in a torrential rainforest singing Raindrops Are Falling on my Head with just any ukulele, but do people actually do those things with their ukes, or is it just the idea that they could attractive to them?