coconutjoe
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Aloha everyone,
Hope everybody has a safe and Happy New Year. I'm not sure it could be too much worse than 2020
I have a Ukulele newbie question. It seems that other instrument forums I belong to have an extremely negative view of Walnut fretboards. If it's not ebony or rosewood, I get the impression they view it as an inferior instrument. I recently purchased a Lanakai A/E Blue quilted Concert uke that is out of this world gorgeous. It has quality tuners, a reputable history and looks to be very well made. However, I was informed it was "inferior" because it had a walnut fretboard. Maybe I'm missing something here, but while walnut is not the hardest wood known to man, it certainly can hold it's own with nylon strings and at 61 years old I highly doubt I'm going to wear the the thing out. Just for fun, I'm going to use Aquila 31u strings tuned in 5ths(c-g-d-a)and play it like a mandola.
I'm a Mandolin player originally. Am I acting foolish or does this sound like maybe someone is being "snarky."
Thanks for listening and special thanks for letting me be part of your group
Happy New Yeas every,
Coconutjoe
Hope everybody has a safe and Happy New Year. I'm not sure it could be too much worse than 2020
I have a Ukulele newbie question. It seems that other instrument forums I belong to have an extremely negative view of Walnut fretboards. If it's not ebony or rosewood, I get the impression they view it as an inferior instrument. I recently purchased a Lanakai A/E Blue quilted Concert uke that is out of this world gorgeous. It has quality tuners, a reputable history and looks to be very well made. However, I was informed it was "inferior" because it had a walnut fretboard. Maybe I'm missing something here, but while walnut is not the hardest wood known to man, it certainly can hold it's own with nylon strings and at 61 years old I highly doubt I'm going to wear the the thing out. Just for fun, I'm going to use Aquila 31u strings tuned in 5ths(c-g-d-a)and play it like a mandola.
I'm a Mandolin player originally. Am I acting foolish or does this sound like maybe someone is being "snarky."
Thanks for listening and special thanks for letting me be part of your group
Happy New Yeas every,
Coconutjoe