Ok, I'll try to keep this one short because I really want the uke to do the talking but I'll do a quick preamble as per usual.
Late last year, I was lucky enough to get to buy a Cocobolo Long Neck Soprano (which I'm selling here BTW ). I love it but I still thought I maybe want a concert and also one with that nice sapwood which mine didn't have on the top. During the following few months, I only chose to participate in the Cocobolo lotteries I knew I really wanted rather than all of them. Early this month, they put a few concert pineapples for the lottery and I knew I just had to have one... and boy did I get lucky...
I mean just look at that sapwood... it's absolutely stunning. Dare I say that the back might even be a bit overkill.
As mentioned, I'll mostly let the uke do the talking but I'll just mention that I love the few subtle pineapple features like the pointy headstock and the pineapple side sound port.
Here's a sound sample I quickly made: https://soundcloud.com/user-628658662/cocobolo-concert-pineapple/s-ycu6UCT7VVT
I really hope I was able to capture how magnificently resonant this thing is. There's a lovely shimmer on all levels of frequencies, although mostly in the mids to be fair. The sound is very balanced.
Playability is excellent, typical for all Cocobolos with that lovely radiused fretboard. Action was a bit too high for me but that's already been taken care of.
So yeah, go buy my Long Neck Soprano. I ain't letting this one go for sure.
Late last year, I was lucky enough to get to buy a Cocobolo Long Neck Soprano (which I'm selling here BTW ). I love it but I still thought I maybe want a concert and also one with that nice sapwood which mine didn't have on the top. During the following few months, I only chose to participate in the Cocobolo lotteries I knew I really wanted rather than all of them. Early this month, they put a few concert pineapples for the lottery and I knew I just had to have one... and boy did I get lucky...
I mean just look at that sapwood... it's absolutely stunning. Dare I say that the back might even be a bit overkill.
As mentioned, I'll mostly let the uke do the talking but I'll just mention that I love the few subtle pineapple features like the pointy headstock and the pineapple side sound port.
Here's a sound sample I quickly made: https://soundcloud.com/user-628658662/cocobolo-concert-pineapple/s-ycu6UCT7VVT
I really hope I was able to capture how magnificently resonant this thing is. There's a lovely shimmer on all levels of frequencies, although mostly in the mids to be fair. The sound is very balanced.
Playability is excellent, typical for all Cocobolos with that lovely radiused fretboard. Action was a bit too high for me but that's already been taken care of.
So yeah, go buy my Long Neck Soprano. I ain't letting this one go for sure.