EspressoDan
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Just ordered my first MFC...Hibiscus Concert. It is going to be a long week until it gets here.
Dan
Dan
About one year ago I picked up a cheap penguin ukulele. It was orange. I played on that for a few weeks as I realized I could learn to play music, but wanted a better instrument. I found the pineapple shape and began my search. I found MFC and sent them an email. It also happens to be around my birthday and i ended up with some cash. So, at MFC recommendation I got a Flea with a Concert Neck. I loved it, but always wondered if i should have gotten the soprano.
5 months later we were in San Jose area visiting friends and found ourselfs in a music shop. it may not have been unitentional, as a i knew from MFC’s site they were a dealer and happens to have a Firefly. After playing with that I started saving. A few months later they had sold the one I had played with, but Elderly had another. About the same time I also acquired a Fluke that recently found a new home. I got the Soprano Flea I wanted to check out. BEfore it heads to work so I can practice at breaks, I thought I would add my story hear, as well as a “family photo.” I am not sure how long the Soprano Flea will stay at work. Our 3 year old is already trying to claim it.
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Hello everyone, my name is Maki and I am a Booligan.
Hey Tobydog, how do you like the Fluke as a low G?
Thanks me too! I think they are fun.Pineapples! Love them! Do you find the sound much different from soprano to concert neck?
Just ordered my first MFC...Hibiscus Concert. It is going to be a long week until it gets here.
Dan
Ditto Booligans - that's got just the right feeling of reverence to it......
...So, at MFC recommendation I got a Flea with a Concert Neck. I loved it, but always wondered if i should have gotten the soprano.
...About the same time I also acquired a Fluke that recently found a new home. I got the Soprano Flea I wanted...
Hello everyone, my name is Maki and I am a Booligan...
It will be worth the wait. I have a Hibiscus Red tenor Flea, that I got from Gryphon in Palo Alto, CA and it is very nice to play and sounds great.
Was yours the 'red' hibiscus or the one with the hibiscus-flower shaped sound-hole?
It is the "red" hibiscus-no flower. It looks great on the website and will look even better in person (about two more days). My kinder class is going to love the colour.
Does any one have the solid wood spruce/koa fluke? Does it sound different/better than the laminate flukes?
Do the laminate fluke sound different for the different colors/laminate wood types?
Has anyone here ever thought of putting a Flea/Fluke neck on a different body?
I recently found a concert flea with a wood fretboard and fell in love with the feel of the neck. Every chord I played felt perfect. I'm not a big fan of these bodies though, especially the thermoplastic back and sides. It's the same reason I never bought an Ovation guitar.
Anyway, I was wondering if it would be possible to just take the neck off and have someone attach it to a different body. Or is the neck joint different in a way that would make it incompatible?
Has anyone here ever thought of putting a Flea/Fluke neck on a different body?
I recently found a concert flea with a wood fretboard and fell in love with the feel of the neck. Every chord I played felt perfect. I'm not a big fan of these bodies though, especially the thermoplastic back and sides. It's the same reason I never bought an Ovation guitar.
Anyway, I was wondering if it would be possible to just take the neck off and have someone attach it to a different body. Or is the neck joint different in a way that would make it incompatible?
1. What do I have? Soprano Flea in Pistachio Green, SN: 167 (approx. 2004), Strung low G.
2. Why did I buy it? Honestly it was because of an EBay coupon that was going to expire. I started scrolling through the Buy-It-Now’s and spotted this lightly used instrument. I didn’t have a soprano and the green color just spoke to me.
3. What do I like/hate?
Likes: I like being able to just leave this uke sitting out (this is currently my office uke). It plays and sound good, was not expensive and is semi-rugged. As a bonus it has the flat end so that it sits there just waiting to be played.
Hates: None. The friction tuners aren’t great but don’t bother me enough to go through the effort of changing them.
4. Plan to buy another? I don’t currently plan to, but would definitely consider buying another, maybe a concert. I’m more of an opportunist when it comes to buying.
5. Replace? I would definitely buy another to replace it. I don’t know of anything better for the office than a flea.
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Additional Comments:
Shortly after purchasing my flea I realized it had the older Connecticut label with a low serial number. I was curious about the year of manufacture and what they called the light green color (it was discontinued). I emailed the Magic Fluke Company for information and Beth responded the next day with the answers. That’s some great customer service considering I’m not even the original customer!