8 string UAS

[AZChris]

Been here only a few months on UU, arrived with a couple cheap ukes and now so far have a Pono MT-PC and KoAloha KCM-00. It hit me a few weeks ago that I really wanted an 8 string. So, I ordered an Ohana BK-70-8 from ULTP. I called once more to add on a hardshell case. With the setup it's about $600.

Sigh. A couple of days ago a Mele 8 string tenor, (mahogany, double hole) came up locally for $500. I fought it but eventually texted and asked if he'd take $400. A quick yes was the reply. (I should have said $350) If I get it, I think I will hang on to both for a bit but if I had known this would come up, I'd have bought a different uke from ULTP. Oh...or maybe I really need 8 strings in both baritone and tenor.

The Mele should be way better -- true? Also, is $400 as good of a deal as I am thinking it is? Thanks for advice.

 

[Voran]

I also would like to try the 8-stringed variety! Aklot have a nice one that caught my eye...

 

[Voran]

And now I've found me one on ebay...Damn, I'm supposed to be saving!

I WOULD like to try regular ol GCEA tuning though, and this uke looks cute.

 

[AZChris]

And now I've found me one on ebay...Damn, I'm supposed to be saving!

I WOULD like to try regular ol GCEA tuning though, and this uke looks cute.

I was thinking the same thing tuning wise. I prefer GCEA. I've avoided baritones up to this point -- D G B E feels like I am playing a guitar but...an 8 string baritone might have a different feel. I hope.

 

[Voran]

I was thinking the same thing tuning wise. I prefer GCEA. I've avoided baritones up to this point -- D G B E feels like I am playing a guitar but...an 8 string baritone might have a different feel. I hope.

I've always played on my own rare tuning that I came across by accident. My first ukulele arrived in the post a little over a year ago, and I never thought to tune it. I only found this out a year later when someone pointed out that my uke was out of tune, and when I tuned it up to normal, all my repertoire was utterly unplayable. It turns out my uke was actually tuned to D4-Bb3-C4-F4.

I enjoy the dark microtonal music of the 'Voran tuning' as people call it, but I would also like to try regular GCEA. There are folk songs I'd like to learn on it, plus the zingy sound is pretty.

 

[Patty]

Been here only a few months on UU, arrived with a couple cheap ukes and now so far have a Pono MT-PC and KoAloha KCM-00. It hit me a few weeks ago that I really wanted an 8 string. So, I ordered an Ohana BK-70-8 from ULTP. I called once more to add on a hardshell case. With the setup it's about $600.

Sigh. A couple of days ago a Mele 8 string tenor, (mahogany, double hole) came up locally for $500. I fought it but eventually texted and asked if he'd take $400. A quick yes was the reply. (I should have said $350) If I get it, I think I will hang on to both for a bit but if I had known this would come up, I'd have bought a different uke from ULTP. Oh...or maybe I really need 8 strings in both baritone and tenor.

The Mele should be way better -- true? Also, is $400 as good of a deal as I am thinking it is? Thanks for advice.

As I’ve learned, joining UU can be an expensive proposition.

 

[Voran]

As I’ve learned, joining UU can be an expensive proposition.

Agreed. LOL. I never had UAS before I joined here and realized there were tons of different types of specialized ukulele...then I just HAD to have a sopranissimo, a baritone, a 5-stringer, and I also have my eye on a Snail tenor, a Hadean ukubass and a Luna concert...

I don't regret spending on all those though. It's been an interesting musical journey. Those ukes all have their own repertoire.

 

[Voran]

Ugh, they won't ship to Ireland. Oh well. Probably should just save money!

 

[Patty]

Agreed. LOL. I never had UAS before I joined here and realized there were tons of different types of specialized ukulele...then I just HAD to have a sopranissimo, a baritone, a 5-stringer, and I also have my eye on a Snail tenor, a Hadean ukubass and a Luna concert...

I don't regret spending on all those though. It's been an interesting musical journey. Those ukes all have their own repertoire.

I don’t regret any of my purchases either, but there’s a little matter of the Visa bill.

 

[Voran]

I don’t regret any of my purchases either, but there’s a little matter of the Visa bill.

Samesies! I'm not getting more ukes for the near future, even though I do enjoy looking at them online. I'm saving up to buy a small area of land...planning on cob building my own little simple house, or perhaps straw bale it together, I have not made my mind up yet.

 

[Junie Moon]

Any 8-string aficionados in the market for a taropatch? I bought this model from Mim a year or so ago, when I thought I had to own every kind of uke there is. It was one of those "one day I'll play it" purchases, but I know better now. It's lovely, but I'm sticking with 4 strings.

Ohana Concert Taropatch 8 String CK-35-8 All Solid Mahogany Ukulele S1

I love 8 string ukuleles! It sounds like you are playing with a chorus of ukuleles! It is like the 12 string guitar of the ukulele world! This is the Taro patch model, so it is a concert size body with the doubled strings. This is a great and unique sounding ukulele! All stings are doubled...

mimsukes.com

I have a hardshell case for it. I'll figure out a price if there's any interest.

 

[merlin666]

Any 8-string aficionados in the market for a taropatch? I bought this model from Mim a year or so ago, when I thought I had to own every kind of uke there is. It was one of those "one day I'll play it" purchases, but I know better now. It's lovely, but I'm sticking with 4 strings.

Ohana Concert Taropatch 8 String CK-35-8 All Solid Mahogany Ukulele S1

I love 8 string ukuleles! It sounds like you are playing with a chorus of ukuleles! It is like the 12 string guitar of the ukulele world! This is the Taro patch model, so it is a concert size body with the doubled strings. This is a great and unique sounding ukulele! All stings are doubled...

mimsukes.com

I have a hardshell case for it. I'll figure out a price if there's any interest.

I was looking for one of these before pandemic but unfortunately am all uked out now. Are all strings in unison or some octaves?

 

[Junie Moon]

I was looking for one of these before pandemic but unfortunately am all uked out now. Are all strings in unison or some octaves?

G and C are octaves, E and A are unison. I'm all uked out, too. But it's so fun to keep looking!

 

[don_b]

My UAS is more or less slain. I mean, I guess I do want a Flight Pathfinder super bad. Other than that I became miraculously content. I'm afraid if I spend too long wondering why, I'll decide that whatever the reason is, its a foolish one and I should probably get more ukuleles haha.

At the beginning of this year, I had 8. Im down to just 4 now after gifting 2 and passing 2 others to my kids. I gifted a kala tri top tenor to a friend who had a fender tenor with a bridge coming off. I gifted my soprano to a friend who doesnt play, but whose father recently passed and he was looking for a creative outlet.

Id like to get down to just 3 tenors, including the 2 I already have and my future pathfinder.

I couldnt care less for my baritone and will probably gift it. I bought it for $50 on amazon to see if I'd be into it. I am, but I mostly stays in the case. My other uke is my first uke, a concert my parents bought for me 10 years ago, so I dont feel right giving it away. I will gift it to someone in my life for sure tho.

Maybe UGS can be a thing. Ukulele Gifting Syndrome.

Who wants to start?

I'm looking for a Pathfinder lol.

 

[AZChris]

Thanks for the replies everybody. I got the Mele 8 string and I am happy.
Just as good is that I called Uke Like the Pros and they had not started setting up my Ohana 8 string yet and let me change my order. I'm getting a super tenor instead. (Kala KA-AMHG-ST)
This is my first experience with ULTP and they were very accommodating. Win-win.

I think I'm done for awhile. (I bet that's never been said before...right?)

 

[Voran]

Any 8-string aficionados in the market for a taropatch? I bought this model from Mim a year or so ago, when I thought I had to own every kind of uke there is. It was one of those "one day I'll play it" purchases, but I know better now. It's lovely, but I'm sticking with 4 strings.

Ohana Concert Taropatch 8 String CK-35-8 All Solid Mahogany Ukulele S1

I love 8 string ukuleles! It sounds like you are playing with a chorus of ukuleles! It is like the 12 string guitar of the ukulele world! This is the Taro patch model, so it is a concert size body with the doubled strings. This is a great and unique sounding ukulele! All stings are doubled...

mimsukes.com

I have a hardshell case for it. I'll figure out a price if there's any interest.

I might go for this if the guy selling the Aklot ones doesn't get back to me. What kind of price were you thinking of?

Yeah, I caved. UAS 1, savings 0.

 

[AZChris]

As I’ve learned, joining UU can be an expensive proposition.

I sense that already. As a guitar player I understand the wanting a variety of ukes. Now I find myself thinking "which guitars do I rarely play?" Gotta make room.

 

[merlin666]

I might go for this if the guy selling the Aklot ones doesn't get back to me. What kind of price were you thinking of?

Yeah, I caved. UAS 1, savings 0.

Right on taropatch rocks, but you may want to get rid of the octave strings and put double regular strings on to get that unique sound. I think Worth are double length so with those you only need one set.

 

[Voran]

Right on taropatch rocks, but you may want to get rid of the octave strings and put double regular strings on to get that unique sound. I think Worth are double length so with those you only need one set.

I want the octave strings though. Some extra zing would be nice.

 

[Kenn2018]

My MP 8-string has a pretty traditional gG cC EE AA (High-g Low-G; High-c Low-C, Standard unison EE AA).
Has a beautiful, almost mandolin sound to it.

I can't pick it though.