I saw a few of these today while I was out uke hunting. Does anyone have any experience with them? Apparently they are designed in Hawaii and made in China.
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Many people here and in China said that you should avoid ukuleles with 2 white dots on the bridge. It means that the bridge is attached to the body with 2 screws and the 2 dots are used to cover the screws. Only low quality, cheap ukuleles will do it this way, and this may affect sound quality.
I was just going to post how pretty this ukulele looked. I did play some at a store a few weeks ago, and thought they sounded pretty good for the price. But now that you mention it, those dots do seem to be covering holes, which you can see clearly in the photo below. Yet, I would never have thought to look for this on my own.What other tips do you have, being so close there to the Chinese market, on what to look for or avoid?
Dots on the bridge tip is good to know.
They look nice. I liked the one with the snail sound hole - pretty neat!
Many people here and in China said that you should avoid ukuleles with 2 white dots on the bridge. It means that the bridge is attached to the body with 2 screws and the 2 dots are used to cover the screws. Only low quality, cheap ukuleles will do it this way, and this may affect sound quality.
Just want to mention that it is not necessarily true that screws in a bridge equal a lower quality instrument. KoAloha screws bridges down, they just put in a nice wood strip over the screw head!
Many people here and in China said that you should avoid ukuleles with 2 white dots on the bridge. It means that the bridge is attached to the body with 2 screws and the 2 dots are used to cover the screws. Only low quality, cheap ukuleles will do it this way, and this may affect sound quality.