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Location: Upper Left USA | Woohoo!
I seem to have been successful at an auction for a Tacoma Papoose A/E
It comes plugged in and with bragging rights of being one of the USA made so I can be a snob about something else.
It should kick A$$ on any old Uke :rolleyes:
Anybody have any love/hate stories about the "A" scale units? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I have the OSP-1 (Hamer should make a short scale version of their Korina Special) and I love it. For those who don't know what they are, imagine your guitar capoed at the 5th fret. It obviously brings the center of gravity of your music up, like a mando. So far, positive vibes. And very portable. It'll add a nice extra flavor to your music. If you do a lot of string bending, you'll want to put on lighter strings. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Not a lot of bending, more hammers and pulls.
A good set of mediums should be great, though that's a good tip.
It is a shame I'll have to pay full price for a set of strings when I have to whack off half the length! Good thing I got those .92 cent 1818s. |
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Location: Orlando, Florida | Be extremely careful using a pick on that guitar! I had a Chief with the cedar top a while back. When I used it for the first time leading worship, in 15 minutes of playing, it looked like I had put 5 years of heavy use on the top! It seemed that I had strummed past the clear "pickguard", and this thing showed every scratch. If you go to Harmony-Central.com, in the user reviews, you can read stories of the tops on the Chiefs actually splintering. The cedar is really soft and there's no clearcoat on it. They do sound good, though.
Joe |
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"A" Scale Papoose on its way