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Location: Upper Left USA | The voices are just too loud and and I feel like I'm joining the dark side but I have to ask.
I think I NEED to get a Uke.
So...
Are the Applause UAE148 and UAE20 the cat's meow?
What are the benefits of a Tenor over a Soprano Uke?
Any great OFC Deals?
I did look at Dave's Reso-Uke - it is way more than I am ready for.
If this gets too difficult I will just get a Tacoma Papoose. |
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Location: closely held secret | But a Papoose is not a uke. Why would you do that? |
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Location: NJ | I might suggest a tenor uke, just to help you make the "transition" from fingering a guitar to a uke. I have an Applause soprano uke, and have to admit, I've had (am having) a bit of difficulty having my fat fingers form chords effectively . . . .
Looking back, I probably woulda gone with a tenor first, and then acquired a soprano just for that different "flavor" . . .
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thanks Cliff. I'm leaning the same way on that. Is the chording "Uke like" or "Guitar like" on a Tenor? I know the Baritone is just the top four of a Guitar.
Waskel - Yup, a Papoose is well, a Papoose. I got to play one of the 12 strings a while back. I have an eye on a beat up one on Fleabay.
Just looking at options. Small options that is! |
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Location: Scotland | Tenors ae usually tuned GCEA, though there are a couple of alternatives. The intervals, therefore the fingerings are the same as soprano & baritone, but the chords are obviously named differently. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | With all due respect from an Ovation fan, unless you are playing live or want something bulletproof to take to the beach, the Ovation/Applause ukes are not the way to go. The unplugged sound does not compare to a traditional uke. Sorry, but I speak from experience. I have owned 5-6 of them and except for one tenor they are all gone. What you want is a nice mahogony or koa wooden uke. Martin, Bushman, Oscar Schmidt and Kamaka make some really nice ones. Try a concert size - it's bigger than a soprano and smaller than a tenor. Al is an Oscar Schmidt dealer and I bought a really nice OU-5 model from him. Koa with Abalone binding, etc. Very nice and quite inexpensive. Dave |
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Location: Scotland | The problem is a decent uke costs about as much as a decent guitar, and most casual uke players can't get their head around the price/size ratio. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Paul Templeman:
most casual uke players can't get their head around the price/size ratio. I was hoping Temp would tell us about his performance/size ratio. Musical performance, that it. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thanks Dave! Some of this is making more sense.
Is there a simple plugging in solution for the acoustic Ukes (say that three times fast)? |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | I'd start off an even more low end uke, like a lanikai, see if you like it. The lanikai have nice cases if that means anything. As you know, Fender went on a buying spree last year and one of the companies they bought was Tacoma. The Fender people told me they've temporily suspended production, including the Papoose. So anything you get now would be old stock. They'll be making an annoucement at summer NAMM as to what lines they'll start up and support. You probably can get yourself a deal if you scout around on old stock tacomas. I got a really sweet deal on an OSP-1, which is an electric solid body papoose. I've had it about a month now and it sounds like an electrified mandola crossed with a tele. It's a good travel size --- fits in my luggage. The Fender people indicated that the solid body tacomas would probably no longer be produced. A shame really.
The Papoose is more mando than uke-like. It's interesting though, I now own an orphaned solid-body, just like the old ovation solid bodies. Oh well. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by MWoody:
Is there a simple plugging in solution for the acoustic Ukes If you want to go high end, Fishman makes a great system (I have it in one of my Jenny's). Also you can retro fit an applause pickup into most of them. I have the parts but have not got around to doing it yet. Then again, my agent is still pretty slow at booking me any gigs so not too much pressure. Dave |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Here's a pretty nice one also.
http://www.jumpingflea.com/productdetail/~Model/SHUK~/d.html |
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Location: south east Michigan | My Applause soprano uke is serving it's purpose for now. At least I now know I like it. I see a tenor uke sometime in the future. |
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