Comments on: Ukulele Window Shopping

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:18:23 +0000

Paul: Thanks for the uke. Loving it.

By: S.U.S

S.U.S — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:26:07 +0000

Hi Al,
The Lacewood Kala really is a lovely ukulele, I’m glad you are enjoying it. I’m in ukulele heaven here, everyday new boxes arrive and I get to tune and play them all. It is great for my soul, but bad for my U.A.S.
Paul (Luapelele)

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:16:34 +0000

Plink: Thanks for that. Mine arrived yesterday. I’m really enjoying it. I find it better for strumming than picking, but you do a damn good job with it.

By: Plink Freud

Plink Freud — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 02:50:06 +0000

Here is the promised clip of my new Kala Lacewood Soprano. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX8G0vJDT4I

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:49:25 +0000

Tamster: Rope binding does indeed rock.

John: Me either. But the top is spruce rather than lacewood. And I like a ukulele with a bit of bite.

Plink: Thanks very much for the info. Good to hear it’s a quality uke.

Deploderer: For entirely personal reasons that have nothing to do with the quality of the instrument, I’ve taken against Bushmans. But I’ve never played one so I can’t be much help.

By: Deploderer

Deploderer — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:58:21 +0000

Help! I had decided to get myself a Bushman Jenny Tenor, but with you having brought the Kala Lacewood to my attention I’m stuck. Which way to go? The Lacewood looks great but from what I gather the Bushman quality is often better. Having been somewhat duped previously by a certain music store in West Yorkshire into buying a lovely looking “No name” Koa Concert with decidedly below par intonation I really need to get this second Ukulele purchase right.

Any thoughts? Anyone?

By: Plink Freud

Plink Freud — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:23:33 +0000

I just bought a Kala lacewood soprano from Musicguymic on ebay. I have been playing mostly tenor ukes, but prefer the sound and the ethos of the soprano. I have Ohana’s tenor neck soprano which has “the sound” and is still easy to play (sample clip here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS8WLY0aFaY) but I still feel a bit of a fraud and decided to plunge into the soprano world.

The lacewood is beautiful. Very sweet sound, loud and rich, and not too brittle like many spruce tops. Best of all, for some reason I’m finding it easier to play than usual. And of couse it is gorgeous to look at (except for the fiddly bridge with its stupid black dots staring at me – I’ll have to modify that.) Good intonation and generally good finish, although amazingly my one has a 3 piece headstock – ie, they have joined 3 random pieces of wood together. The lovely veneer covers it at the front and you have to look hard to see it at the back, but really!!

Anyway I love it so far. (I’ll try and post a sample clip on Youtube later in the week )

By: J-Hob

J-Hob — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:43:37 +0000

So what made you choose the lacewood? I don’t really know anything about its properties as a tonewood.

By: Tamster

Tamster — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:37:30 +0000

Looks like the Hawaiian pinup is playing a uke with rope binding. I love the look of that.