Comments on: aNueNue Lani II Concert Ukulele Review

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:18:28 +0000

Charles and Nick: Have a good time.

By: Nick Bardy_Chivor

Nick Bardy_Chivor — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 08:15:15 +0000

Which venue…I will be going to see them in York…then we’ve got the Re-entrants and Lancashire hotpots in november…WOOHOO!!

By: CharlesHugh

CharlesHugh — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:53:55 +0000

Cheers for that Nick + Woodshed, just been given tickets to see the ukulele orchestra of Great Britain for my birthday. Amazing

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:57:26 +0000

Nick: Thanks for clearing it up.

Charles: The action on the aNueNue is about as low as it could be without getting fret buzz.

By: Nick Bardy-Chivor

Nick Bardy-Chivor — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:26:12 +0000

…Charles…the action is how close to the frets the strings are situated…this is governed firstly by the grooves in the nut (the bone/plastic string guide at the head stock), then also to some extent, the bridge…if the action is low, as I like it, the strings are quite easy to depress onto the frets…if your action is too low you’ll get “fret buzz” when strumming or picking…if you buy a uke from a good supplier it should be nicely set up…

By: CharlesHugh

CharlesHugh — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:25:27 +0000

Very self-less going for the beginner ukulele.
But what do you mean by the action, and how is it low?

By: Nick Bardy-Chivor

Nick Bardy-Chivor — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:24:02 +0000

…cheers guys…it’s just the soprano/ low G thing really…I’ve read on some of the snootier forums, that I wouldn’t dare post on for fear of ridicule and much snottyness, that low G tunings on the smaller uke don’t really sound good…I’ve got Lanikai tenor with Aquilas on and it sounds ,to my untrained ear, fantastic in re-entrant tuning…so I was thinking of having a bash with my soprano in low G…maybe I’ll just have a punt and see…

By: cardboardfrog

cardboardfrog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:13:32 +0000

when it comes to black strings, i’m always surprised by the quality of ghs black nylons (which come as standard on lanikai’s) i’ve never seen a pack sold anywhere but it does a nice job on new lanikai ukes

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:42:02 +0000

cbf: Yet to be seen how well distributed they’ll be over here.

Nick: I should have mention, the strings on them are Aquilas. The black strings are Orcas. They did ask me, separately, if I wanted to review the strings but I decided there’s very little I can say in a string review.

By: Nick Bardy-Chivor

Nick Bardy-Chivor — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:25:56 +0000

…once again, thanks for the selfless review of the entry level option…what confuses me is…in the accesories bit on the site they do the black strings…there is a soprano/concert low G option…wonder if they will cut the mustard…or just the cheese…did you get sent any…