Hard to find much to get excited about amongst the hundreds of Kala ukuleles that are hoping to be someone’s Christmas present. But one interesting newbie is the Riptide ukulele (made by Boulder Creek Guitars). It looks like the strangely placed soundholes that the more experimental ukulele makers have been using has filtered down to the cheaper ukes.
I thought Pono was one of the classier makes until I saw the Pono PSO-H.
I’d actually love some more ukes with cheezy designs such as the pono has, but ain’t nooooo way i’d shell out that sorta dough for such a design……i think as McNilly said, i’d look for ones in the 20 to 50 buck range that sound o.k. ha ha….
scant uke window shopping this week eh?
i noticed the Lanikai LU-C’s are being pushed at our ‘guitar centers’ here in the states…..looks like a few more upgrades (at least sorta) for a 99.00 dollar uke….gold machine tuners and some more white trim etc…..G.C. is finally conceding that ukes are seriously growing in popularity judging from one of their last mailers i got….hmmmmfff, slow pokes!
Amazon has carried Riptide for a while now. I like the idea
of a hole on top of the instrument. Why shouldn’t some of the
sound come up to the player, why should all of it go away from
the player? That’s never made any sense to me, for any instrument.
Todd: I suppose i would like a nice painted Uke, but im sorry, that pono is just vile!
However these are quite nice (im not so sure about the second one, plus i doubt i would drop $100 for it)
http://www.postwartrade.com/products/ukelele
http://www.postwartrade.com/products/afp-ukuleles
That pono really is quite hideous. The tuners on it look just like mahalo used to put on their ukes too, i.e. they’re shit.
…PONO…shouldn’t that have read…OHNO…
…as for decorated ukes…D.I.Y!!!…scalpel…card…duck…tape…Big ass cans of spray paint…Bit of BANKSY for inspiration…But remember kids, the paints not nice, so mask up…
Nick…
you mean no ‘huffing?’ :)
c’mon, what’s a few brain cells
Todd…
…Historicaly I wouldn’t have been so health and safety minded…BUT…Unfortunatley I’ve reached a time in my life that I need to take care of the remaining few brain cells I have left…But at least I’m still coherent enough to appreciate the full horror of the PSO-H…
“But at least I’m still coherent enough to appreciate the full horror of the PSO-H…”
Well thank god for that!
I have to admit, I quite like the look of that Pono. Quite.
They should mount a little mirror next to the top soundhole on the Riptide so I can watch myself playing too.
Just got a Riptide Tenor. This is a toy. Not a serious instrument. The tone is annoyingly shrill. Will try other strings, but not hopeful this will ever be a nice sounding instrument. Buyer beware.
BHS: Thanks for the review. Good to know.
My dDaughter has a Riptide, it is a nice sounding instrument and well built.
check out the review in the link below
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God that pono is rough! looks like a £20 uke not $360