"Übel" (ubel)
02/28/2015 at 16:07 • Filed to: None
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"Übel" (ubel)
02/28/2015 at 16:07 • Filed to: None | 4
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Picked up the Oscar Schmidt on the left today, used. Baritone, solid spruce top, and they were only asking $150 for it (I also got 'em to toss in a gig bag), so I was basically losing money not buying it. It sounds fantastic, but I'm going to have to pick up a new set of strings for it real quick.
As for the other two, the one on the far right is a junker Meijer soprano uke that got me into the instrument before I replaced it with the spalted mango tenor beauty in the middle.
E. Julius
> Übel
02/28/2015 at 16:38 |
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Oooh I've wanted to try a bari for a while now. How do you like it so far?
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Übel
> E. Julius
02/28/2015 at 16:45 |
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It truly sounds fantastic, very full body, clear, etc. Build quality is top notch (as is always the case with Oscar Schmidt), and it has a solid top which is basically unheard of at this price point.
My biggest gripe is with it having lower, linear tuning I need to re-learn all my chords to be able to play in-key, and any of the tabs I know that rely on having the re-entrant G no longer sound good. I certainly wouldn't recommend a bari as a first uke, but I'm so so happy with it as a secondary one.
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E. Julius
> Übel
02/28/2015 at 17:10 |
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I'll have to try one out the next time I'm in a music shop. I didn't really know they're tuned so differently, but it looks like my guitar chord knowledge would be able to transfer over. I had a similar progression with ukes as well; I started on pretty much a toy right as I was learning to pick up guitar. Once I got more serious with guitar I wanted something else fun so I had modest upgrade to a basic conert uke. Next up I'll hopefully get my hands on either a much nicer concert uke or a bari like the one you just picked up.
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Übel
> E. Julius
02/28/2015 at 19:12 |
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I played guitar for a little while in high school, but I was never all that dedicated to it, so my interest just kinda faded out. I got that Kona for Christmas last year, absolutely fell in love, and bought the tenor Oscar Schmidt like a month later, and now I'm practicing something like two hours a day :p So really, you could say ukulele is my "serious" instrument.
Rather than getting another concert, try out a tenor. They have a fuller sound than a concert, enough that they can somewhat pull their own weight, but they don't have the learning curve of a baritone and you get to keep the reentrant tuning. Kala makes a really nice one for around $100 last I checked. Although, like you said, a fair bit of your guitar chord knowledge would also apply to a baritone.