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Original Post By:
Allison's R
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Date: 5/9/2008 7:04:59 AM |
A longneck soprano Stew Mac Kit??
I have looked up their URL, and it does not mention the long neck option?
I did however read in one of the threads (which is your ..... ukulele) who wished to keep his longneck Stew Mac soprano...
Can someone shed more light here please?
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Posted By:
Joe Silver
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Date: 5/9/2008 2:01:14 PM
(Updated: 1/15/2009 12:12:51 PM)
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I'd like to know too, please! I assume you don't simply glue on a neck from one of StewMac's guitar kits... :)
Joe Silver
joesilver(at)hotmail(dot)com
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Posted By:
DaveInClintonville
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Date: 5/9/2008 2:06:45 PM |
| Maybe someone made a longer neck to replace the one in the standard kit?
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Posted By:
Grandpa Jim
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Date: 5/9/2008 2:13:40 PM |
I think Dave is right. I believe they have only one uke kit.
Jim
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Posted By:
Allison's R
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Date: 5/9/2008 8:57:10 PM |
| Thank you for your input.
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Posted By:
duane
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Date: 5/9/2008 9:57:28 PM |
| To get 14 frets to the body instead of 12, the neck needs to be made longer. I don't believe the Stew-Mac kit offers that. The bridge position will also change if a longer neck is made for a kit. You cannot simply change just one thing. Aside from having an extra 1/2 inch of room at the neck/body joint, there is not much to be gained in sound for a soprano size uke, unless you increase the scale size and then everything changes again. The long neck sopranos you see for sale by some makers are really concert size ukes with small soprano bodies. In my opinion there is no advantage to this system.
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Posted By:
Frank B
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Date: 5/9/2008 11:22:11 PM |
I remember that a few years ago Vineyard offered a soprano bodied uke with a tenor scale neck. Two of my students at the time bought them, and they had a very interesting sound.
On a related subject, who if anyone, offers a concert uke kit? Frank B.
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Posted By:
WildChild
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Date: 5/10/2008 12:29:55 AM |
| Ohana (Vineyard)still makes a tenor necked soprano (go to MGM's store).
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Posted By:
DougD
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Date: 5/10/2008 6:10:28 AM |
| Pete Howlett sells a very nice concert uke kit: http://uklectic.com/ukulele_kits.html
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Posted By:
Allison's R
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Date: 5/10/2008 6:30:53 AM |
Bob Symods in the thread "which is your favourite uke wrote about the long necked Stew Mac soprano.
For that reason I became curious, and raised the query as a thread. It has also been interesting to read that there are formulas and proportions to adhere to. I have looked at Pete Howlet's site and would love a dreadnought uke.., and a Kiwaya Concert...Big sigh.... but you only live once !!
Posted By: Bob S. Date: 5/1/2008 12:54:44 AM
Well... I have 2 Applause soprano's, 1 Applause tenor, 1 Fluke, and 2 StewMac soprano's I built, one being a longneck. I'd keep the StewMacs. They sound the best and are just as playable. I am building a concert and it may become #1.... we'll see.
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