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Original Post By:
blackbird
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Date: 2/2/2010 8:22:28 PM |
Hi folks,
I wanted to drop a quick line to let you know we've put some info up on our site regarding our new tenor ukulele. Thanks for all the interest and looking forward to hearing from you with comments, questions, thoughts etc. http://www.blackbirdguitar.com/ukulele.html
Thanks, Joe Luttwak |
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Posted By:
rbeetsme
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Date: 2/2/2010 9:45:49 PM
(Updated: 2/2/2010 9:46:13 PM)
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| Could use some bailout money, fast! (Yes. I would be stimulated!)
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Posted By:
telebob
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Date: 2/2/2010 10:48:24 PM
(Updated: 2/3/2010 10:15:25 AM)
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Wow wow wow!!! I have a CA (Composite Acoustics) carbon-fiber acoustic guitar that plays and sounds great, and have been wondering when a carbon-fiber ukulele would be available. I checked around the net for a price... here's an excerpt from the info on Harmony Central:
"The Blackbird ukulele will be available in Spring 2010 for a street price of $999 with electronics optional."
Schweeet!!!! :) Looks like that Blackbird uke can s-i-n-g!!!!
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Posted By:
BrianT
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Date: 2/3/2010 1:04:56 PM |
| I love the photo of the uke covered with raindrops.
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Posted By:
Ernie
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Date: 2/4/2010 1:24:39 PM |
| Maybe this is a dumb question, but why do the carbon fiber ukes and guitars all have that strange, non-traditional, offset sound hole design? Is there a structural reason they couldn't be made with a traditional shape, and traditional sound hole?
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Posted By:
mLKauai
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Date: 2/4/2010 2:38:14 PM |
good question Ernie,
here's another.... is it the sound that people love about CF?
or something else?
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Posted By:
fleaflicker
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Date: 2/4/2010 4:23:30 PM |
| Here's why I ordered a Blackbird cf uke. First, the issue of sound. The cf guitars I have heard had a very even sound across the entire frequency range, and I'm thinking and hoping the ukulele will be the same. Second the issue of care and feeding in harsh climate areas(No. Ariz.) Imagine starting to play outside and the temp is 75-80 and by the time you stop it is 50-55. The humidity starts out at 75% and ends up at 15%. One spends a great deal of time, effort and money maintaining a humidified room and case at 45% r.h.and then you go to a gig for three hours where the heat is on ('cause it is 20 outside) and the r.h. at the gig is 15%. Then you drive to PHX and the temp is 105 and the r.h. is 7%. After taking serious care of your $1200 - $1500 custom or factory uke, you open the case one day and the fingerboard has shrunk so the fret wires are slicing your fingers; or all of a sudden the intonation is off or you've got buzzing due to neck warp; or after all your work you notice a split on the sound board or the glue on a brace a dried out and the brace is rattling around. Very little ocean-front property in Arizona, so playing while I surf is NOT an issue. Makes a uker want relocate.
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Posted By:
mLKauai
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Date: 2/4/2010 7:26:14 PM |
| sounds like a great beach uke! among other things.
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Posted By:
duane
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Date: 2/4/2010 8:50:11 PM |
| I might be because CF splits and and frays very easy once it starts. Drilling this stuff is difficult and is nasty to work with. I've only used it for truss rods and braces and that is enough.
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Posted By:
NinaC
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Date: 2/8/2010 10:08:29 AM |
| Hi Joe, tell me about the neck profile.
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Posted By:
hoaryhead
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Date: 2/8/2010 10:18:51 AM
(Updated: 2/8/2010 10:21:29 AM)
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"Why do the carbon fiber ukes and guitars all have that strange, non-traditional, offset sound hole design?"
They don't. Rainsong makes normal looking guitars, and the CF uke made by DaSilva was normal.
A couple of weeks ago, I played a Rainsong Jumbo at GC, and wow. What an instrument. I have to say that for all the sacrifices (the beauty of wood, tradition, changing sound over time), the Rainsong was an incredible sounding instrument, and "pro" quality--zero issues.
I didn't make it over to NAMM this year, but I'm guessing the Blackbird sounds nice, and it looks like it's a pretty reasonable price, too. I wouldn't write it off as a "beach uke." It's a gigging instrument that should be able to take a little bit of abuse. It's just too bad it's ugly. ; ) (I'm a traditionalist when it comes to shape.)
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Posted By:
Ernie
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Date: 2/8/2010 12:03:29 PM |
"It's just too bad it's ugly. ; ) (I'm a traditionalist when it comes to shape.)"
I'm with you there, hh!
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Posted By:
MR Bulk
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Date: 2/10/2010 10:37:01 PM |
DA-YUM!!! I need to get me one a these!!!
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