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Original Post By:
Guest_Human Uke
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
| I visited a local guitar store
today to check out the ukes. They
carry fluke/flea and MartinSO. I
asked a guy who works in the store
whether they have anything new,
and was told that they have some
new ukes coming-- a new line of
ukes named "Fortune", all-wood in
construction, produced by "the
company that makes fluke and
flea." He told me that the Fortune
ukes were displayed in the latest
NAMM show, and they had already
ordered some concerts and
baritones, which may arrive at the
store at any time. I got pretty
excited and promised him to return
to the store to try the new ukes
when they arrive. Has anyone heard
about the Fortune ukes? I would
hate myself if I am spreading
rumors here, but I really trust
the music store and the guy who
told me this. Before today I
almost had my mind set to buy a
Jenny tenor cut-away (which will
be available in 6 weeks according
to John Hall), but now I may
reconsider. The uke market is
growing like crazy! I feel so
fortunate to have so many great
options, but it really is getting
much harder to choose. |
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Posted By:
Guest_Zathras
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
| Google to the rescue. yep.
http://tinyurl.com/47oyp
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Posted By:
Guest_Zathras
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
link
trying a real link
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Posted By:
Guest_Human Uke
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
| Big thanks to Zathras and the
almighty Google. I am unwilling to
start the free trial with credit
card info so I was only able to
read the beginning part of the
article. So, only soprano and
baritone? I hope tenor will also
become avaible in the future...
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Posted By:
Guest_Flukey
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
| Say it isnt so...
When is the 8 string Fluke
coming, thats what we want to
know. OK, start little with the
4 string, go to the 6, and then
please us all with the Fluke
Taropatch! Thats what we want to
see instead of another
traditional looking uke.
just my opinion.... for all you
peanut shaped uke players.
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Posted By:
Guest_Little Bird
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Date: 2/17/2005 |
| Word is that the Fortune is the Jenny
under a different name.
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Posted By:
Guest_paul kunz
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Date: 2/18/2005 |
| I am also interested in the new
baritone. Just want to say though
that this new line is NOT solid
wood. Give Dale a call, I did
Paul
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Posted By:
Guest_PhonoFred
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Date: 2/18/2005 |
| I wonder why the Magic Fluke Co.
would offer yet another low priced
laminate Uke to the market place.
So many companies make low priced
laminates. These are very creative
people so I'm thinking there must
be something special that we don't
know yet. I wish that Dale would
post, and clarify what they will be
offering. I suppose however, they
will be advertised here soon, and
we will know what's up. I sure do
wish them all the luck in the world
with all of their products.
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Posted By:
Guest_paul kunz
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Date: 2/18/2005 |
| PhoneFred:
Hi, I agree with you. With the
all wood Jenny just out and the
praiselandmusic.com coming out and
others, there is a lot of
competition.
I think I might trust the Fluke
Co. over a laminate from someone
else, as I think their inspection,
set-up and quality control might
be better, as they seem to have a
good rep. with the flukes etc.
I also like a company that is in
the USA (should be easier to
contact and work with if there are
problems).
I think their price will help
their sales(the baritone is
$89.99), but then again an ALL
WOOD Jenny baritone at $250 can't
be beat!
I am not sure which one I will go
for as a newbie buying my first
baritone. I think they are both
worth the price for what you get.
If it was possible, I think they
should have gone with a baritone
fluke, I just love that look!
Paul
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Posted By:
Guest_PhonoFred
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Date: 2/18/2005 |
Paul,
A Bari Fluke would very cool.
Fred
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Posted By:
Guest_marty
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Date: 5/31/2005 |
| I checked out the Fortune baratone and a soprano at a local folk music store. They are marked with the magic fluke company label. The quality is no where near as nice as the Jenny but the price is way less. They appear to be all plywood. The soprano doesn't sound so nice but I thought the baratone was pretty good from a sound and playability standpoint. (It's sound compared nicely to a vintage martin and a vintage favilla that were at the store) The fortune ukes use old style open backed geared tuners. If your looking for a good priced (under $100) soprano/concert uke with excellent sound and playablility check out the Praiseland/Vinyard triangle body uke (not the V). It's like an all wood version of the fluke. I think it is plywood but the one I played sounded super.
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Posted By:
Guest_marty
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Date: 6/8/2005 |
| Update - I went by and checked out the fortune ukes one more time and have the following correction: The soprano does not have the geared tuners (only the baratone has this). Also, this time I compared the soprano to other laminated ukes at the store. I must say that the fortune soprano was much better than the other laminate models out there. I am thinking about getting a soprano for my 8 year old son. I am also thinking about getting the baratone for myself - It plays nicely.
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