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I echo that....every uke I've purchased from Matt has been set up great. Lovely to deal with.

Mainland ukes offers Guadalupe strings. I’ve owned several sets. IMHO , both are workable but my preference is the set by Perry. The Guad are all wound strings and have a lot of finger noise. Perry’s avoid this as they the three wounds in his set are smooth. The Guads are louder and may...

You are correct, mim no longer sells baritones. And one of the reasons she gave was they took often more work to set up correctly. Mim is a quality dealer. I’ve purchased several from her and love her work. I respect her decision to offer the ukes she wants to work with and the companies she...

Hmmm… Not me. I’ve put em on 2 different ukes with no issue.

They are quite nice. Here’s a review I did of them https://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/threads/perrys-octave-strings-gcea.161398/

The options can seem overwhelming. I've owned several baritones. I haven't notice a lot of sound difference between a quality 19 inch or a quality 21 inch. I don't think a longer scale necessarily means more sustain or better sound. Of course, scale length will affect your left hand. You...

I've owned both a Pono UL steel stringed bari and the Ohana 70rb (similar to the clearwater mentioned above). Big price difference. For the money, I think the Ohana is quite nice. The Pono is nice as well. It of course depends on your pocket book and what you are looking for. Both are...

Okay we Portland lads are curious. Count me in as well.

Congratulations bobjking! I too loved your song. Twas a super contest. Thank you too to the judges. It was a great opportunity to grow.

Looks super! Just looking at it has me reaching for my mug.

Another welcome here! I’m in Portland.

Hmmm…that spread sheet may exist, but my experience says it probably won’t capture the intangibles that make a string set nice. I look for a set that allow overtones to ring, provide the feel I’m looking for, the bass response I want from my bari, and the flexibility that work well with my old...

What an opportunity! Thank you for putting this together. My contribution is an original piece I wrote for my wife of 47 years. She is an absolute joy. I wrote this piece trying to demonstrate not only the incredible times we continue to share, but also the multi-facets that make her unique...

No I didn't and I would be very hesitant to do so as I like to experiment with strings . . . I would not want to make a change that was permanent. I found the strings worked well as they were. I don't have either concert today strung with them. They worked fined . . . intonation was good on...

I've placed them on concerts with no issue. I would strings by mail's diagnosis. I prefer them on tenors but they sounded fine on bye my vita uke and RC stc.

What helped me was thinking of the bar chord more as pushing up with my thumb and less pushing down with my finger. This was something I heard Brad Bordessa mention in one of his videos. It has helped a lot.

Well, here's a poor man's version:

Hey that's encouraging! I know Guadalupe strings for ukes are all 4 wound. I don't know of others that are like that......are there others?

I'm very intrigued. I just sent them a note asking if it would work on wound strings like a Thomastik..... I'll let you know. If so, I gotta try one.

Saw this and was wondering if anyone has tried it. It's a short "bow" designed for acoustic guitars that gives your instrument a cello-ish vibe. Pretty cool. It says it won't work on nylon strings, but I'm curious if any steel string bari players or perhaps wound string players have tried...