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NTD (New Tiple Day) coming...
Got one of these on order- should arrive sometime after the New Year (hands-on review to follow):
Back in the early/mid-70's I used to see these all the time on "Pawnshop Row" on Manhattan's 14th Street and at We Buy Guitars on 48th Street - '30s Martin T-28's with herringbone trim and killer Brazilian (they had a bunch of top-notch BRW that wasn't big enough to make guitars) could be had for $65-75, 18's for less, and 15/17-models for as little as $45. Thought they looked cool but didn't know what to make of them - not-quite-uke/not-quite-mandolin/not-quite-12-string ; found out they add a nice sparkle to a rhythm section (Teddy Bunn's Spirits of Rhythm used two of them at one point) - should punch up our senior center's uke group and bring a new voice to our band's acoustic sets...
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Congratulations Steve those are very cool instruments. A member of our Uke Jam has one and it sounds great. He does open mic performances with it, he has a great Irish lilt to he singing voice and it blends wonderfully. Enjoy your new Tiple when it arrives. I look forward to your review
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Very cool, Steve. Never saw one of these until this post, and had to look it up to find out how what a tiple actually is. I hope you'll post back with some audio or video when you receive it!
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Kinda the same thing I was thinking, Dave - our band has a bunch of traditional/neo-trad tunes that we've pushed aside for a while due to audience demand for the electric stuff, and as soon as time/circumstances permit (and we find an Irish bar crazy/stupid/desperate enough to book us for a night ) I'll be putting it to good use...
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FedEx tracking lists scheduled arrival for tomorrow (12/31) - review to follow...
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UPDATE:
Package arrived Tuesday morning, waited the requisite 24 hours before opening; what awaited me was a total trainwreck, IME far below the standard I've come to expect from Ohana, and in spite of the seller's claims this one never saw the hands of a tech for setup - here's the story:
This one's going back, post haste - thing is, Ohana only produces a small batch every year or two, and I've been waiting for two years for one to become available; oh well, you live/you learn - should've grabbed one of those '30s Martins years ago...
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Ugh. What a disappointment, Steve.
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I got mine, a used made in Chicago Regal, from a yard sale for $100. It's holding up really well. I tune it to a C6, like a ukulele.
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