Lovely uke. Lovely review. Sometimes I do rewatch old reviews (particularly of models i own, strangely). There really is a wealth of quality work there.
Wonderful review! My first ukulele was a Mainland Red Cedar Tenor. I now have four ukes, and my Mainland has the best quality sound. It continues to be a lovely, excellent instrument. You are so right, Mike is a doll. Thank you, for all of your reviews, I so enjoy them!
Would love for you to review one of their Mangos sometime. I've been intrigued by Mango Sopranos lately. The wood seems to elicit a wonderful deep midrange.
I love my mango soprano. As a matter of fact I e let all my sopranos go but my Mainland mango remains, most likely for the rest of my life. I also lucked out in the finish, I’m not a gloss fan but I called Mainland and they had a “second” in a matte finish. I can’t for the life of me find a blemish besides some glue squeeze out on the inside.
A Mainland Concert Mahoghany was my 1st solid wood instrument. Was so nervous buying it since it was much costlier than the Makala i had. It only cost $169 since it was repaired stock. And in retrospect I am so happy with the purchase. It sounds loud and bell like just like the tenor you are testing. I put Martin strings on it to tone it down. Keep up the good work!
I really like this ukulele. Sounds great, a very nice formal look and I am a sucker for slotted headstocks. Well worth the money in my book. Bravo, Baz!
Thanks for the review Baz. I have a mainland mahogany baritone and it's one of the few in my collection I'd never sell. A beautiful looking and sounding instrument.
Thanks, great review - and coincidentally had been looking at your other Mainland reviews last week as I can see one of their sopranos in my future, either the red cedar or mango.
Beautiful! Nice price for a quality product (with a few minor gripes). Think I'd be proud to call that one my own, particularly since I also came from Indiana. Nice review, I'll add this one to my growing want list. 🙂 Oh. And thanks for the shoutout
I’m surprised at the finish flaws. Mike knocked some $ off my concert due to a “small scratch near the bridge” and, for the life of me, I cannot find it.
Loved the tone. To my ears tenor ukuleles often sound too much like guitars, but this one, as it should, sounds like a ukulele. I might have spotted that mark at about 2'30". It seems to be an imperfection in the grain rather than a scratch that's been glossed over.
Great review as always. I love the tenor size I asked for your advice in other review and ended up with a tenor because of nut width considerations. Now I want a different sound (to add variety) and I was wondering if a tenor can sound like a baritone (I think that would be too big for my liking and it is super boring buying for baritones because there are not many) do you have any recomended strings for the job (with low D tunning on a tenor) people form UU say bari strings will be too "loosy" but also say you can put concert strings on a tenor or a soprano or the other way arround with no problems. On the other hand, How does this compare with the MAT-4? What would you prefer this or the Islander?
With the right strings you can get a tenor to DGBE tuning, but i'm afraid I don't know which brand (never done it). Certainly bari strings will not work. It works between concert and soprano because the scale is not wholly different, but mainly because you are not changing the tuning. This is a far nicer instrument IMHO to the MAT-4
Why do you like slotted head stock? I have been look into getting mainland concert ukulele. Would you recommend cutaway. Does Mainland make koa wood ukuleles and? What do you think of koa wood as opposed to mahogany? Do you have a preference? Of all your ukuleles what brand is your favorite? You said you would change those strings out, for what brand?
Just like the way they look. Cutaways for me seem a bit pointless on ukes - not that hard to reach upper frets on a standard. No Koa in the Mainland range. Koa vs Mahogany is a subjective thing - depends on personal tastes, and I like both. Favourite brand is Kanile'a and I never give string recommendations - too subjective.
@@GotAUkulele Thank you. What about rounded backs on thin travel ukulele.? Kanikee makes the islander you reviewed in this video, so a low end islander made in China with Kanileaa name is a favorite with good sound, sustain, etc. I appreciate your knowledge base and thus your opinion. should I ignore Luna, Breedlove, Cordoba, Lanikai, Amahi, Oscar Smidth, Hex, Kala, Ibanez, Hilo, Aqua, Kmise, Ohana, Diviser. All on EBay, my source as no stores in area. Mainland I found through add. Had never heard of Islander sold by Kanilea, I will check. Thankyou
@@jasneskis What do you want to know about rounded back thinlines- they are ok. Kala make a good one. Of that list I would ignore Luna and Kmise. I have never played Oscar Schmidt (not available in UK market), Hex, Hilo, Aqua or Deviser so can't comment. Of the others I think Cordoba and Lanikai fall behind. The Islanders are better than all the rest in my opinion.
Had a new one that shoots 4k for several months now. YT does not always auto set playback to the highest setting for people watching, so maybe it was that?
This inspired me to buy a mainland red cedar tenor. Not even the model in the video. What does that tell you? It tells you how legit and trustworthy Baz’s opinions are when it comes to brands.
Any possibility you could do a review of the all solid mango Ana'Ole? Im thinking of buying one but £700 is a lot of money to pay with without playing the instrument first
@@GotAUkulele they are such pretty pieces of wood and from the one video I've seen they sound good but I need a reliable review with the pros and cons and recommendations for strings etc.
Great sounding instrument! Nut's a bit too narrow for me and I really like having side dots. Other than that I think it looks like a good uke for the price.
Got my Kala a few weeks ago and managed to get it for £160 brand new. Its my first Uke so nothing really to compare it to, but I'm loving it. Love your channel btw, really concise honest reviews.
@@GotAUkulele How so? Not only do you need to install the dots,which I have done in the past--and it wasn't that easy--you have to refinish the side of the fret board. Not something I am prepared to do.
@@kingstumble Either white paint pen or white sticker dots (which need replacing, but no biggie) - or very tip of a hand drill bit in a pin vice - turn to create very slight depression - white paint. As the paint is in a dip, doesn't rub off. No refinishing needed.
