3/16/2023 0 Comments Luna ukelelePloytec GmbH/ ism/ Germany (Oct, 10th, 2022) (ictw) – Ploytec, the South German audio specialists and DobBroMan, singer- / songwriter and blues artist from Berlin, co-developed BOOM KICK, an automatic stomp box. It’s built well, the finish is great and for the large part it plays just fine too.Automatic Stomp Box – Bass Drum Synthesizer Overall I think the Luna Mo’o Concert is a decent ukulele that will have obvious appeal in the looks department to a certain audience, and, when it comes down to I don’t think they would be disappointed with their choice. When it comes to playability I like this uke, it feels good in the hand, the setup is good. Rather than me try and describe the sound which is always a difficult one – here’s a few sound samples ( all recorded with a Blue Snowball) so that you can form your own opinion. If you’re more of a strummer and singer then maybe you could let this slide.īeyond that the sound is fine, once you string a ukulele with Aquila you can be pretty confident that you know what it will sound like. I tend to play quite a bit of chord melody style songs on my ukulele so note separation is important to me. Perhaps I’m being a bit picky there, and to some I doubt they’d notice. When playing an open C chord for example it can be quite hard to hear the difference when you play an open C with the 7th fret of the A string fretted rather than the 3rd. It’s perfectly playable but it does suffer from a lack of note separation, which is something I always look for (or should that be listen for) in a ukulele. There’s nothing wrong with the sound but there’s nothing great about it either. Time for the acid test – what does it sound like? Well, that’s a difficult one and I’m a little bit on the fence. It’s a bit tricky to get your hand to it quickly (should you need to) and maybe would have made more sense to have it located on the upper bout – but maybe that’s just my own personal preference. The onboard preamp is fitted well onto the lower bout and it does the job. There’s something about a well finished fretboard that goes a long way to making a uke look and feel like there’s been some care in the build. It looks and feels very good to play and the edges are really quite smooth. On the whole I think it’s been put together very well, the fretboard in particular stands out to me. I quite like the feel – it’s a bit more tactile than some of my other ukes. In the hand it feels pretty good and it’s well put together – there’s a different feel to this one, it doesn’t have a super smooth finish to it. It’s probably worth pointing out that being a 37 year old male, I very much doubt that I fit into Luna’s core target audience. It’s probably not a ukulele that I would seek out to buy on looks alone (this one is on loan to me) but that said, I can see why people would go for a Luna. Oh and there’s a slightly padded gig bag too. It comes strung with Aquila (what else?) and has pearl moon phase fret markers on the fingerboard. For around $150 you get a solid laminate mahogany concert ukulele, rosewood fretboard and bridge, built in Luna preamp with a laser etched lizard/leaf pattern on the top.
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