Ookook Ukes?

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Permalink Reply by George Callihan on September 27, 2011 at 12:20am

Oh and one more thing. In their catalogue(http://ukulelehunt.com/buy-ukulele/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/ookoo...) it says they are made of quilted maple. Anyone know what that is? Any good? It sure looks real nice but you never know with wood.

Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on September 27, 2011 at 6:20am

George,

 

Quilted maple is a gorgeous wood! Maple typically is classified as a "bright" tonewood (emphasis on higher frequency sounds). As long as the top is thin (which it probably is; a lot of quilted maple is used as a veneer on standard custom guitars), it should sound great.

 

Here's some quilted maple tops and backs from various guitar sites and Wikipedia:

 

 

A quilted maple topped uke should sound bright and clear, and be just fine. Went to the OokOok website; he's building these out of some very nice tonewoods. I don't see how you could go wrong with one of these, IMHO.

Permalink Reply by George Callihan on September 27, 2011 at 12:34pm

Thanks for that info Oily! Yeah I love the nice look of quilted maple, just wanted to be sure, cause you can have nice looking wood and bad sound!