Romero 10 inch Banjo Uke Reviews

Romero 10 inch Banjo Uke submitted 11/15/2006 Submitter unclekurty (see all reviews from this person) Where Purchased Jason Romero Year Purchased 2006 Price Paid $1100.00 historic exchange rates / currency converter Sound Loud or soft it has a huge tonal range. Sound Rating 10 Setup I haven't changed a thing. It was set up perfectly. Setup Rating 10 Appearance It's a beautiful instrument. It's made out of chechen as my other 2 banjos from Jason and has the 'Morning Glory" motif. The workmanship is impeccable. Appearance Rating 10 Reliability Gotoh tuners and Jason's own tension hoop along with his ring tailpiece. Reliability Rating 10 Customer Service Lifetime warranty. This is great. And Jason is great to deal with. Customer Service 10 Components Everything thing is top of the line. Components Rating 10 Overall Comments This is a banjo uke made by Jason Romero. I had tried out some vintage banjo ukes but usually the scale length was too short and the pots too small for my tastes. This instrument works great for strumming along to Old Time tunes. I can get a great chunky sound perfect for the desired rhythmic accompaniment of these tunes. I use a very thin pick and nylgut strings. This uke has a 10 inch pot made out of chechen with an integral bubinga tone ring along with a skin head. It has Jason’s unusual tension hoop which is very comfortable along with his unique tailpiece. It has a concert scale neck. It has a ‘morning glory bud’ inlayed on the peghead. This is a loud ukulele. I’ve compared it to a resonator uke and found this uke to have just as much volume. Of course it’s a uke so you can use it for more traditional uke playing. It excels however in classical fingerstyle playing. In this style the tone is almost harp like. It’s a very pleasing sound. I joined the Santa Cruz Ukelele Club soon after getting this instrument. It generated a lot of interest and everyone was quite impressed with the sound. They had seen many a banjo uke but none like this. The neck feels great and the banjo looks great. I think chechen is a beautiful wood and also an excellent tone wood. If you are interested in an instrument for playing old time music consider a banjo uke. And this instrument is a great value. A higher end uke can easily cost much more then this and I think this instrument sounds great doing fingerstyle uke as well as strumming. It is very versatile. You can view pictures of this banjo at http://www.romerobanjos.com/concert_uke.html Overall Rating 10