What material is ukulele suitable for beginners?

There are many kinds of ukulele materials that beginners can choose, and many times these Woods can't be distinguished. Most of it still depends on what materials and timbre novices like.

There are basswood, Sabili wood, redwood, spruce, acacia wood in ukulele, and some unconventional materials, such as HPL and carbon fiber. I have used them all, and each wood shows a different timbre.

Except basswood and sapyli wood, I don't particularly recommend it, and other wood novices are safe to consider. Generally speaking, the sound of redwood is warm, the sound of spruce is clear and clean, and the sound of acacia is crisp and bright.

After talking about traditional wood, we have to mention HPL, a new material that has been very popular in the past two years. Because recently, more and more friends have asked me if the HPL piano is good. When chatting with them, I found that many of them don't know what HPL is, so I think it is necessary to tell you something in the article.

I try to say it in a popular way. HPL is actually a fireproof board, which was used to make furniture a long time ago. In the past, when the economy and technology were not very developed, fires often occurred at home, so some people used HPL materials to make furniture. Later, the fire prevention facilities at home were all perfect, and fewer and fewer people used this material to make furniture.

I remember Martin was the first brand to make a piano with HPL material, and then he basically gave up. There are also brands that try to use HPL as a piano in China, but because this material is not very good in timbre performance and the feedback from piano friends is not very good, I don't recommend this kind of piano. I think it is nothing more than stronger for ordinary novices.

I was really shocked when I first learned about the carbon fiber piano, because I watched a video of a piano with a car pressing on a water pipe, and the real pure carbon fiber piano was intact! Because I didn't find a picture of pure carbon fiber ukulele, and I didn't buy a pure carbon fiber one myself, so I put a guitar, so we'll wait and see ~

Later, I saw that carbon fiber pianos were also sold in China, but the price directly discouraged me, not too expensive, but too cheap. Real carbon fiber materials are very, very expensive. Here, just search a few carbon fiber products of a treasure and feel the taste of RMB.

The above picture was sent to me by a friend who makes handmade pianos. According to what he told me, some pianos called carbon fiber are actually made by this injection molding process. Perhaps carbon fiber cloth is used in some structural parts, but after all, the use of carbon fiber in the whole piano is still relatively small.

To tell whether it is real carbon fiber, I suggest you look at the "carbon fiber material" on the Internet, which is similar to "straw mat" and "weaving".

As for some so-called carbon fiber pianos on the market at present, how much carbon fiber material is used, or whether it is this injection molding process, to be honest, I don't want to elaborate. Let's talk about it ourselves.

The ukulele made of new materials such as HPL and carbon fiber has a light, thin and crisp sound, and always lacks the "wood smell" that the piano itself should have when playing. I prefer the charm of the log piano.

★ Summary: If you really want to appreciate the charm of ukulele, I suggest you try to choose a round wooden piano.

After knowing what material you want, you should choose the right brand. For beginners, I suggest that you choose a variety of ukulele brands, preferably those of mahogany, acacia and spruce, so that novices can have more choices.

In addition, if the novice is ready to teach himself, it is best to choose the ukulele brand that gives beginners an introductory tutorial, and the novice needs to find it online himself.