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Oscar Schmidt OU5 Concert Koa Ukulele | 
| Brand: Oscar Schmidt
Category: Musical Instruments
Buy New: $127.96
as of 9/9/2010 04:49 EDT details
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 685
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 24 x 3.5 x 12
MPN: OU5
Model: OU5
UPC: 801128501581
EAN: 0801128501581
ASIN: B0002GLMMM
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| ♦ | Hawaiian Koa | | ♦ | Abalone top inlays | | ♦ | Rosewood fingerboard and bridge | | ♦ | Grover tuners |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
he OU5 Ukulele features Hawaiian Koa top, Hawaiian Koa back and sides, Abalone top inlay, Rosewood fingerboard and bridge, and Grover tuners.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
 Perfect for an average guitar player! August 8, 2006
Charlene Ceballos (Vallejo, Ca USA)
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
I have been playing guitar for almost 5 years and to be quite honesty, I'm still not as great as Carlos Santana or Slash. I'm just pretty much an average player. When I wanted to learn how to play the ukulele, I was skeptical on which brand/type I should get. After three months of debating, I finally wised up and bought this one. It looked like the one I borrowed from a friend and the brand name sounded familiar to my ears. After much anticipation for four days, it finally arrived and it is an incredible ukulele. I couldn't be more satisfied with it! The frets are placed perfectly for someone that's familiar with playing the guitar, not to mention someone that's beginning, it's easier to place your fingers when you can see them (the soprano ukulele is really small compared to this concert size). Overall I love my uke. I suggest getting this if you know how to play guitar already.
Outstanding value September 1, 2007
Eric L. Fox (Foothills of the Sierras)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
I picked this uke out based on reviews from other websites and then came to Amazon to see if they offered it. They did, through Musician's Friend, so I ordered it. It is now six weeks later and the thing FINALLY arrived. Over the course of the six weeks, I called Musician's Friend three times. Each time they explained that they had moved to a much larger warehouse and that the larger warehouse's previous staff were supposed to stay on as new employees of the company. The former staff apparently didn't get that info and on day one nobody showed up for work. Musician's Friend was forced to hire a whole new warehouse staff and train them. That, according to them, was the cause for the shipping delay. Take it with a grain of salt. However, each time I spoke to them they were very professional and, in the end, they took appropriate measures to convince me that they are, indeed, concerned about customer satisfaction.
Anyway, about the ukulele, it was worth the wait. Front, back and sides are all book matched koa. The sides are half heartwood and half sapwood which makes some dramatic contrasts. The back has some light figure to it. The finish is flawless polished high-gloss. The mother-of-pearl inlay is beautiful. It's almost like a new car...I'm going to be on needles and pins until it gets it's first scratch...then I'll be able to relax a bit. After the strings settled in it seems to be holding tuning well and intonation seems very good. The tuners are very nice and make precise tuning very easy. This thing sure is pretty! You can take this second paragraph with a grain of salt as well, this is only my second ukulele, however, I did sleep at a Holiday Inn Express last night :)
Looks and sounds like it Costs Much, Much More December 30, 2007
PhilUSAFRet (Florida USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have had my OU5 Laminate Koa for about 3 years. I have a Martin Soprano my dad gave me, but wanted another uke to play so I didn't wear out my vintage Martin. I got this with the case for less than most places sell just the uke today and I can tell you both are incredible values. The uke looks like a custom uke costing 10 times as much, and the case is better quality than most soft cases for other stringed instruments. Being a laminate, I was especially surprised by the sound. After installing Aquila strings, tone and sustain for a uke in this price range are incredible. If you are a beginner, or even a seasoned player looking for a uke in this price range, this uke is a no-brainer. Get one.
i love this ukulele!!! XOXOXOXO July 21, 2008
Laura Loiselle (long beach, ca)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
i bought this ukulele several months ago. i had been using a cheap one that i bought at a tiki shop. then, i started taking a ukulele class. i needed something better. it feels wonderful and is sounding better all the time. this ukulele has great sustain. i'm a beginner, and i highly recommend this ukulele to anyone, at any level. it's beautifully crafted. it makes me very happy. aloha!
Nice instrument for the price March 10, 2008
Jason Austin (Virginia Beach, VA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a much better sounding instrument than I expected for the price. It keeps going flat but I've been told that's just the nature of nylon stringed instruments until the strings stretch out completely. My previous experience is all with steel stringed guitars.
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