Oscar Schmidt OU5 Concert Ukulele
March 3, 2010 by baritone ukulele
Filed under Music
- Hawaiian Koa body and top
- Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
- Bound top, back and fingerboard
- Chrome tuners
- Abalone binding and rosette on top
Product Description
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Oscar Schmidt OU5 Concert Ukulele
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Just a warning. If you think you are going to get a Washburn ukulele from Amazon, you will not. As in my case, you will recieve an OSCAR SCHMIDT ukulele by Washburn. a nice ukulele but you could get it for only $99. I got very little empathy when I voiced the issue with Amazon directly. Maybe I should have caught on when there was no picture available for this item.
MW
Rating: 1 / 5
This OU5 is a great deal considering what else is available in this price range….especially with the free shipping. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality and the feel of this inexpensive instrument. I have played nylon string guitar for many years, and wanted to have a uke around so i could learn to play that too. I love this little uke. its amazing quality for the price. not sure how they do it.
in fact, i liked it so much that i bought the OU-53 as well which is the baritone version if this puppy. both of em are really nice. I highly recommend this is you are looking to get into a cool uke without a jumbo price tag. this is definitely worth the money, and gives you a chance to experience what the Ukelele is all about.
Rating: 5 / 5
My Uku does not look like the one pictured. It has more details. It sounds great, its easy to hold, it was easy to tune, it keeps the tuning and yes it sounds great!
Rating: 5 / 5
I was quite suprised with this ukulele. Excellent tone. For the price I paid for this uke, I was quite impressed. Nice solid chrome tuners. This uke is one of my favorite in my collection. I would purchase another one. This is an awesome buy imho. I wasn’t disappointed.
Rating: 5 / 5
i have played classical guitar for 25 years. most my guitars are high-end classicals and electrics ($1000 +)
so when i wanted a uke i did’nt want the $40 toy.i wanted something to last me a life time.i bought the ou-5 after much research.i have read comments from other dime-store “experts” say “oh you should forget the oscar uke and go for the solid woods bla bla”…..nonsense.
the intonation was perfect on my OU5 (checked with digital tuner not my lying ears) the fit and finish is beutiful.as for the build quality,i have a unique perspective;see my house caught on fire and exploded a few months back and after digging through the collapsed ceiling in my destroyed bedroom i found my OU5 with a fist sized pick-axe hole in the side from a fireman searching for wall fires. just today i rounded out the new “soundhole” in the side with a dremel and put some martin strings on.the old ones had melted off because there was charcoal from the burning ceiling in the sound hole/body of the OU5. the OU5 has perfect intoniation and even WITH a huge hole in the side sounds very good.i will replace with worth strings soon as they REALLY bring out the sound and nice tone.i will be buying a ohana CK-50 but keep this OU5 as a trusty great sounding $140 uke.
5stars
MAKE SURE TO SCRAP THE original GHS STRINGS FOR SOME QUALITY “worth “or aquila strings
(NOTE the OU-5 is NOT a solid KOA uke.it is a laminate with KOA veneer)
buy it you won’t be sorry
quick edit: ALL NYLON STRINGED INSTUMENT STRINGS FALL OUT OF TUNE UNTIL “BREAK_IN” this is NOT a problem with the instument.my $1200 Takimine classical gtr does the same thing as do all nylon strings
Rating: 5 / 5