Lets look at - Flight Ukuleles - Diana, Phantom, Spirit and Voyager's Concert and Tenor Ukes
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- Опубліковано 2 бер 2020
- Join me (Alex) as I navigate, explain and sample some of the best Ukuleles in the Flight Ukulele range. Flight are an Eastern European Ukulele company that produce dozens of their own unique models in China. If you are on social media and into the Ukulele then there is no doubt you would have already come across Flight but do they live up to the hype? Judge for yourself but we certainly think so... Snail, Pono, Ohana, Kala and Cordoba should probably watch out!
Flight Diana TE
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Flight Spirit Concert Electro
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Flight Phantom Tenor Electro
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Flight Voyager Concert Electro
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Flight Voyager Tenor Electro
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Equipment Used (for vloggers reference) - Sony A6400 / Zoom H6 / Sontronics Microphones / Filmora Pro
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love the new setup, especially the audio! great job, can hear the instruments so much better! thanks :)
That Voyager Tenor Spruce really sings. Wow
I bought the Phantom and I’m so, so pleased with it. I was hoping I could find a demo by you first but found one and I’m not disappointed. Oh and it looks great too! 😊
My favs are the Phantom Tenor and the Voyager Concert. Very nice! Loving that Flight are using passive pickups.
My favorite was the Spruce tenor ukulele. It sounded heavenly with all of those beautiful bright overtones.
I get 'ya - there's something about that model that stands out.
Hi Alex, thanks for the review - up to your normal standard of a lively mixture of humour and fact...
So impressed, I bought a Diana Soundthing (from you of course) last Sunday evening. I went for that because I already have the Snail.
Now its arrived, I'm really pleased. All I have to do now, is play it as well as you.
How kind of you - I wish they had called it the 'soundthing'!
All good stuff cheers Alex
Great selection. Thanks for video 👍🏻 I will have to make a visit 🤩
Please do 👍
Alex, because of you, I bought a Flight Phantom, second hand, on eBay. It is beyond superb! Thank you so much for your review. I love it. I’m just sorry that I couldn’t have got it from yourself.
Thank you for acknowledging that in your comment. I'm very glad the reviews help, I do sometimes read comments where people say 'wow the video is great, I got one from xxx' and I think - that's a bit dispiriting and insensitive. I really appreciate that wanted to get from us and I don't begrudge anyone an ebay bargain. 😁
Perfect, the best, amazing
awesome review :)
Nice! Thanks!
Hiya mate you look so cool! I love your t shirt!
Wow great video and your audio setup is great - really clear, can hear the nuances so much better.
Appreciate the support! Thanks
I bought the Phantom model and it is superb, really well made and has a lovely sweet tone. I think it is very reasonably priced for a solid wood model with ebony fingerboard. Add in the pickup and it becomes a bit of a bargain. The woods are well matched on my particular model and every time I get it out of the case it still strikes me how good looking it is. It pays to try out a few different ukes to get the one that fits you best.
I like the Phantom Tenor, but really all of these made me salivate. New set-up definitely an improvement.
I have a Flight Diana Soundwave on order, hopefully it will be here this week :)
I initially thought, 'It's the Spirit Concert for me'. It just looks to be spec'd 2 classes above its price...THEN I saw and HEARD the Phantom Tenner and now I'm like 🤔🙈
Really appreciate your knowledge in these reviews ... even if it does make want to buy them all 🙄😜
I’m making the rounds on these reviews. I have the Flight Mustang and the fret wires are larger than any I have encountered. It makes a .3 mm space difference in the fret width. It sounds like an insignificant difference but it definitely cramps my fingers at the higher fret. The fret wire is also higher making the intonation delicate if you press too hard. For a guy with arthritis this small difference makes it harder for me to play. I lowered the strings as low as possible without buzzing. It helped but it’s really taking some getting used to. Other than that it’s a beautiful instrument with a beautiful tone and sustain.
Hello Tim, interesting comment of yours. Maybe we can make an exchange…?
For my less precise level of play I wish I’d had a Mustang over my Tiny Tenor (Romero Creations uke, in spalted mango). Want to swap? It sounds superb, but hardly used for I much prefer my Flight Comet Tenor. You are right, the fret wires are thin and low on the Tiny Tenor. I prefer something more tactile for want of a better word. I gifted a Flight Mustang to my daughter-in-law last year, had a go at it when visiting her, and adored it! Honestly, I’d prefer the Mustang for myself, too. It’s a genuine enquiry!
I’ve ventured backwards into your reviews, Alex, to watch the Spirit segment in particular. I have one on its way as I write, from a retailer here in Australia. I have longed for a decent concert and it happens to be the closest spec’ed to the Mustang (though without that lush look subtle staining to the acacia the Mustang has, nor the acacia fretboard like the M). Thank you, to you, and your mates/colleagues at SUS. I enjoy the playing and ukulele reviews. I don’t ‘need’ any more ukuleles but am bound to be a customer again. Cheers
@@104jinks Thanks but I’ve adjusted to it. I still play my other ukes when I play songs that use 12-14 frets. But that’s just a few. I love the sound. So I’ll keep it thanks.
Between the Phantom and the Voyager Tenor, the difference is only the wood if I have understand ?
On the video for me, the Phantom sound warmer than the Voyager isn’t it ?
Great introduction to a an impressive batch of ukuleles! I have the Phantom and the Victoria myself. On the wall behind your right shoulder there's a ukulele which looks very much like the Flight Victoria but with a darker top. What model is that?
It's a Snail SR-04CE
Thanks for another great video ☺ Do you have any plans to get the mustang tenor in stock? That's a uke I'd be really interested in.....
Yes, just been waiting for them to arrive...
You could review the cheaper models of Flight as well :)
Flight Phantom Tenor sounds absolutely incredible to me! I've tried Diana and it's a great uke in it's price point and i love to play it. But Phantom one is really it for me, at least according to this video. It looks gorgeous, it sounds fantastic and it isn't too pricey so i can eventually afford it. The question now is, do i go for Diana (which i can get imidiately for a good price) or save up and go directly for Phantom? This is going to be my first ukulele, but i've been playing guitar and bass for 15 years, so i'm definitely interested in buying an instrument worth keeping! Great demo, thank you for making it :)
For what it's worth - I think the Phantom and Mustang are exceptional for the price whereas the Diana is a good Ukulele with lots of peers like the Kala KA-ATP-CTG or the Snail BHC-6T.
All the best
Alex
@@SouthernUkuleleStore - thank you for the answer! I ended up buying Flight Diana Tenor, since it sounded hands down best of all the ukulele's i've tried so far. Sadly i couldn't find the Phantom model in our area to try it out (couldn't even order it), but i'll definitely get my hands on it one day! Meanwhile i'm really happy with the uke i got. It sounds great and i love to play it, and that's the most important thing :)
Hello, could you tell me the brand and model of the ukulele that you can see in the top right of the screen when you're standing? It's quite eye-catching with its reddish-brown subtle tones and glowing sheen. Thank you :)
I think you are talking about an Eastman EU3S. Love the Eastman's but sadly they recently told us they are unable to supply us with more because they are focusing heavier on the guitar side of the business...
You probably get this question a lot, but.. what is the song you play in your tests, and do you have tabs?
Hi! Thanks for your work. It's really informative. I've recently tried a Flight Sophia Tenor Soundwave, and when I changed the strings to the Aquila Red LowG series, it started fuzzing terribly; it sounded like broken metal, the E string in particular, so I returned it. To your knowledge, what might have caused the issue? Would the Phantom Tenor have the same problem? I mean, I have a 100 pounds Luna Tattoo concert ukulele that plays perfectly no matter what the strings are; for an instrument worthing x4, I expected more. Thanks again, hope I find the perfect tenor uke for me!
It sounds like it just needed to be set up after you changed the strings. If the uke worked fine before you changed the strings then it is unlikely the uke is the problem.
Different ukes like different strings and the set up is going to be different too from one to the next... that Sophia probably just needed a set up. The other option is that when you restrung it, the cabling inside moved a bit and was suddenly touching the top. When you hear a muted fuzzy sound, it could well be something vibrating inside.
Without seeing the uke I have no way of knowing but if the shop that sold it to you took it back without trying to fix it then they probably didn't try to set it up in the first place.
The Phantom Tenor is (for me) head and shoulders above the rest. I am a sucker for solid woods and as soon as laminate is mentioned I lose interest completely. To my ear, laminate introduces a flat and muddy sound. Love your reviews!
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8:20 Flight Phantom Tenor (with pickup).
Solid acacia.
13:27 Flight Voyager Tenor (with pickup)
Spruce top, acacia back and sides.
Alex, I could scream, I knew I should have Rang this week , are you expecting any Spirits soon ( not the Ghostly ones lol )
Probably a few weeks... sorry
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Sorted Alex , I spoke yesterday with your colleague,but low n behold my relief didn't turn up at 4, so calling Monday for what I called for , I'll not mention it , there's only 2 in stock , but after again watching from the outset months, actually over 15 now , that FPhan it chose me Alex, I love the Spirit , but then again I need that slightly larger fret spacing ,oh,and @petermoss hands lol , It was the first Flight see I saw ,the Spirit and Tbh ,they sound as good and look as good as Jake S Kamaka , in fact I didn't comment ,but the one on a video ,I'll say not where , if that arrived with that typical "Charred,Slightly split,white ,scratch look on the neck to body fret you see quite often , I took a close up and it really isn't imo good Alex,I'll send a jpeg to you now,not sure if it's a glitch on the video,but I got a feeling it's a flaw !!!
Hi Alex, My question is when you play left handed do you switch the strings?
Hi Todd, that's everyone's question 😄
No in the videos I play right handed instruments upside down.
Nice video here. On the Flight Spirit in the video how do the strings attach to the bridge end of the instrument please? Thank you.
No worries... As I mention around the 5:00 mark it's a thru-bridge. The strings go through a hole directly into the ukulele. You then tye a knot in the end of the string via the soundhole and pull it tight. 👍
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Thank you.
I was looking for flight reacts but
Greetings.i have a group of us,small ensemble, mainly soprano ukes, if I could get one other one to blend with the soprano, should it be alto, tenor or base uke.thank you
I'd get a mixture myself to keep it interesting
How you change the strings on the spirit concert? The strings are through bridge?
Push the string through the hole fish it out of the soundhole and tie a knot in the end, pull it up to tension.
Well...... at that price point they all sound pretty good but for looks I really like that Acacia. I've seen Kia examples that did not look that spectacular at three times the price. Nice to see more ukes with the 38mm nut width. Somebody up there obviously likes us old ham fisted polar bears. The new setup is a great improvement all round particularly soundwise. 👍
I have the Diana Soundwave and lovit. But the soundwave system broke and here in France, right now i cant fix it. I had ordered the mustang and was disappointed. The sound was have as loud as the Diana and TOO warm for me. The instrument just cant keep up with my voice. Also the pickup had issues.
My question is: Would the Voyager more comparable to the Diana in terms of sound and loudness because of the spruce top? thanks
Where are you buying these instruments from? The experience you are having with Flight pickups in particular just simply doesn't reflect ours. Are you getting them from somewhere that does no quality check?
@@SouthernUkuleleStore It was Thomann. Came from Germany. But the real problem for me was the low acoustic volume. Could you comment on that? Would the Vayager be a better fit?
If the Diana isn't loud enough then I don't think any other Flight would be. The Diana and Sophia models are probably the loudest Ukes I've seen from this brand.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore The Diana is fine. The Mustang wasnt
Acacia is simply not as loud as spruce/cedar. The price is not going to be a reflection on the volume.
The voyager has acacia back and sides which I think contributes to it sounding quieter than the Diana.
Thanks for this video. What kind of strings is used on the Flight Ukes?
It differs from one model to the next but the strings are mentioned in the listings. Almost always clear fluorocarbon or brown fluorocarbon. 🙂
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Thanks!
Great Video! 🙏🏻
Will the Diana tenor, with the soundwave system have the same spec as the Diana you reviewed.
Yes albeit with a different pickup.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore interesting, is it the same pick up system as reviewed on Got a ukulele, as Baz seemed really impressed.
Loving these videos 😁
Baz reviewed the Soundwave rather than the original model featured in this video.
I found the tuners to be cheaply made on the Diana TE....Chrome? Also they could have done a better fret job. The 8th fret shorter than the others and the 15th longer and my finger catches on it. Hate the WorthBrown strings. Active electronics are nice and pretty woods. Great gig bag. Improve the tuners and better quality control and you have a good ukulele.
That's interesting feedback... Did you buy it from a dealer that checks for things like fretwork? We have sold 10-12 Diana's yet without finding shoddy fretwork but across the line there have been a handful that needed this kind of work before we dispatch them.
The tuners is another interesting point. I would say that they are of a similar quality to other unbranded tuners of a similar price, there is room for improvement I suppose. You should feed it back to the dealer so that they are accountable. If you got it from us in the short time we've sold them I'd insist you get in touch.
Take care
Alex
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Thanks Alex for your reply. I live in the USA... I'm not one to be overly critical but my comments are more from a consumer point of view. I did buy it from a famous ukulele store which I won't mention because I just noticed the 2 frets last night and was disappointment with the dealer missing this during the setup..I will try to contact them today and resolve it. Maybe they had an off day....were all human. If I do send it back it will be the 2nd uke in the past 2 weeks because of obvious issues. The first was a Gretsch with a neck issue and now the Flight Diana. I also left feed -back with Flight directly.
I love your your channel and the reviews . Again thanks for your time to reply.
Too right my friend we are all human. If they are a well known reputable store then they should work with you to rectify it... We all have an off day.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Could you give a tutorial on getting the battery out of the Diana's pickup? Hard to see in the sound hole.....
Headstock looks a whole lot like a FreeBird Uke???
The Mr Mai Ukuleles have a lot of similarities to other brands and vice versa.
Do you ship to Poland? What's the cost?
It varies. If you put the item in your basket on our website it will tell you 😉
@@SouthernUkuleleStore I'm hesitating between Flight Spirit amd Kala ACP CTG, which one would you recommend?
The Flight is more money but it is the better uke with more exciting woods and features. There is nothing wrong with the Kala, I just wouldn't say its very special by comparison.
Eastern European Ukulele company? Slovenia is in Central Europe.
My friend Juliana who owns Flight and I laughed about this after the video came out. I had always confused Slovakia and Slovenia.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Slovakia is also in Central Europe ;)
I'd like to say not according to Dr google but you are correct. My mistake
Edit: it's actually not that black and white as the first page of google is full of contradictions regarding whether Slovakia is central or Eastern Europe. As someone who grew up with Family in Poland and the Czech republic I would have defo the considered Slovakia to be Eastern European but then again, I also thought Slovakia was Slovenia so what do I know? 😅
An easy way to remember is that Slovenia is almost next to Venice.
Trieste, now in Italy, is between Venice and Slovenia. When both Trieste and Slovenia were in the Austria-Hungarian empire, Trieste was Slovenia's natural port. Slovenia still has a small bit of seashore along the Adriatic.
@@ianstobie Good geography lesson, Slovenia is in Central Europe, but Flight ukes are crafted in Indonesia or China.
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Why they are called flight ukes?
I do not make a link between the word Flight and Slim I'm afraid...
There is no ukulele related reason they are called Flight. I think it's just a cool word.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Thx. Then what is the difference of flight ukes and the normal ukes? I mean how do I know mine is flight uke?
@@dwnthk Flight is a brand name. The manufacturer... Not a style of ukulele.
@@SouthernUkuleleStore Oh... I am sorry. My bad.
@@dwnthk Don't be sorry. It's all good.
Just returned my Flight Phantom Tenor EQ. I was disappointed. Nice tone but the frets were sharp out of the box and the tuners not as buttery smooth as Enya tuners in the same price range.
Am I correct in assuming you didn't get it from us? We do often have to do fretwork on Ukes at this price but this is the same of most brands including Enya, Kala etc.