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Ukulele advice
Ok, I know this isn't a Ukulele Forum, but I figure some of you play one. My wife is interested in playing and I know absolutely nothing about the instrument. Anything we should look for or consider as we embark on this adventure?
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Mainland (made off shore but assembled or set up here in Indiana) are great. Good price. Nice finish, good sound.
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Mainland or Pono, both great bang for the buck (I own both and they are excellent).
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Ukulele sizes: Soprano - Smallest and tiny and possible to get hand cramps! Concert - A little bigger, the middle child Tenor - A lot of the professional ukulele players wind up on tenor's, probably because they are louder and a fuller sound from the larger body. Baritone - tuned differently, its like a tiny guitar missing two strings, harder to find tabs/music for because it's less common. Google jake shimabukuro if you've never seen him and be prepared to be blown away. He's made the Kamaka Tenor very popular
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------ Martin Dreadnaught Jr. Martin Concert Uke Pono Baritone Uke |
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I'll echo the Mainland recommendations. I picked up a B-stock tenor about 2 years ago. They are available if you call to inquire. Still can't find any blemishes on mine.
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I just picked up a Pono AT (tenor size ukulele). I found it used for a great price. I love the tenor size, very comfortable to play.
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You should check out www.theukulelesite.com, they have ukes in all price ranges and have awesome YT videos of the free setup they perform on every uke before it ship.
I'm not affiliated to that site by any means, I've just purchased a couple of ukes from them for family members who live in places where I can't set the uke up for them.
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Great advice. I went with the Pono Concert from the ukulele site. Thanks everyone.
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great choice, Joel at that shop does an amazing setup.
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------ Martin Dreadnaught Jr. Martin Concert Uke Pono Baritone Uke |
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Go on Facebook and search for learn ukulele free. https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnukulelefree/
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Pono... Great choice! Enjoy!
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Be sure to get one with tuners that won't make you crazy. Geared tuners are a real plus. Decent-quality ungeared friction tuners are certainly workable on a uke but I much prefer the precision of geared. And the straight, violin-style pegs should absolutely be avoided, in my opinion. The benefits are probably even more evident for a beginner who will initially find tuning a bit of a challenge under the best of circumstances. Violin pegs will be horrible. Metal, multi-part friction tuners will be better but still not great. Geared tuners will make tuning as simple as possible and will not add much to the cost of the instrument. Remember, ukes have nylon strings that stretch like crazy. Until the strings settle it, you'll be retuning it a lot. Do yourself and your wife a favor and get one with geared tuners.
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Some good thoughts from AGF members.
Living in Hawaii and playing ukulele semi-professionally, I have a somewhat different take on the question: For your first uke, Pono's or Kala are OK. Good pricing, good quality. But.....the tone on each is, in my opinion, missing. If you've never played a uke, you'd never know. Soon, after hearing other ukes, you'll feel like you wasted good bucks on your uke. My suggestion is to get one of the "K's" - Kamaka, Kanilea or Koaloha. A few more bucks, but well worth it. Wonderful tone, great 'feel', excellent construction, beautiful woods. As well, if you decide that playing a uke is not your 'thing', you can sell them with ease, whereas selling a Pono or Kala is significantly more difficult. IMHO! |