The Pashmeister
Well-known member
Hi there.
Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a newbie with an ukulele even though I first got one when I was a child.
It was always a toy then and not played seriously.
Many years ago, after seeing Jake Shimabukuro on youtube playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I decided to have another go. Let's face it, who hasn't thought that after watching him play?
I bought a banjolele on ebay for the bargain price of £8. I restrung it and tuned it and tried to play it. Absolutely useless. I had to retune it ever time I strummed. Totally demoralising, so I put it back on ebay and sold it for £28. Not all bad then?
Recently (about 3 years after selling the banjolele), the desire to play started niggling at me. I was passing my local music shop and thought "What the heck!". I saw a sweet-looking red ukulele, listened to the chap in shop playing it and bought it for £8.99. Another bargain? Not really. It's a cheap and nasty Ready Ace Chinese uke. Friction tuners and more varnish than a dinner table. Awful, but ok for practicing.
I then trawled ebay for something a little better. I ordered a Rubin RS-101 Zebrawood ukulele (after reading lots of reviews on this forum). It arrived from China within 2 weeks and looks and sounds a million times better than the Ready Ace (which is now languishing under my bed).
I am a total novice to playing the ukulele, so I would like as much advice as possible please. Where do I start?
Thank you.
Just thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a newbie with an ukulele even though I first got one when I was a child.
It was always a toy then and not played seriously.
Many years ago, after seeing Jake Shimabukuro on youtube playing While My Guitar Gently Weeps, I decided to have another go. Let's face it, who hasn't thought that after watching him play?
I bought a banjolele on ebay for the bargain price of £8. I restrung it and tuned it and tried to play it. Absolutely useless. I had to retune it ever time I strummed. Totally demoralising, so I put it back on ebay and sold it for £28. Not all bad then?
Recently (about 3 years after selling the banjolele), the desire to play started niggling at me. I was passing my local music shop and thought "What the heck!". I saw a sweet-looking red ukulele, listened to the chap in shop playing it and bought it for £8.99. Another bargain? Not really. It's a cheap and nasty Ready Ace Chinese uke. Friction tuners and more varnish than a dinner table. Awful, but ok for practicing.
I then trawled ebay for something a little better. I ordered a Rubin RS-101 Zebrawood ukulele (after reading lots of reviews on this forum). It arrived from China within 2 weeks and looks and sounds a million times better than the Ready Ace (which is now languishing under my bed).
I am a total novice to playing the ukulele, so I would like as much advice as possible please. Where do I start?
Thank you.