mep1
Well-known member
Hi there.
Just thought that I would do a quick introduction about myself. I am a danish guy living for many years in England. I used to play in various bands - mainly singing - but haven't done anything for the last few years. My last band was called Lost Soul Brothers and there are a few obscure videos on youtube.
I have a little boy of 18 months and I want to teach him music as he grows so I bought him a cheap ukulele a couple of months ago but got really into it myself and have been playing every night, working from a Hal Leonard book 'Ukulele Aerobics' and it is great fun. As I practice at night I bought a cheapo electric ukulele but now have a Pono TE on order from Hawai which should be here in a couple of days Also looking to see if I can find an archtop ukulele but that seems extremely difficult here in the UK. Got an Eastman Archtop guitar which I really love.
The three ukuleles on the photo is a £24 Stagg which I bought for my little boy. Wouldn't recommend it and the strings are really awfull. Then there is a £100 Kala SLNG Gloss which is really good for strumming. The last one is a £110 Harley Benton electric uke. The action is too stiff and high and it could really benefit from a proper setup. Also the pickup is not amazing especially when you turn up the tone control. But it is active and you can run an input with backing sounds and it also has a mini jack output for headphones so it will do for now until the Pono turns up.
That's all for now. All the best.
Mads
Just thought that I would do a quick introduction about myself. I am a danish guy living for many years in England. I used to play in various bands - mainly singing - but haven't done anything for the last few years. My last band was called Lost Soul Brothers and there are a few obscure videos on youtube.
I have a little boy of 18 months and I want to teach him music as he grows so I bought him a cheap ukulele a couple of months ago but got really into it myself and have been playing every night, working from a Hal Leonard book 'Ukulele Aerobics' and it is great fun. As I practice at night I bought a cheapo electric ukulele but now have a Pono TE on order from Hawai which should be here in a couple of days Also looking to see if I can find an archtop ukulele but that seems extremely difficult here in the UK. Got an Eastman Archtop guitar which I really love.
The three ukuleles on the photo is a £24 Stagg which I bought for my little boy. Wouldn't recommend it and the strings are really awfull. Then there is a £100 Kala SLNG Gloss which is really good for strumming. The last one is a £110 Harley Benton electric uke. The action is too stiff and high and it could really benefit from a proper setup. Also the pickup is not amazing especially when you turn up the tone control. But it is active and you can run an input with backing sounds and it also has a mini jack output for headphones so it will do for now until the Pono turns up.
That's all for now. All the best.
Mads
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