Hey, everyone! All the support, advice, and input on this forum has been tremendous. You guys are awesome! Since I know follow-up responses within a thread in forums get lost in oblivion, I thought I'd post a follow-up response with my decision status.
I am feeling a lot more confident that I will be able to learn and adapt my long guitar-familiar fingers to a smaller ukulele fret, giving it some time more than my couple 20 minute play sessions at a guitar store.
I decided I'll go with a Concert Size, since it's popular and middle-ground between the Soprano and Tenor (which are quite different in sound).
I have narrowed my options to either the Donner DUC (concert size) or the Cordoba 15 CM (concert size), based on reading lots of reviews and my experience having played Cordoba guitars before and enjoying them. My guiding thoughts were that I don't want to break the bank, but want a relatively inexpensive mid-level-quality instrument to learn on. I want one that I won't feel too scared letting the kids play with or taking out camping in the cold (which it sounds like if I focus especially on ensuring proper humidity in the case, that'll go a long way). I think I am leaning more towards the Cordoba, though, because I've played the Cordoba guitars before and thought they both played and sounded great. [For instance, if I ever buy a mini guitar, I'd definitely go with the Cordoba mini guitar - no question.]
I am feeling a lot more confident that I will be able to learn and adapt my long guitar-familiar fingers to a smaller ukulele fret, giving it some time more than my couple 20 minute play sessions at a guitar store.
I decided I'll go with a Concert Size, since it's popular and middle-ground between the Soprano and Tenor (which are quite different in sound).
I have narrowed my options to either the Donner DUC (concert size) or the Cordoba 15 CM (concert size), based on reading lots of reviews and my experience having played Cordoba guitars before and enjoying them. My guiding thoughts were that I don't want to break the bank, but want a relatively inexpensive mid-level-quality instrument to learn on. I want one that I won't feel too scared letting the kids play with or taking out camping in the cold (which it sounds like if I focus especially on ensuring proper humidity in the case, that'll go a long way). I think I am leaning more towards the Cordoba, though, because I've played the Cordoba guitars before and thought they both played and sounded great. [For instance, if I ever buy a mini guitar, I'd definitely go with the Cordoba mini guitar - no question.]