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When you cannot play them all....then that is way too much....LOL
For me personally I'm trying to stick to multiples of five.
someone I know says only one
When you cannot play them all....then that is way too much....LOL
CJ for what ever reason..i like 10..but number 11 has to be super special..or when I get that 11th one I give one of the first 10 to someone..10 sounds like a good number for me..
Accumulating vs collecting. Are you accumulating junk or actively looking to collect a set of instruments which have a common theme.
Most of the posts in this thread are about accumulations, not collections.
You can tell if you have a collection if you have catalogued all the items, if it has a theme, if you regularly network with other collectors to swap or buy ukes to fill gaps in the theme.
If you just say UAS a hundred times and buy whatever activates your buying impulse at the time, you are mostly accumulating junk which is going to clog up your house when you realise it is not satisfying your needs. You wont even be able to give some of the items away, no-one else will want them. You are just adding to landfill.
Also it is OK to both accumulate and collect if that is how you want to spend your time and money, but showing off your list of acquisitions is nowhere near as much fun as actually playing in a social setting or for a paying audience.
I recommend that you start out with a single student uke and keep that until you learn a few things about playing and music. When you have learned up to a point where you understand the parts of the music and how each type of ukulele can fill the part, that is when you have enough knowledge to make a useful purchase for your next uke(s). You are just buying blind until you have some knowledge to help you plan and budget for an acquisition.
Some goals to discuss before moving on from the student uke:
Knows the names of every note on the fretboard.
Can read a written form of music well, like TAB which has four strings or standard notation (this means look at the written format and play it smoothly as written)
Can just start to be able to pick a string is out of tune by ear
Can find the C D and G scales on the fretboard
Can name all the parts of a ukulele and the common sizes and types
Can smoothly play a three chord progression
Can name the notes in the chords in the progressions and find them on a fretboard in an arpeggio pattern
Starting to be able to find alternative chords.
Can source suitable string set and change strings.
Maybe others could contribute some useful goals and help beginners save a lot of time and money?