I could not resist the Vorson steel string ukulele. At barely over $100 for the solid one it was too tempting.
Mine is the Les Paul shaped model. The strat models were on backorder. It was a coin toss for me between the Les Paul and the Telecaster shape and I ended up with the Les Paul
As others have noted the strings the thing comes with are awful. They feel like some wire that was not intended to be strings. It also was set up with a reentrant high G, and it seems to me that the likely uses for a steel string electric make a low G a better choice.
Ahh but what strings to use. Is there even such a thing as electric ukulele strings. Digging through my box of unused guitar strings I found a set of ultralight Webstrings. The lightest gauge was .08. I put them on the Vorson. They work great, not to heavy. They are actually a bit on the loose side, but that makes them very easy to bend - very important because it seems to me the ability to bend notes with an electric guitar sound is a major reason for a steel string electric uke.
My plan is to bring it to my uke group. We have a guy who plays great leads. I'm bringing it with a Yamaha Thr10.
The strings that come on it are tragic, but if you find the right strings I think the steel stringed Vorson is fun.
Mine is the Les Paul shaped model. The strat models were on backorder. It was a coin toss for me between the Les Paul and the Telecaster shape and I ended up with the Les Paul
As others have noted the strings the thing comes with are awful. They feel like some wire that was not intended to be strings. It also was set up with a reentrant high G, and it seems to me that the likely uses for a steel string electric make a low G a better choice.
Ahh but what strings to use. Is there even such a thing as electric ukulele strings. Digging through my box of unused guitar strings I found a set of ultralight Webstrings. The lightest gauge was .08. I put them on the Vorson. They work great, not to heavy. They are actually a bit on the loose side, but that makes them very easy to bend - very important because it seems to me the ability to bend notes with an electric guitar sound is a major reason for a steel string electric uke.
My plan is to bring it to my uke group. We have a guy who plays great leads. I'm bringing it with a Yamaha Thr10.
The strings that come on it are tragic, but if you find the right strings I think the steel stringed Vorson is fun.