So lately I have been getting up at 2-3am for work, and I like to practice a bit in the early morning (working in my own place, so stealing an hour here or there is fine as long as I'm around), but there are neighbors.
This presented a perfect excuse to buy yet another uke! I was lusting over a Les Paul style electronic Risa soprano (this one), since I could plug it into an amp and use headphones, and had already moved it into the shopping cart when I realized that it has metal strings.
I have no guitar, mandolin, or banjo background, so metal strings are something that is entirely foreign to me, and I have a few questions, if anyone would be so kind.
a) Do all solid body electronic ukuleles have metal strings?
b) How often do you need to replace metal strings, compared to nylon/fc ones?
c) How much harder/more painful is it to play something with metal strings? Would you use or recommend a pick? (I'd rather not.)
d) Anything else that is important that I'm not even thinking of?
I don't need another uke (it'd be #5), so if this is a bad idea, don't hesitate telling me.
This presented a perfect excuse to buy yet another uke! I was lusting over a Les Paul style electronic Risa soprano (this one), since I could plug it into an amp and use headphones, and had already moved it into the shopping cart when I realized that it has metal strings.
I have no guitar, mandolin, or banjo background, so metal strings are something that is entirely foreign to me, and I have a few questions, if anyone would be so kind.
a) Do all solid body electronic ukuleles have metal strings?
b) How often do you need to replace metal strings, compared to nylon/fc ones?
c) How much harder/more painful is it to play something with metal strings? Would you use or recommend a pick? (I'd rather not.)
d) Anything else that is important that I'm not even thinking of?
I don't need another uke (it'd be #5), so if this is a bad idea, don't hesitate telling me.