UkeCan1
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OOPS - I WAS WRONG ... IN-STORE SALE IS THURSDAY 6PM THROUGH FRIDAY ONLY!!!!!
And [URL="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Doc-McStuffins-Mini-Guitar/37424556"]looks like all day Thursday and Friday [/URL][URL="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Doc-McStuffins-Mini-Guitar/37424556"]online[/URL] - free store pickup (AFTER the rush - yay!
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So, I have no idea yet whether these are any good at all, but thought some of you might like to know about this right away, because it's a Black Friday (really Thursday) weekend-only special - Thursday 6pm through Sunday.
I happened to skim through the Black Friday / Black Weekend circulars in my mailbox this morning ... I don't usually do this, really! I stay away. (Or shop online. )
But ... I happened to notice that Wal-Mart has a special this weekend on a "Disney Character Guitar" for only $10. Despite the label "guitar", which is also on the box, it's quite clearly a cute little plastic soprano ukulele.
The sale starts tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, at 6pm (US only, presumably ... the rest of the world doesn't have Black Friday, surely, do you?) ... which happens to be exactly when my family (and yours, perhaps) is sitting down to dinner.
So, I thought ... why not run out this morning before the snow and pick one up at the regular price? I can always come back at some quiet time like Sunday morning and either get the price discount or return them, depending on how they work out between now and then. (I did confirm with a store employee that both are possible, who also recommended the quietest time to return to the store is 7 to 10am Saturday or Sunday.)
So I did it ... I picked up two! The ad shows three different characters, including Snow White, which was the one I hoped to get. The actual store had only Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. I picked up two (because, why not?) adorable hot pink Minnie Mouse ukes that say "Happy to Be Me!" on them. I love the look of them ... I hope they turn out to be playable and able to hold tune, because they will be so much fun to play and make videos with.
I did try them out in the store. I forgot to bring a tuner, so I could tune the strings relative to each other, but I have no idea whether I was in remotely the right key. They did not hold tune long enough to get through a song, but that's pretty typical for a brand new never-tuned never-played uke, right? I'll tune them both up this morning and keep them tuned up through Sunday, and by then I should know whether I want to 1) keep both and return for the price discount, 2) keep one and return one, or 3) return both.
(Or maybe 4), return and buy out the store of whatever they have left by then. Or some other store with other cool designs. Or all the local stores. )
They were pretty easy to play ... the strings are pretty "soft" (at least in the key I tuned them to ), the action felt nice and easy. They play pretty quietly. They sounded as reasonable as I could expect from a brand new beginner uke. I have found that most beginner ukes benefit greatly from a string transplant ... I like the $5 Martin M600 fluorocarbons, which can be picked up at local music stores. So if I keep them, I'll probably do that eventually.
The regular price is only $19.97, so pretty inexpensive anyway, and probably available any time ... or at least, when they come back in stock after Black Friday weekend. There's also an actual kid's guitar for I think about $40.
I was inspired to buy them by a fellow Seasonista (birdseyeviewofmyukulele) who has recently acquired a plastic cartoon-character uke in the UK and loves it. Hers sounds great, so I figured these were worth a shot. I'll keep you posted.
And [URL="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Doc-McStuffins-Mini-Guitar/37424556"]looks like all day Thursday and Friday [/URL][URL="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Disney-Doc-McStuffins-Mini-Guitar/37424556"]online[/URL] - free store pickup (AFTER the rush - yay!
So, I have no idea yet whether these are any good at all, but thought some of you might like to know about this right away, because it's a Black Friday (really Thursday) weekend-only special - Thursday 6pm through Sunday.
I happened to skim through the Black Friday / Black Weekend circulars in my mailbox this morning ... I don't usually do this, really! I stay away. (Or shop online. )
But ... I happened to notice that Wal-Mart has a special this weekend on a "Disney Character Guitar" for only $10. Despite the label "guitar", which is also on the box, it's quite clearly a cute little plastic soprano ukulele.
The sale starts tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day, at 6pm (US only, presumably ... the rest of the world doesn't have Black Friday, surely, do you?) ... which happens to be exactly when my family (and yours, perhaps) is sitting down to dinner.
So, I thought ... why not run out this morning before the snow and pick one up at the regular price? I can always come back at some quiet time like Sunday morning and either get the price discount or return them, depending on how they work out between now and then. (I did confirm with a store employee that both are possible, who also recommended the quietest time to return to the store is 7 to 10am Saturday or Sunday.)
So I did it ... I picked up two! The ad shows three different characters, including Snow White, which was the one I hoped to get. The actual store had only Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse. I picked up two (because, why not?) adorable hot pink Minnie Mouse ukes that say "Happy to Be Me!" on them. I love the look of them ... I hope they turn out to be playable and able to hold tune, because they will be so much fun to play and make videos with.
I did try them out in the store. I forgot to bring a tuner, so I could tune the strings relative to each other, but I have no idea whether I was in remotely the right key. They did not hold tune long enough to get through a song, but that's pretty typical for a brand new never-tuned never-played uke, right? I'll tune them both up this morning and keep them tuned up through Sunday, and by then I should know whether I want to 1) keep both and return for the price discount, 2) keep one and return one, or 3) return both.
(Or maybe 4), return and buy out the store of whatever they have left by then. Or some other store with other cool designs. Or all the local stores. )
They were pretty easy to play ... the strings are pretty "soft" (at least in the key I tuned them to ), the action felt nice and easy. They play pretty quietly. They sounded as reasonable as I could expect from a brand new beginner uke. I have found that most beginner ukes benefit greatly from a string transplant ... I like the $5 Martin M600 fluorocarbons, which can be picked up at local music stores. So if I keep them, I'll probably do that eventually.
The regular price is only $19.97, so pretty inexpensive anyway, and probably available any time ... or at least, when they come back in stock after Black Friday weekend. There's also an actual kid's guitar for I think about $40.
I was inspired to buy them by a fellow Seasonista (birdseyeviewofmyukulele) who has recently acquired a plastic cartoon-character uke in the UK and loves it. Hers sounds great, so I figured these were worth a shot. I'll keep you posted.
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