deschutestrout
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Well, I made the mistake of stopping by our "local" music store (only 45 minutes from where I live) to pick up some tuners for our after school uke program.
They handed me a Waterman and said "here's your river uke." And, I left with it. It's a soprano (I'm not fond of sopranos) It's plastic (I'm not fond of plastic ukes), It was $49 (I always believed $49 ukes were sort of junky).
For what it is, this uke sounds pretty darn good! Louder than I expected, better tone than I expected, acceptable intonation (I'll let the strings settle and report back) ... overall, a pretty solid, playable uke! So, if you're looking for an inexpensive uke to not worry about, the Waterman is one to consider. Blows the doors off of the other plastic ukes I've played.
They handed me a Waterman and said "here's your river uke." And, I left with it. It's a soprano (I'm not fond of sopranos) It's plastic (I'm not fond of plastic ukes), It was $49 (I always believed $49 ukes were sort of junky).
For what it is, this uke sounds pretty darn good! Louder than I expected, better tone than I expected, acceptable intonation (I'll let the strings settle and report back) ... overall, a pretty solid, playable uke! So, if you're looking for an inexpensive uke to not worry about, the Waterman is one to consider. Blows the doors off of the other plastic ukes I've played.