Katz-in-Boots
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I have a Kamaka Ohta-San. It lives with my other ukes, cases, music stands & amps in the dark cupboard under the stairs. I plan to sell it to fund other uke purchases (or even just pay off my credit card) because the scale is just that bit too big for my hands.
Every now & then I do what responsible uke owners do; I get it out & top up its humidifier, check it over and tune it. As you do.
Then I strum a few chords. That sounds so good I do a little picking. Then I do some more. And strum some more. I know I can't play it for more than a few minutes without upsetting my injured hands/neck/shoulder, so it's pointless keeping it. But soon I'm thinking; "this sounds so darn good, how can I possibly sell it?"
Sigh. Same with my Ubass. I love playing bass but can't put in the time to learn how to play it well, so I really should pass it on to someone who will play it. Which reminds me, I forgot to check on the bass, I'd better do that next, just to make sure it is okay before I list it to sell....
This is why that dark cupboard under the stairs conceals my shame: ukuleles I almost never play. At least my Kanile'a is out of the cupboard at the moment.
It isn't exactly UAS (though I just bought another one), but inability to let a good uke go. I can't be alone in this dilemma.
Every now & then I do what responsible uke owners do; I get it out & top up its humidifier, check it over and tune it. As you do.
Then I strum a few chords. That sounds so good I do a little picking. Then I do some more. And strum some more. I know I can't play it for more than a few minutes without upsetting my injured hands/neck/shoulder, so it's pointless keeping it. But soon I'm thinking; "this sounds so darn good, how can I possibly sell it?"
Sigh. Same with my Ubass. I love playing bass but can't put in the time to learn how to play it well, so I really should pass it on to someone who will play it. Which reminds me, I forgot to check on the bass, I'd better do that next, just to make sure it is okay before I list it to sell....
This is why that dark cupboard under the stairs conceals my shame: ukuleles I almost never play. At least my Kanile'a is out of the cupboard at the moment.
It isn't exactly UAS (though I just bought another one), but inability to let a good uke go. I can't be alone in this dilemma.