(asked and answered here on UU previously
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35+ yrs of playing all kinds of instruments, starting with violin, drums, piano, electric guitar, acoustic, classical guitar, electric bass, upright bass, tenor sax, trumpet, bugle, harmonica, either in school, in private lessons, or on my own, and in bands, ensembles and practice groups...all along the way...
then soon after hurricane Sandy, and 3 weeks with no power, and only playing my classical guitar by day and listening to NPR by night, when the power, phones and internet came back, I found myself on YouTube and indulged in the following videos:
1. James Hill live performance of 'Billie Jean', and a dozen or so other videos he did
2. Jake Shimabukuro's TED Talk w/ 'Bohemian Rhapsody', then his original 'Weeps' vid in Central Park, NYC
3. John King's YT vids of classical songs on his NaluMusic channel
all combined got me to dig out of the closet the old Harmony baritone that my grandfather (passed away in 2010) gave me when they moved to Florida back in 2003.
I looked online how to tune it, etc, and many questions, all kept bringing me to this forum. From there has been a steady flow of OCD about all things ukulele.