kissing
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Having played around with plugging the uke into an amp, I have grown a strong interest in electric ukuleles.
They're just so much fun and suit my tastes
So I thought why not venture the electric ukulele full-on by getting a steel string one, just like an electric guitar.
I got to play an Epiphone Mandobird just yesterday at a music store, which is an electric mandolin with 4 strings (I have seen people tune it like a uke on Youtube), which was a lot of fun to play around with. The steel strings hurt my fingers as I'm used to Nylon, but that's something I can grow into. Since it's a mandolin, the neck was narrow with the strings close together, which I didn't like. And the action is painfully high.
So at the moment, I'm saving for a Risa steel string electric. I have a while to go to get the $'s, but the time may work to my advantage as apparently they have yet to release a new Les Paul design with humbuckers.
But I have heard so little about steel string electric ukuleles here, and was wondering if anyone has played them/own them or are interested in them
If anyone's played them, I would love to hear about what they're like.
And if you were in my position, would you go for the current model, which has single coil pickups (lipstick) or the newer ones which will have humbucking pickups?
They're just so much fun and suit my tastes
So I thought why not venture the electric ukulele full-on by getting a steel string one, just like an electric guitar.
I got to play an Epiphone Mandobird just yesterday at a music store, which is an electric mandolin with 4 strings (I have seen people tune it like a uke on Youtube), which was a lot of fun to play around with. The steel strings hurt my fingers as I'm used to Nylon, but that's something I can grow into. Since it's a mandolin, the neck was narrow with the strings close together, which I didn't like. And the action is painfully high.
So at the moment, I'm saving for a Risa steel string electric. I have a while to go to get the $'s, but the time may work to my advantage as apparently they have yet to release a new Les Paul design with humbuckers.
But I have heard so little about steel string electric ukuleles here, and was wondering if anyone has played them/own them or are interested in them
If anyone's played them, I would love to hear about what they're like.
And if you were in my position, would you go for the current model, which has single coil pickups (lipstick) or the newer ones which will have humbucking pickups?
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