OK, so it turns out there's yet ANOTHER post-Christmas miracle I didn't mention in my previous post.
After tallying all the unused Amazon gift cards I've received over the past couple of years, it turns out I'm exactly $90 short of the GoldTone banjolele I think I want. I've known this for a few weeks and I've been trying like hell to justify reaching into my own pocket for the ninety bucks, considering I've been severely underemployed for about two years.
Yesterday, I went down to traffic court to pay what I strongly felt was an unjustified $105 parking ticket. When I arrived at the window and presented the ticket, the clerk advised me that the violation had been dismissed and all I owed was a $15 administrative fee. Coincidentally, I left the courthouse with exactly $90 I wouldn't have had otherwise.
If you read my previous post, you'd probably agree that someone or something is trying to make me buy the banjolele I've wanted for so long, so today, I'm just about ready to bite. Now I need some real solid advice, given that so many of you seem to have purchase banjo ukes in the past few weeks.
Unfortunately, because I need to pay for this with Amazon gift cards, my only choice is GoldTone. I probably will not play it enough or play it WELL enough to justify spending $315, but that's the way it is.
GoldTone just came out with a soprano model (BUS), which is the size ukulele I play. It appears to have a shorter neck than the other models, which is cool because I only know one position for every chord(!). It also appears to have a removable wooden resonator, which is good because I will be playing mostly "strum" style and many here have suggested I get an open-back for that.
So should I throw this thing in my danged shopping cart already and stop second-guessing myself? Will I be happy with the soprano size? Is the resonator actually removable? And is GoldTone a good company to deal with?
As noted above, please do not suggest that I try another brand. The only other instrument on Amazon that resembles a banjolele is the Cumbus for about fifty bucks. My guess is it's NOT something to consider!
After tallying all the unused Amazon gift cards I've received over the past couple of years, it turns out I'm exactly $90 short of the GoldTone banjolele I think I want. I've known this for a few weeks and I've been trying like hell to justify reaching into my own pocket for the ninety bucks, considering I've been severely underemployed for about two years.
Yesterday, I went down to traffic court to pay what I strongly felt was an unjustified $105 parking ticket. When I arrived at the window and presented the ticket, the clerk advised me that the violation had been dismissed and all I owed was a $15 administrative fee. Coincidentally, I left the courthouse with exactly $90 I wouldn't have had otherwise.
If you read my previous post, you'd probably agree that someone or something is trying to make me buy the banjolele I've wanted for so long, so today, I'm just about ready to bite. Now I need some real solid advice, given that so many of you seem to have purchase banjo ukes in the past few weeks.
Unfortunately, because I need to pay for this with Amazon gift cards, my only choice is GoldTone. I probably will not play it enough or play it WELL enough to justify spending $315, but that's the way it is.
GoldTone just came out with a soprano model (BUS), which is the size ukulele I play. It appears to have a shorter neck than the other models, which is cool because I only know one position for every chord(!). It also appears to have a removable wooden resonator, which is good because I will be playing mostly "strum" style and many here have suggested I get an open-back for that.
So should I throw this thing in my danged shopping cart already and stop second-guessing myself? Will I be happy with the soprano size? Is the resonator actually removable? And is GoldTone a good company to deal with?
As noted above, please do not suggest that I try another brand. The only other instrument on Amazon that resembles a banjolele is the Cumbus for about fifty bucks. My guess is it's NOT something to consider!