Now that I've returned my Gold Tone soprano banjolele, I'm desperately searching for something else to satisfy my itching for a banjo uke. On a whim, I placed a $75 bid on a Rally Banjolele selling on eBay...and lost. Today, I received a notification that there's another one on eBay with a $1.29 starting price. Unable to resist, but unwilling to play the bidding game, I immediately placed another $75 maximum bid, which would bring my total price (with shipping) to $135.
I know it's not a very popular banjolele model, but it sounds fairly decent on the one YouTube demo I've seen. Before I bid another cent above $75, does anybody have anything to say about the Rally DUB-2 (not 2-F)? Please do not recommend other brands at this time, as I'm trying to stay focused!
As a bit of background, I am a fairly good ukulele player, at best, and play rhythm, exclusively. My finger picking is getting there, but having been a drummer all my life, my large motor coordination is a lot better than my small motor coordination. At this point in the game, I can get around the first five frets like lightning, but I don't know gaga about any of the chord positions above that. It seems I might have to work on that in order to make a banjo uke really "sing." The George Formby strums (except the damned triplets) come easy to me, but the Earl Scruggs stuff is a little rougher. For these reasons, I feel like a banjo uke will only be an occasional toy for me and doesn't warrant an expenditure over $150.
So, does the Rally sound like a good choice?
I know it's not a very popular banjolele model, but it sounds fairly decent on the one YouTube demo I've seen. Before I bid another cent above $75, does anybody have anything to say about the Rally DUB-2 (not 2-F)? Please do not recommend other brands at this time, as I'm trying to stay focused!
As a bit of background, I am a fairly good ukulele player, at best, and play rhythm, exclusively. My finger picking is getting there, but having been a drummer all my life, my large motor coordination is a lot better than my small motor coordination. At this point in the game, I can get around the first five frets like lightning, but I don't know gaga about any of the chord positions above that. It seems I might have to work on that in order to make a banjo uke really "sing." The George Formby strums (except the damned triplets) come easy to me, but the Earl Scruggs stuff is a little rougher. For these reasons, I feel like a banjo uke will only be an occasional toy for me and doesn't warrant an expenditure over $150.
So, does the Rally sound like a good choice?