Hi BIGDB, i asked this question a few weeks ago and the advice I got was definitely yes to join, I have been having lessons to play the uke with a classically trained guitarist who is teaching me how to play the uke in the same way, all I will say is that Aldrine's teaching system is very much the same but more 'street' with different strumming techniques that I had not heard of before I am still on 101 at the moment but I have learned things here that my tutor hasn't taught me in over a year and he charges 4 times as much as what UU+ charges, am i enjoying the course, yes i am, do i think its worth the money, definitely, would i recommend it to my friends, totally