Musician's Friend

Is musiciansfriend.com a good place to buy a ukulele?
I'm looking for a decent ukulele for a cheap price.

Its OK. Theres better. I recommend MGM on ebay, good service and free set up.

http://stores.ebay.com/Musicguymics-Room

welcome to Ukulele Underground, might i suggest a guy who is real popular on these forums his name is Music Guy Mike. he deals on Ebay, which is just as good as MF. here is a link to his store
http://stores.ebay.com/Musicguymics-Room

take a look around, and i believe he has his contact number on there, feel free to give him a call and tell him what you are looking for. Seriously the best customer service in the world!

Edit: ACKK! you beat me to it GP....

Okay thanks! Really appreciate it.

no problem, just keep active and dont be afraid to look around... one place you might look is on the main forum page there is a Forum called Ukulele Beginners. it is really the epitome of helpfulness.

http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=29

any other questions just ask!

I bought my first ukulele (Applause UA10) from Musician's Friend with a coupon. It's my beatup that I take around places where I don't want to be carrying a multi-hundred dollar ukulele. There's no aloha treatment from MF like you'd get with a purchase from MGM, but they're relatively quick on shipping.

For a soprano, you're not going to find an ukulele with a solid wood top for much cheaper than the Applause UA10 from MF (probably because of its fiberglass back). The next cheapest solid wood sopranos are $20-$40 higher. That being said though, if you bought an Ohana solid soprano from MGM at $40+$20 shipping ($60) over the price of a UA10, you'd get it all setup with a couple books, a pitch pipe, and a hardshell case that you might want anyway. It's a really good deal, but if you just want a barebones solid wood soprano ukulele without the fixins, for $130-$150 I'd get an Applause UA10 or Silver Creek soprano.

If you're NOT in the market for a solid wood ukulele and have a beef with large musical instrument corporations like Musician's Friend and Guitar Center, you can buy a quality laminate wood Kamoa soprano or pineapple off of the Ukulele Underground's store. ukeunderground.bigcartel.com

@SSB wow sometimes i try to rep MGM so much i forget that UU has ukulele's in the UU Store. i guess the service that MGM gave was so awesome it just left a great impression on me.

Elderly Instruments is also an excellent place to buy a uke --- or any other musical item.

If you're on the east coast, you can check out Uke Republic in Georgia.

The laminate mahogany Kamoa ukes in the UU store are a great deal. But if you're looking for even cheaper than that, get a Kala or Makala from MGM. They'll be set up much better than anything from Musician's Friend, and in that price range, little adjustments go a loooong way.

Musician's Friend doesn't suck if you're buying a guitar or accessories, but their ukulele selection leaves a lot to be desired and service can be temperamental.

Almost any instrument on Musician's Friend will be over $49. So type in FREE49 in the coupon code for free shipping.

-Jeff