beeejums
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So up here in Virginia we teachers (and students) have been blessed with a couple of snow (ice) days... I finally finished learning the Staten Island Slide, and then I got cabin fever and went around to local pawn shops curious to see if there was anything for a ukulele player to see. Of course, there aren't very many ukulele players in Lynchburg, so I only found one ukulele--but I was unable to tell if it was worth my time. The guitar guy there had absolutely no clue where it came from, no clue whether it was solid wood or laminate (I couldn't tell), no clue how long it had been there... It felt really solid, so I tried to tune it, but the tuners were loose and it wouldn't hold a tune (also, there was a lot of noise in the room), so I gave up and went home. I'm pretty sure the uke wasn't what we'd call a serious instrument, but I'm curious if anyone out there has any tips for telling a good uke that one might find in a pawn shop from a crummy uke? This one had no identifying marks on it at all--no label in the soundhole, nothing on the headstock, nothing. I'm pretty sure it was a sopranino size... I play a tenor, but this one felt *really* small (I'm a total n00b, I could be very wrong).
Any wisdom to impart? Thanks in advance. :worship:
Any wisdom to impart? Thanks in advance. :worship: