pixiepurls
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So i brought my old but barely used Jasmine Guitar (Acoustic/electric) and they offered me $70 for it. I looked at the $120-$150 range and then asked to see the $250 ish range and was handed a super lovely $300 ukulele.. I should not have attempted to play it lol. Future note to self: Don't pick up expensive Ukuleles you don't want to buy.
The $118 range didn't seem that much more amazing then my kids Hohner Suprano which actually plays really lovely, I must have gotten a really good one because it just sounds wonderful. So I wasn't super impressed at that price range.
I also had some money from selling an old kindle and then of course I needed a case (I went cheap, I like something small I can sling on my back) and 1 extra set of strings.
So I still walked out paying way more then i meant to walking in but she was SO PRETTY and played so nice and my fingers liked her. I didn't worry about brand I just played them. This one played the "cleanest" to my fingers and was warm and not too twangy. Some of the expensive ukes are very tweety and twangy I guess to be very true to ukulele but I like deeper.
I put my fingers on a $200 Baritone. I LOVED how it sounded like a guitar but decided to stick with the tenor. I didn't want to get confused by strings and stuff. I also like how small the tenor is and the baritone gets into more clunky territory. I am 5'2 and quiet small.
I feel like my fingers have more room to get things right on the tenor then on the soprano even tough I have small hands.
This is a Kala, I don't know much about them accept I remember one person who had a cheap one was worried about not being legit, this thing feels pretty legit to me but of course I am a newb so I don't know much. It's solid Mahagony and feels so nice. I realized I spent nearly as much as the Pono Tenor I was dreaming of, but its probably much better that I got to pick this one out in real life.
So it may not be any of the brands I was reading about online but she's lovely and plays so nice and was setup by the Uke shop and has not lost her tune all day (which is pretty wild compared to my cheap ones that do have to be retuned each time I play, but I like it to be exactly in tune when I play).
UAC is now officially over This Tenor just feels lovely and sounds lovely.
It's like this one but mine has a slotted headstock:
http://www.theukulelesite.com/kala-smht-solid-mahogany-tenor.html
The $118 range didn't seem that much more amazing then my kids Hohner Suprano which actually plays really lovely, I must have gotten a really good one because it just sounds wonderful. So I wasn't super impressed at that price range.
I also had some money from selling an old kindle and then of course I needed a case (I went cheap, I like something small I can sling on my back) and 1 extra set of strings.
So I still walked out paying way more then i meant to walking in but she was SO PRETTY and played so nice and my fingers liked her. I didn't worry about brand I just played them. This one played the "cleanest" to my fingers and was warm and not too twangy. Some of the expensive ukes are very tweety and twangy I guess to be very true to ukulele but I like deeper.
I put my fingers on a $200 Baritone. I LOVED how it sounded like a guitar but decided to stick with the tenor. I didn't want to get confused by strings and stuff. I also like how small the tenor is and the baritone gets into more clunky territory. I am 5'2 and quiet small.
I feel like my fingers have more room to get things right on the tenor then on the soprano even tough I have small hands.
This is a Kala, I don't know much about them accept I remember one person who had a cheap one was worried about not being legit, this thing feels pretty legit to me but of course I am a newb so I don't know much. It's solid Mahagony and feels so nice. I realized I spent nearly as much as the Pono Tenor I was dreaming of, but its probably much better that I got to pick this one out in real life.
So it may not be any of the brands I was reading about online but she's lovely and plays so nice and was setup by the Uke shop and has not lost her tune all day (which is pretty wild compared to my cheap ones that do have to be retuned each time I play, but I like it to be exactly in tune when I play).
UAC is now officially over This Tenor just feels lovely and sounds lovely.
It's like this one but mine has a slotted headstock:
http://www.theukulelesite.com/kala-smht-solid-mahogany-tenor.html
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