Just spent an hour playing my daughters £18 Mahalo U30G/PP soprano uke and I have to say it was great! I haven't modified or altered it in any way, I had a spare set of Aquila concert strings knocking around which I put on it and it sounds fine, even the intonation is good.
We got it for my little girl last year from a shop in York and for £18 it is a nice, enjoyable uke to play. I've read a lot about cheap ukuleles having a negative effect on beginners, even putting them off altogether. Whilst that probably is true about a lot of ukes,this Mahalo is fantastic and for the price you can't go wrong. Buy a set of Aquila's for around £6 and you're away. No need at all to splash out £50+ for your first uke. Cheers
We got it for my little girl last year from a shop in York and for £18 it is a nice, enjoyable uke to play. I've read a lot about cheap ukuleles having a negative effect on beginners, even putting them off altogether. Whilst that probably is true about a lot of ukes,this Mahalo is fantastic and for the price you can't go wrong. Buy a set of Aquila's for around £6 and you're away. No need at all to splash out £50+ for your first uke. Cheers
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