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I think learning the shapes and how to switch between them is the most important thing for you right now. Probably by a lot. What they...

I came to guitalele from guitar so my experience will be a little different than yours. Yes, use the exact same chord shapes. Call the...

Hi, If you are trying to learn to play the Guitarlele and using a learning Guitar book, should you play the standard guitar shapes...

I'm in the same boat as you with regards to finger style and discovering the beautiful world of classical ukulele and loving it - but...

Thanks all. Even though it was for SOTU I thought it had a place here as well. I do like a lot of the 3/2 tunes.

This is not strictly relevant to your query, but twenty years ago a friend showed me a picture of a 'Northern' uke and it inspired me to...

Nice arrangement and beautiful performance!

A fairly basic arrangement of Dunbury Castle from Playford vol 3 done for the latest SOTU season. I kept the accompanying lines very...

The reason I asked for the luthier name is if it was Bruce Wei (which it is not), who I've used for almost 10 years, I would offer to...

Good points. I usually try to look at both sides of an argument. Thinking back on the original question, I suppose it depends on the...

When we are talking about the playing qualities of an instrument, that is so personal. I have had experiences over the years with...

I know of a top quality builder whose name was dragged into muck by someone not happy and that fundamentally changed how he went about...

Your mistake was to not do one at a time, I have made that mistake as well, I now own multiple ukes of the same brand/luthier but...

I don't want to name brands but I have sold ukes which I did not like but the subsequent buyer loved... these include many well known...

If I was you, I would complete the purchase. The other side of the story might be that the luthier was being honest and his/her ukes are...