Nickie

I’m also a bonsai enthusiast, and would love to see the famous gardens and incredible bonsai collections in Japan. Not to mention the...

I rarely if ever use a hammer on or a pulloff. I consider them intermediate tricks. But I do some sliding. Sliding down the neck (toward...

There are no hammer-ons or slides in this arrangement. All of the curves are called “ties.” A tie connects the same note/pitch two or...

I think that Google pointed you in a wrong direction when it said that the lines were hammer ons. Perhaps to some example where it was...

I typed slide originally, then looked it up, and Google told me the curves connecting notes were hammer ons, and a straight line was a...

Not spotting the hammer ons. But two alternatives are to use a slide or (easiest) to just play the notes separately, as if no hammer on.

First, you need to set your high cost limit. That will save you lots of time. Second, do you know what you expect from your ukulele...

The standard I have heard and used is to buy the best instrument you can afford. My vision of the best instrument is one that is well...

Excellent post. I remember when I started with ukulele, I would not know to ask those questions. I had put in for a Brad Donaldson...

To @thegadgetfish and in resound to @efiscella wonderful posts to this thread. I hope what I've written below is helpful. What you want...

This time, I disagree with both of them. My $600+ ukulele is my go to, my performance uke. Never had one quite like before.

There was a long thread in this forum a few years ago about how 2 well respected ukulele teachers (Craig Chee and James Hill)...

You are an adult, so I won't try to tell you how to make decisions, but honestly? At that price, you are better looking at something...

Congrats on the new concert scale! Is that maple on the top? Does it have a radiused fretboard?

well, it seems like i've developed a bit of a rep! 😇 aaaand it also seems like I'm surrounded by a buncha pushers!! 😂 Pedals are my next...