Hi Everyone,
I haven't been here in a while. Glad to see that MM Stan is still active. Got the sad news about Dirk of Southcoast. Learned that Mya Moe is now in the Chicago area and Aaron is back with Beansprout. And I just reconnected with William who is willing to sell me his Ukiyo Vita in the near future - the uke I miss the most.
After playing guitar exclusively for 25 years, I had uke fever from 2011 - 2014. I amassed 19 ukes over that time and I'm now down to my two favorite tenors. From 2015 - 2017 I played mandolin exclusively and was very happy with the one fine mandolin I acquired - a Phoenix Bluegrass.
Then this past April, I ran into a 1998 Froggy Bottom parlor guitar at Dusty Strings in Seattle and the guitar dominates my playing once again. In July I added a Telecaster and an amp and I've been having a blast.
This past weekend, I loaned my daughter's Kala soprano to a new friend and was showing her some uke basics. It made me pull out my two ukes and I played them for a couple of hours remembering all the fun I used to have. I particularly miss all my friends from Ukulele Fight Club in MO.
I think that even though I am mainly playing guitar again, that there is definitely room for ukulele as others have said here.
Dave, thanks again for taking that Kinnard baritone off my hands and glad you were able to pass it to someone else. Also thanks for starting this thread!