Thank you for the warm welcome!
I'll now add what I couldn't yesterday, because I suddenly was in a hurry...
Chronologically...
I started to practice the guitar years ago, but somehow I concentrated on things that weren't fun in the long run!
Then last autumn I thought about how and when to give my 4 year old son the opportunity to learn an instrument and which one and how to motivate him and so on.
So in some forum I found advices on starting with three string guitars and I checked the smaller guitar sizes and suddenly stumbled upon the advice
"instead of letting your son learn the guitar, why not start with the Ukulele" "It's just 4 strings and is smaller in size anyway"
So my plan was to restart learning myself, this time the Uke, and concentrate on things that are fun for me. And getting a Uke not too expensive that would not keep me from letting son try it out too whenever he would like to.
My first 45 EUro Concert Uke was so good, that I got the same model a bit later (as either a backup in case my son demolished mine or to give it to him in case he would like to learn it some day)
But the second copy was BAD. The chords I tried were not in tune, so I read lots about guitar setup.
In the next time I got a few more and sent most of them back. I learned that cheap chinese Ukes are sometimes great, often are nicely manufactured for the price, but much too often the bridge or the frets are placed not precisely enough. And stated Aquila strings sometimes are visibly and audibly different from the Originals (even if some had a badge!)
Sometimes, I could fix the problems, sometimes, I had to send them back.
So I am enjoying to fix cheap Ukes, and at the moment I'm quite happy with a Kmise Thinbody Zebrawood Tenor.
What I am learning is mostly songs I like, often Beatles songs or other popular stuff, easy playing techniques to slowly advance. I find it quite easy nowadays to find lessons on youtube with some song or technique that keep ne motivated, but I'm still struggling with singing and playing at the same time.
Sorry for the babble
Cheers,
Dominique
PS. @Rakelele: Where in Switherland are you if I may ask? I LOVE Switzerland and have some family there, mostly around lake Zurich.
one more PS. @Mivo: are you possibly near an old ex-volcano and wineyards or more to the north?