VintageGibson
Well-known member
As the title suggests, I've been lurking around here for a few years and think it's about time I joined in.
I got my first uke in 1968, a cheap Chinese import. If I remember correctly the brand was Skylark and came with gut strings and wooden violin style tuning pegs, but I managed to learn a few songs and felt able to move to a more upmarket version about a year later. (The Skylark cost me £1, new one was £2.50)
Anyway, I've been paying uke off and on since then, but my main instruments are guitar, and banjo with occasional mandolin and harmonica.
Around 2007 I built a pair of StewMac sopranos and these are my main go to ukes one tuned to C the other to D. I occasionally use a BU and concert and recently acquired an Enya Nova. Not really into the larger uke sizes or UAS generally, more into GAS.
My main interest in uke playing is Tin Pan Alley type material, no big objection to pop or rock, but TPA chord sequences tend to be more interesting and there are already plenty of uke players causing GBH to classic rock songs.
Regards
VintageGibson
I got my first uke in 1968, a cheap Chinese import. If I remember correctly the brand was Skylark and came with gut strings and wooden violin style tuning pegs, but I managed to learn a few songs and felt able to move to a more upmarket version about a year later. (The Skylark cost me £1, new one was £2.50)
Anyway, I've been paying uke off and on since then, but my main instruments are guitar, and banjo with occasional mandolin and harmonica.
Around 2007 I built a pair of StewMac sopranos and these are my main go to ukes one tuned to C the other to D. I occasionally use a BU and concert and recently acquired an Enya Nova. Not really into the larger uke sizes or UAS generally, more into GAS.
My main interest in uke playing is Tin Pan Alley type material, no big objection to pop or rock, but TPA chord sequences tend to be more interesting and there are already plenty of uke players causing GBH to classic rock songs.
Regards
VintageGibson