I know from where you are Professir, I had open heart surgery twice, in 1996 to by-pass 5 arteries and in 2018 to replace 2 valves, caused by radiation treatments I had for cancer in 1973. I also played guitar for almost 50 years before I took up the ukulele in 2013 and never touched my guitars again, gave them to my nephew.
I started on a soprano on a whim, but when I tried to play it, the tight frets were very difficult, so I did some research and discovered the sizes, tenor being recommended for guitar players. I went to my local Sam Ash, tried a concert and tenor and immediately realized tenor is for me. In my first year I went through 16 ukes, culled them to 4 of the good ones when Mim recommended a Kala solid cedar top model that sells for $370, which I found it to rival $1000+ ukes. It's my go to gig uke, and I'm up to 9 now.
I hope all these valuable posts give you pause for thought. (I notice that professir has not been back here since the original post 2 days ago.)
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly Grove near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 6 acoustic bass ukes, 12 solid body bass ukes, 14 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 41)
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