Is "Uke Acquisition Syndrome" Worse At Night?

Neil_O said:

If i have played a lot after dinner, then I tend to sit around without playing, watching TV with wifey. Then I open my phone and daydream about the holy grail, maybe a 16" scale 5-string Gg with a 1.5" wide neck with a 1/2" thickness front to back, compound radius, and a cupholder. Then I see a used laminate baritone, and think about how much money I have in my paypal account. Then I slap myself and decide tomorrow is the day I will take good pictures of the one I need to get rid of.

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Oh great, I thought I found the perfect ukulele, but it doesn’t have a cup holder. Here we go again ...

Rllink said:

I don't look at ukuleles that are for sale every evening. I don't look at them at all. Seriously, not being judgemental, but why? I mean, are you just sitting around all the time looking for something to buy?

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Most often the "itch" comes on when I'm reading one or another thread here on the Forum, and I may come across a discussion (or even just a passing reference) to a certain type of uke (in this case, a tenor), and it gets me to wondering, "Hmmmm, I wonder if I'd enjoy a tenor, or perhaps a tenor scale matched to a soprano or concert body..." And then I'll start browsing around a little, and eventually see something with a fairly low price, and decent reviews, and decide that for a small investment I can maybe see what it's all about...

glennerd said:

Oh great, I thought I found the perfect ukulele, but it doesn’t have a cup holder. Here we go again ...

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Hahahahahaha! Love it!

Counter said:

And yet you offer a link in your signature to something to buy ...............

So, did you just find a ukulele one day and think, yep, that'll do and have not looked at any more since?

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No, that is not what happened. I thought it looked like something fun to learn to play, so I did a little research and bought one. Then a year later I knew a little more about it and bought a better one. And I have since looked at them a few times. I do not however routinely prowl the internet looking for more of them to buy and that was the question. I was really wondering if it is most common for people who play ukulele become addicted to buying more and more of them, or if those who are afflicted are a minority in the ukulele community. I mean, we see it every day here, but people aren't going to get on here and say that they didn't buy a ukulele today. So it becomes a rather one sided picture.

And yes, if someone wants a good detective crime novel to to read, I write them and one can follow my signature to get one.

In the interest of balance then, I did not buy a ukulele today. I am 90% certain I will not buy one tomorrow either.

Counter said:

In the interest of balance then, I did not buy a ukulele today. I am 90% certain I will not buy one tomorrow either.

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Me neither, so there's two of us. And I'm not getting myself one for Christmas. I think this should be a whole new thread. I'll start it.