LorenFL
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So, I picked up my Waterman soprano today to give it one more chance to be useful. I didn't even really care if it sounded "good". I just wanted to throw it in the back of the car (I'm a driving instructor, spend a lot of time in the car... sometimes just waiting somewhere for 15-20 minutes) to have something to play. But, as before, I just couldn't get the intonation to be even remotely acceptable. Maybe I'll just take the tuners and strings off of it and use it for a garage project? Couldn't do any worse.
Time to spend some money! I can either buy a "nicer" uke and relegate my Eastrock Concert to car duty (it would probably survive okay being laminate)... or buy some kind of a travel uke designed to take such abuse.
Poking around, of course there are other plastic ukes like (probably better than) the Waterman, and better ones with wood soundboards and such. All possibilities.
Then I found the Peanut ukes again. Oh, I'd looked at them before, and very nearly pulled the trigger before.
The Eddie Finn PNUT seemed like a good solution to what I was after... and only $79.
Then, I stumbled upon the BugsGear Concert scale Peanut on Amazon... for $28!!!
I like that it's Concert. That's become my favorite size. I don't have the reach to be comfortable on a Tenor, and I find a Soprano too cramped. Concert is the goldilocks zone. This makes the BugsGear stand far above the Eddie Finn for me.
I'm guessing the BugsGear is discontinued. It's only available in red or green. No natural finish. Not even black. But, it's just something to play in the car. Doesn't have to be pretty, and for $28, I could always repaint it.
So, I ordered a fugly green one. Even paid $3 extra for next day shipping. In theory, I'll have it by 10pm.
Maybe someday I'll actually buy a real ukulele.
Time to spend some money! I can either buy a "nicer" uke and relegate my Eastrock Concert to car duty (it would probably survive okay being laminate)... or buy some kind of a travel uke designed to take such abuse.
Poking around, of course there are other plastic ukes like (probably better than) the Waterman, and better ones with wood soundboards and such. All possibilities.
Then I found the Peanut ukes again. Oh, I'd looked at them before, and very nearly pulled the trigger before.
The Eddie Finn PNUT seemed like a good solution to what I was after... and only $79.
Then, I stumbled upon the BugsGear Concert scale Peanut on Amazon... for $28!!!
I like that it's Concert. That's become my favorite size. I don't have the reach to be comfortable on a Tenor, and I find a Soprano too cramped. Concert is the goldilocks zone. This makes the BugsGear stand far above the Eddie Finn for me.
I'm guessing the BugsGear is discontinued. It's only available in red or green. No natural finish. Not even black. But, it's just something to play in the car. Doesn't have to be pretty, and for $28, I could always repaint it.
So, I ordered a fugly green one. Even paid $3 extra for next day shipping. In theory, I'll have it by 10pm.
Maybe someday I'll actually buy a real ukulele.