actadh
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I can't imagine the transition between those 2 sizes!
My $79 Globe sopranino and $30 Tempo baritone.
I can't imagine the transition between those 2 sizes!
Kala KA-SLNG long neck laminate mahogany soprano - one of my first ukes, & still picked up & played 4 years later.
Makala Dolphin (or Shark) and the Enya EUC-X1M (concert HPL.) Sadly, the EUC-X1M seems to be out of stock both at Enya's site and on Amazon, but it is my favorite Enya.
I have been told the X1M is discontinued. They are selling the X2M, and also a new model with a fretboard that lights up like a Populele.
They are always ready to make music, when their “betters” are at home sheltered in their cases. Three cheers for a good cheap uke!
perhaps this reply is unfair but my first uke, bought by my grandmother from Long's Drugs, HNL,
was a no name, orange-colored, soprano (or just slightly larger - mezzo?) from Japan. I believe
my grandmother paid about $7 for it.
it is my favorite, albeit no longer with me, because it was the foundation of all... get that(?), ALL
of my ukulele knowledge and skills.
I don't know how many hours I spent with it trying to figure out how to play it and how to work
out chords to the songs I enjoyed hearing on the radio at that time (1959-60), when my 6th grade
teacher first taught me and my classmates how to play, at Ali'iolani Elementary.
Mahalo, Ms Wong!
I learned to play off song sheets, how to figure out chords to early Rock'n Roll songs from the radio, how to transpose
to keys in my vocal range, etc.
i'm sure it must have had 'issues' like high action, intonation problems, poor sound quality, etc. but it
was my only uke and, again, the foundation for all my subsequent ukulele efforts and education!
That said, I do enjoy playing an Enya HPL soprano a fellow UUer sold me after he had shaved down the
neck and added a personal sound hole. Thank you, Friend!
it now resides in HNL so I can only play it when I'm there. It is full of little rubber duckies I share with
toddlers and young children, with their parent's permission, of course
I keep it in a Martin Soprano gig bag which keeps it very slim and compact.
At home in Seattle, I like playing my green Outdoor Ukulele, but it was a bit more than $100, so it may
not qualify with the parameters above.
keep uke'in',