I was at a friends house this week, and she had a ukelele. I liked it. I want to get one. Does anyone have a suggestion RE: shopping for a ukelele? I don't want to spend a bunch of money, but I don't wanna get a piece of crap either.

kerbled:

http://www.electrical.com/phpBB2/viewto ... bd758fed6f

oops.. .perhaps that thread actually isnt that useful.
one guy that bought one pretty nice recommended me these guys:

http://www.ukeleleworld.com/

he bought a 50$ kala and is a nice nice uke.

I have a Mahalo ukelele that's built well enough for me. I keep it in the bathroom. It's pleasant to pinch a loaf and bang out a uke tune at the same time. It cost $25 new.

http://www.ukuleleworld.com/uw_mahalo.html

That Old Town School of Folk has them. You could call in a favor and get it cheap?
Forget that. Just buy one off ebay from china.

I don't know, but if you do a search, the spelling is: ukulele.

newberry wrote:I don't know, but if you do a search, the spelling is: ukulele.

http://www.ukeleleworld.com/

actually, both spellings are right. it depends on the country i guess...

Ahh, my mistake.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=ukelele

u·ke·le·le (yk-ll, k-)
n.
Variant of ukulele.

Much like vockins, I have a Mahalo I got for $25, and for another $27 put a pickup on it. It sounds and plays great, though it is of course not nearly as nice as more expensive ukes I've played. My point is that you don't need to lay out a lot of cash for a fun playing experience.

Tips: I like geared tuners for the uke; you can get cheapies with geared tuners and expensive ukes with friction tuners, but the cheap friction tuners will be a shortcut to massive frustration. Go geared. Also, check the action. Then learn a few chords, and start serenading your S.O.

I play drums in a band with my buddy, who plays the ukelele. We've got about 10 songs now and I don't really like any of our stuff.