I’m toying with getting a Ukulele to pick at and generally annoy people and the dog, but what scale length? Tenor, Concert or Soprano?

A guy i used to work with makes ukes for a living now. I am sure he would be happy to give you some advice http://www.tinguitar.com He is called Rob Collins

Lidl this Thursday apparently

big fiveoh in jan so last summer i commited to learning the uke so i can play at my party.. never played anything before other than marbles.. easy really down down up down up

big fiveoh in jan so last summer i commited to learning the uke so i can play at my party.. never played anything before other than marbles.. easy really down down up down up,,

went to argos for mine 14.95,, and its pink.. you need a tuner though.. another fiver off ebay..

A Soprano is normally the size to start with. Tenor and concert tend to be more expensive and for when you are beyond playing for your own entertainment!

Price is really a case of you get what you pay for, look for some special deals. £40 is the ballpark price for a nice beginner uke.

Soprano is the one.

Get something with metal machine heads for tuning, rather than just pegs or nasty plastic machine heads, as it is easier to tune and they won’t break.

For tuning it, if you don’t have anything to tune off like a piano, then there are tons of mobile phone guitar tuner apps that will do the job. I have one called ‘gStrings’, which is on Android, and it is fine (and free).

Oh, and assuming you are of an age to remember the original gameboy,

http://ukuleleunderground.com/2008/03/ukulele-lesson-3-tetris/ – the only thing I can reliably play on the uke.

and the brilliantly named ‘Uke Hunt’ website is pretty good too:
http://ukulelehunt.com

Joe

If I was going to get one (which I’m not!)…

http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Nylon/Les-Paul-Ukulele-Outfit.aspx

I’ve got a Flying V

It looks great, but I find it hard/uncomfortable to hold… maybe I just need to man up