[Closed] any ukulele players in?

I would say stick to soprano ukeleles to start and you can't really go wrong with a Makala, Lanikai or Kala. These can vary in price greatly but are all well thought of makes.

The Makala Dolphin is a well thought of budget uke and can be yours for around £30.

I've got a couple of mahalo's, once you put some decent strings on, they sound great.

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I got one of these [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mahalo-Soprano-Ukulele-Bag-Purple/dp/B004PILX90/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1432548139&sr=1-2&keywords=ukulele ]Uke[/url]

It's really fun

you too could be an internet god...in a shed...just like our mate Fin.

I'm very tempted by one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yamaha-GL1-Guitalele-Ukelele-Size-Natural/dp/B000RVYMWE
Same size as a regular uke, but six stringed, with standard guitar tuning and chords. Can't go wrong with Yamaha, and not expensive, either.
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Was watching a border Morris team over the weekend, and one of the musicians was playing a bass uke, plugged into an battery-powered amp on a little trolley. Amazing deep bass, couldn't believe the sound from it; it did cost him £400, though!

isto is writing wise words, get that Makala. Though I can second the notion that a Mahalo with decent strings upgrade makes a surprisingly good sound, that's what I use for my 'end of the sofa' uke. But the Makala Dolphin already has that bit done for you.

www.ukulelehunt.com is my favourite uke site for getting to know things, check it out too.

Like the look of those Guitarleles, I think they're tuned in A though, aren't they?

I tried several ukes including most sizes. Soprano was ok but found a concert was a little easier to play with big hands. The tenor felt a bit big, not quite uke enough cause of its size. I very nearly got a long neck soprano but really liked the concert so got that. Mine is a kala. Try an find a local music shop that stocks em and go have a look. Most guitar shops round here have a surprisingly good range of ukes.

More importantly you get to play this!!!!!

Think I've got a soprano Kala - I like it. Quite like it being 4 string and different tuning etc to a guitar personally.

It's so light and portable - great for camping 🙂

I play one.....only when i'm cleaning 'winderrs'!

I'll get my coat! 🙂

A buddy of mine makes these.... www.jazzboxukes.com

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paulosoxo - Member
Like the look of those Guitarleles, I think they're tuned in A though, aren't they?

A guitalele is the size of a ukulele, and is commonly played like a guitar transposed up to “A” (that is, up a 4th, or like a guitar with a capo on the fifth fret). This gives it tuning of ADGCEA, with the top four strings tuned like a low G ukulele.[3] This is the same as the tuning of a requinto guitar, although the latter are typically larger than a guitalele.

Several guitar and ukulele manufacturers market guitaleles, including Yamaha Corporation's GL-1 Guitalele,[4][5] Cordoba's Guilele,[6] Koaloha's D-VI 6-string tenor ukulele,[7] Mele's Guitarlele,[8] Kanilea's GL6 Guitarlele,[9] Luna's 6-string baritone ukulele,[10] and the Gretsch guitar-ukelele.[11]