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Anybody got one? If I just buy a daft £20 one from Amazon will that do for a bit mess about with? Not like guitars where shit ones are not worth it?
 


I've been wondering this too, I figure it will be worth it to see if I can get the hang of it before investing in a decent one.

Can anyone recommend a good tuition book too?
 
No, it will be plastic, the strings will be terrible and the action will be high. Have a look on Amazon, you'll get a decentish one made of wood for around 60 pounds. I play a tenor which are a little more expensive as they are slightly bigger but there is more room for your fingers and they sound better.

Pebbles said:
I've been wondering this too, I figure it will be worth it to see if I can get the hang of it before investing in a decent one.

Can anyone recommend a good tuition book too?
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I teach the ukulele and have used this book
 
I've got four, cheapest and best of them was about £250
You can sometimes get lucky with the really cheap ones, but below about £100 they seem to be very hit and miss.
 
Got a brand knew one for xmas, not played it yet, need motivation to learn
 
Longy said:
Anybody got one? If I just buy a daft £20 one from Amazon will that do for a bit mess about with? Not like guitars where shit ones are not worth it?
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Pay as much as you can afford imo
I bought one for about £30 and it's a bastard to keep in tune
 
Pebbles said:
I've been wondering this too, I figure it will be worth it to see if I can get the hang of it before investing in a decent one.

Can anyone recommend a good tuition book too?
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You don't need a tuition book, you'll get a chord sheet with the instrument, two fingered chords aren't that difficult to play, just buy one and away you go.
 
Longy said:
Anybody got one? If I just buy a daft £20 one from Amazon will that do for a bit mess about with? Not like guitars where shit ones are not worth it?
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I just got one for £20, I'll probably try it out and get bored/frustrated after an hour or two then give it away, if I stick with it I'll buy a better one later,buggered if I'd jump straight in and spend a decent amount for something to gather dust.
 
pweller said:
I just got one for £20, I'll probably try it out and get bored/frustrated after an hour or two then give it away, if I stick with it I'll buy a better one later,buggered if I'd jump straight in and spend a decent amount for something to gather dust.
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That's exactly how I feel. I've seen one on Amazon that has surprisingly good reviews for the price so I'm going for it.
 
I was at a music festival a few months ago and I walked passed a tent where there was a uke workshop on and there was about twenty people bashing on them,the f***ing din was horrendous,will live with me for the rest of my days.

I was at a music festival a few months ago and I walked passed a tent where there was a uke workshop on and there was about twenty people bashing on them,the f***ing din was horrendous,will live with me for the rest of my days.
 
fab t said:
I was at a music festival a few months ago and I walked passed a tent where there was a uke workshop on and there was about twenty people bashing on them,the f***ing din was horrendous,will live with me for the rest of my days.

I was at a music festival a few months ago and I walked passed a tent where there was a uke workshop on and there was about twenty people bashing on them,the f***ing din was horrendous,will live with me for the rest of my days.
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That bad it's caused repeating nightmares....
 
pweller said:
I just got one for £20, I'll probably try it out and get bored/frustrated after an hour or two then give it away, if I stick with it I'll buy a better one later,buggered if I'd jump straight in and spend a decent amount for something to gather dust.
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I reckon if you're going to enjoy playing ukulele you'll be able to tell from a £20 one, but you might discover its limitations quite quickly.
At least two of the bairns have £20 Staggs and both are impossible to tune properly although I cant rule out their own influence there, they wont have been looked after.
 
Aye, I've got a twenty quid one and it was fine for messing about for a bit, will do for a few weeks or months and probably better than spending 60-100 quid straight off.
 
Longy said:
Anybody got one? If I just buy a daft £20 one from Amazon will that do for a bit mess about with? Not like guitars where shit ones are not worth it?
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Aye. a got one off Amazon, £25 or sumit. As long as it comes with the electronic tuner you're laughing. Loads of simple tutorials on YouTube.
 
alicante mackem said:
No, it will be plastic, the strings will be terrible and the action will be high. Have a look on Amazon, you'll get a decentish one made of wood for around 60 pounds. I play a tenor which are a little more expensive as they are slightly bigger but there is more room for your fingers and they sound better.


I teach the ukulele and have used this book
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Just wanted to thank you for this recommendation. My ukulele is great (for the price) and the book is brilliant. So easy to follow.

I just wish I had more time to practise.
 
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