My daughter has quite a few ukes. If this were a Baritone, or a banjolele I would get the uke for her collection but she doesn’t need any more sopranos.
@OnionSoup the baritone is the last one on our list to get for my daughter too… (well…is there really ever a ‘last’? )
I think we chatted a little before (the last time these were offered)…but I have a Uke addiction problem and I don’t really even play, lol! Although I do know (poorly) about 6 chords now, so that’s progress! Even on the tenor I just can’t seem to get the stretch going for stupid E! But I’d really love a baritone…it’s the closest I think I’d get to playing guitar because it’s small enough to wrap my hands around.
We have a guitalele, but I’ve not been successful stringing it to standard guitar tuning. I don’t know enough to fool around with the mixed tuning though…so it sits in the corner.
If you find a nice sounding baritone that doesn’t break the bank, let me know!
@k4evryng ironically, Baritone is the only one I have and the only one my daughter doesn’t have… Well besides the bass but those are pretty rare.
Mine is made by caramel, which is a cheap Chinese brand, but it has worked great for me. I’m happy with it. I got my baritone around the same time my daughter got her first Concert Uke. She’s gone on to collect about four more and master the thing, I think she has a tenor and two each of concert and soprano… I get mine out occasionally, I’m not great, but I can do OK.
I offer all the time for her to use my baritone, but she never accepts and I don’t understand why because she wants her own she should at least try mine.
At this price point it probably won’t stay in tune very long and it might not even be possible to tune it properly at all. Think of this as more of a toy then an instrument, and if it’s actually decent you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
@merichmond Monoprice has a good ukulele that I purchased for my daughter. It stays in tune and has real strings. This looks like a toy that will be thrown out almost immediately. Buyer beware.
@merichmond It’s actually okay. My daughter has this exact model from a local store that was teaching ukulele classes, and it’s held up even though she has untreated ADHD (and so do I).
I ordered one in the same color in case it needs replacing.
It helps I’m comfortable tuning nylon-strings when I practice (classical) guitar myself. There are tuner apps and websites that can hold the tune for you now.
Wow this is actually badass af! I feel so bad for hitting the meh button, but damn I have no one to gift this beautiful thing to, nor the money to buy it
Bought one of these last year for Christmas. The machines didn’t keep it in tune very well if have to tune in every time I pulled it out of the case or picked it up. I had to tighten them a bit, now I only have to tune it every other week.
Which is about how often I pull it out now, a year later.
@Chronicle It’s pretty typical to need to tune new nylon strings fairly often until they get settled in, and I do generally expect to need to tune my ukulele at least once a week (I don’t have any nice ones, but the most expensive is $100).
That said… my expectations would still be pretty low for this one.
You too can give your kid an annoying gift, and hope they have enough success to realize, wait, I play a uke, so I need to emulate a famous musician with one.
Boy With Uke has joined the chat. What, my overbearing parents who made me learn an instrument… wait, I can make it sound exactly like 21 pilots? $$$$$
Caveat, parents: This is not going to happen with your kid, so just do not do it.
@KNmeh7 As someone from Akron who loved the Black Keys back before they moved to Nashville. When they had the Rubber Factory…
Now living in Columbus, I feel the same for 21 Pilots. Josh’s mom lives really damn close to me. He used to drink at the dive bar I can roll down to. I knew the bartenders. One day, he was fan-boyed out and that was it. He wanted to go be unknown, and damn near every regular knew that. Unfortunately, some sorority came in. That was that.
I few years later, I was with my girlfriend and her parents at Roosters (A fun. Casual joint. – sports bar, great wings in Columbus) and our table was right next to Josh and his friend. I, as silently as possible, let them know, hey that is half of 21 pilots, and you treat him like regular folk.
We just went about our business. Then… a group of 5 college-age international students came up and interrupted his meal with OMG!!! I shuttered. They looked at our table (I don’t think they heard me say who he was and be cool) but our look of disdain was palpable.
We were waiting on our bill. When it came and we cashed out, we got up, they looked over. I tossed up the rock horns and shrugged and put my head down. Like, welp, guess will you will never see him again.
Specs
Product: Strong Wind 21" Soprano Basswood Ukulele with Gig Bag
Model: UKL-21BG ORG, PRPL, BLCK
Condition: New
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Price Comparison
$39.99 at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
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Monday, Dec 15
The Jimi Hendrix starter kit.
@yakkoTDI Even easier, fewer strings to contend with.
But some purple haze still might be inspirational.
@yakkoTDI I think more Tiny Tim starter kit.
@sligett @yakkoTDI They better be selling a tulip bulb planter kit tomorrow.
Wha?
Is this supposed to be a gift for Christmas? It’s more like torture device for Halloween.
Purple!
The influence of @Barney is strong.
Man I can’t fit no gig in that tiny bag. How am I gonna make any cash?
/giphy tony soprano
Christmas ukes in Halloween colors? Neat. They’re Nightmare before Christmas ukes.
This is how Arthur Godfrey started, and look at him now!
@phendrick August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983
@werehatrack My point, exactly.
I’ll remember this moment when I’m playing sold out stadiums.
@Aryk You’ll be having some Cake at Arco Arena?
Maybe buy one for a future AGT star like Grace VanderWaal!!
This is what happens when you don’t run your brand name across an actual English speaker before slapping it in huge letters on the box.
@jandrese their venture into beans proved even less successful.
@jandrese They should do what all of the Amazon resellers do and stick to names like iGRAEINDKFGN.
I was strongly considering this for my kid, until I saw the purple color, and then it was SOLD! (Purple is his favorite color.)
/giphy laughing-tormented-fly
Can’t beat Jeff Goldblum!
Just can’t decide how you want to spell it, eh, meh?
My daughter has quite a few ukes. If this were a Baritone, or a banjolele I would get the uke for her collection but she doesn’t need any more sopranos.
Any more ukes in that warehouse of yours?
@OnionSoup the baritone is the last one on our list to get for my daughter too… (well…is there really ever a ‘last’?
)
I think we chatted a little before (the last time these were offered)…but I have a Uke addiction problem and I don’t really even play, lol! Although I do know (poorly) about 6 chords now, so that’s progress!
Even on the tenor I just can’t seem to get the stretch going for stupid E! But I’d really love a baritone…it’s the closest I think I’d get to playing guitar because it’s small enough to wrap my hands around.
We have a guitalele, but I’ve not been successful stringing it to standard guitar tuning. I don’t know enough to fool around with the mixed tuning though…so it sits in the corner.
If you find a nice sounding baritone that doesn’t break the bank, let me know!
@k4evryng ironically, Baritone is the only one I have and the only one my daughter doesn’t have… Well besides the bass but those are pretty rare.
Mine is made by caramel, which is a cheap Chinese brand, but it has worked great for me. I’m happy with it. I got my baritone around the same time my daughter got her first Concert Uke. She’s gone on to collect about four more and master the thing, I think she has a tenor and two each of concert and soprano… I get mine out occasionally, I’m not great, but I can do OK.
I offer all the time for her to use my baritone, but she never accepts and I don’t understand why because she wants her own she should at least try mine.
At this price point it probably won’t stay in tune very long and it might not even be possible to tune it properly at all. Think of this as more of a toy then an instrument, and if it’s actually decent you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
@merichmond Monoprice has a good ukulele that I purchased for my daughter. It stays in tune and has real strings. This looks like a toy that will be thrown out almost immediately. Buyer beware.
@merichmond “Soft nylon strings” is the clue about its ability to hold a load on the neck. Comments below confirm it doesn’t hold its tune long.
@merichmond It’s actually okay. My daughter has this exact model from a local store that was teaching ukulele classes, and it’s held up even though she has untreated ADHD (and so do I).
I ordered one in the same color in case it needs replacing.
It helps I’m comfortable tuning nylon-strings when I practice (classical) guitar myself. There are tuner apps and websites that can hold the tune for you now.
Ahem.
UkUlele
Wow this is actually badass af! I feel so bad for hitting the meh button, but damn I have no one to gift this beautiful thing to, nor the money to buy it
Bought one of these last year for Christmas. The machines didn’t keep it in tune very well if have to tune in every time I pulled it out of the case or picked it up. I had to tighten them a bit, now I only have to tune it every other week.
Which is about how often I pull it out now, a year later.
@Chronicle It’s pretty typical to need to tune new nylon strings fairly often until they get settled in, and I do generally expect to need to tune my ukulele at least once a week (I don’t have any nice ones, but the most expensive is $100).
That said… my expectations would still be pretty low for this one.
I want one with a custom paint job that makes it a humuhumu nukunuku a pua’alele.
“Soft nylon strings”. 'Nuff said.
I will note that basswood is a favorite of woodworkers for things that need to be shaped, because it doesn’t grab and splinter easily when feeding against the grain, and it’s exceptionally easy to turn on a lathe. It’s also not terribly hard, placing second-softest out of 113 species on the Janka wood hardness scale. https://8billiontrees.com/trees/wood-hardness-scale/#:~:text=The Janka wood hardness scale,drill%2C nail%2C or saw
You too can give your kid an annoying gift, and hope they have enough success to realize, wait, I play a uke, so I need to emulate a famous musician with one.
Boy With Uke has joined the chat. What, my overbearing parents who made me learn an instrument… wait, I can make it sound exactly like 21 pilots? $$$$$
Caveat, parents: This is not going to happen with your kid, so just do not do it.
This makes millions:
So, here is my make millions imitation:
@KNmeh7 As someone from Akron who loved the Black Keys back before they moved to Nashville. When they had the Rubber Factory…
Now living in Columbus, I feel the same for 21 Pilots. Josh’s mom lives really damn close to me. He used to drink at the dive bar I can roll down to. I knew the bartenders. One day, he was fan-boyed out and that was it. He wanted to go be unknown, and damn near every regular knew that. Unfortunately, some sorority came in. That was that.
I few years later, I was with my girlfriend and her parents at Roosters (A fun. Casual joint. – sports bar, great wings in Columbus) and our table was right next to Josh and his friend. I, as silently as possible, let them know, hey that is half of 21 pilots, and you treat him like regular folk.
We just went about our business. Then… a group of 5 college-age international students came up and interrupted his meal with OMG!!! I shuttered. They looked at our table (I don’t think they heard me say who he was and be cool) but our look of disdain was palpable.
We were waiting on our bill. When it came and we cashed out, we got up, they looked over. I tossed up the rock horns and shrugged and put my head down. Like, welp, guess will you will never see him again.
You blew the margarita line. Should have said:
“No, but you can play Margaritaville”
@AgentJay
/giphy infested-undead-crown
But where is the semelele?