Ukulele
Could my guitar be replaced by a ukulele?
OK, so I am on vacation… and I am without my guitar. I already wrote about it in my last blog entry. So last week I visited a Guitar Center for the first time - and I was suitably impressed with more guitars in one place than I have ever seen.
But that was in Chicago… now I have moved on and I am sitting in a nice house on a beautiful lake in a very small town. No guitar center here. And that means I am not playing guitar at all. And it sure would be nice to have a guitar to play while I am sitting at the beach.
And then my nephew mentioned that he has been playing the ukulele for the last six months or so. Now I know almost nothing about the ukulele at all. In fact, the only thing I know about it is that one of my friends who was a role model for me learning to play guitar said that he originally started three years ago when he happened to pick up a cheap ukulele when he was on vacation in Hawaii. That led to getting a nicer ukulele, then he got a guitar.
So I got to thinking… maybe I could do the reverse evolution for a week or so - going from guitar to ukulele while I was on vacation. So I did a bit of poking around at musician’s friend, and you can get ukulele’s for REALLY cheap. I am talking about $29 to $49 - and the most expensive ones look like they are about $250 (of course, like any musical instrument, I am sure the sky is the limit).
So my question is, should I get a cheap ukulele to bang around on while I am on vacation?
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Hello, Why not get a 3/4 guitar. I started with a cheap Kay -$10.95 at a thrift store. It was a piece of crap but it fit in the overhead of an airplane. It was great having it on vacation. I have moved on to a Takamini CEB which has a solid cedar top and a pickup. Now I just got a ZAD-20 fronm Zager guitars.It is set up with super low action. There are more and more 3/4 guitars out there. Some good deals can be had because people often buy them for kids who lose interest. Sorry if I hijacked your uke thread. I am just getting in to them. If you get one avoid the new cheap ones. You can get a vintage solid wood one -Favilla ,Gretsch, some Harmonies- For not a lot more. I just bought a Gretsch tenor off craigslist for $100. Beat up but plays great. Good luck, Brian
Comment by Brian — 5/24/2006 @ 10:00 am
Thanks for the comment on the 3/4 guitars… my question is how does the fretboard work for adult hands? Is it big enough? I thought that 3/4 guitars have a shorter neck and smaller frets… just wondering how that effects playability?
Comment by Jeff — 5/28/2006 @ 10:28 pm