Flight — DUC-525 CEQ
...or: tuning with a built-in tuner.
A few months ago I already showed you the acoustic sibling of this ukulele, the regular DUC-525, and even then I praised its wood combination, tone and volume. This time you can watch a longer video about the electro-acoustic version, which differs from the acoustic model only in its built-in electronics — and naturally, to some extent, in price.
I began this post with a subtitle because, although I briefly show the instrument itself, the video focuses much more on how to tune using the built-in tuner. For that reason I can strongly recommend it to beginners who may be struggling with tuning.
It is important to understand that the logic of tuning is always the same. Whether you use a clip-on tuner — or even a tuner app on your phone — the goal is identical: adjust the tension of a given string with its tuning machine until, when you pluck it, the corresponding letter — the note name G, C, E or A in standard tuning — appears on the display and the indicator sits in the centre. In practice, tuning works like this:
