Thoughts of a Ukulele Player
“So I bought the ukulele. I wonder whether it will sound good. I hope the strings are all right too. Hopefully they will settle quickly and tuning will not be a problem. Will the factory setup work, or will something need filing after a few weeks?”
...a few months pass...
“An electro-acoustic one wouldn't be bad either. It could be a soprano, I suppose. Or maybe a concert would be better? I'd need a nicer case for it too. But what will the family say? Perhaps if I skip dinner for a few days nobody will notice. Surely they'll understand that this particular model is the one missing from my collection.”
...a few days later...
“Woohoo, I've got it! Now I'll carry it into the house unnoticed with a completely straight face, as if nothing happened. Nobody will notice ”.
“So I bought the ukulele. I wonder whether it will sound good.....................?”
Dear present and future ukulele players!
Know this when you buy a ukulele: sooner or later the train of thought described above — and illustrated below — will take control of you, and a serious collecting habit may develop. There are simply too many kinds of ukulele to count. Someone who first buys a concert or tenor will eventually need a nice little soprano; someone who starts with a soprano will develop an irresistible desire for a larger instrument. The owner of an acoustic ukulele will start fantasising about an electro-acoustic one. And anyone looking for something unusual will sooner or later acquire a banjolele or a resonator ukulele.
What has your experience been? Have you fallen into this vicious circle too?
