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papa_pearls_jam.pj20
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So, today, while my wife and daughter are at the mall, I spend about three hours at the local mom & pop music store checking out ukes. Must have played Without You and Can't Keep (the only two uke songs I sort of know) about fifty or so times.
Jason's the store manager and helping me, bringing out about six to try, some with electronics, some not...some concert and some tenor ukuleles. As I'm playing Without You (and singing it, of course), Jason asks me if that's from Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs? I'm thinking, cool...Pearl Jam fan, possibly? Or, could it be he's just a good store manager who knows the business enough to know what's hot with ukuleles?
Turns out, Jason was at the 1995 Soldier Field concert. Said it was his first real concert he'd been to at the time. Pretty wild, huh? I thought it was cool.
So, in between songs, and Jason spending time with other customers, he tells me he hasn't really paid much attention to Pearl Jam since after Vitalogy. For me, it's hard for me to believe that anyone could have gone to the Soldier Field show and not been hooked forever. But, it did kind of remind me about a lot of Ten Club members I read posts from that don't like a lot of the later albums and such.
Anyways, still thinking about the ukulele purchase. Does $270 sound like an awful lot to spend on a ukulele (especially my first one)? To me, I liked the beginner model almost as well for $70. Just don't know if I want to go too low, then later on want the other one, with electronics, more.
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Jason's the store manager and helping me, bringing out about six to try, some with electronics, some not...some concert and some tenor ukuleles. As I'm playing Without You (and singing it, of course), Jason asks me if that's from Eddie Vedder's Ukulele Songs? I'm thinking, cool...Pearl Jam fan, possibly? Or, could it be he's just a good store manager who knows the business enough to know what's hot with ukuleles?
Turns out, Jason was at the 1995 Soldier Field concert. Said it was his first real concert he'd been to at the time. Pretty wild, huh? I thought it was cool.
So, in between songs, and Jason spending time with other customers, he tells me he hasn't really paid much attention to Pearl Jam since after Vitalogy. For me, it's hard for me to believe that anyone could have gone to the Soldier Field show and not been hooked forever. But, it did kind of remind me about a lot of Ten Club members I read posts from that don't like a lot of the later albums and such.
Anyways, still thinking about the ukulele purchase. Does $270 sound like an awful lot to spend on a ukulele (especially my first one)? To me, I liked the beginner model almost as well for $70. Just don't know if I want to go too low, then later on want the other one, with electronics, more.
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I will walk w/my face blood
I will walk w/my shadow flag
Memories back when she was smooth and strong
and waiting for the world to come along...
Eddie solo Vegas Oct 31,Nov 1 2012
That's what she said.
See,I know what I'm talkin about :fp:
I will walk w/my face blood
I will walk w/my shadow flag
Memories back when she was smooth and strong
and waiting for the world to come along...
Eddie solo Vegas Oct 31,Nov 1 2012
more than $30. The Sales guys are way better. If you go to Buffalo Grove store
the Manager there is a huge Fan.
But for the money, Lanakai makes a bunch of damn good starter ukes for not too much loot. Very playable, good sound, lots of options. I recommend you check 'em out if you decide not to go for broke.
Good luck!
I did a good amount of research and got a Lanakai for Christmas and love it. Can't go wrong with Lanakai to start. I think it was $170 with a case and tuner. I got a different tuner shortly after, a snark, and love that too.
Thanks. I forgot about Sam Ash. Guitar Center by me has a few but the selection's pretty poor.
Between the tenor and concert, I think I prefer the tenor uke. Two makes I played today were Luna and Makala. Didn't like the Luna as much. I'll have to check out a whole lot more before I settle on one. Even for under a hundred, which seems to be a pretty fair entry level model, I don't need something that I don't want to play.
Thanks for comments and advice!
My advice, take your time and find the one you really like and make sure that it "feels" right.
http://www.ukerepublic.com/
Quite a variety and range of prices
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I bought a Fender ukulele online from Hawaii Music Supply http://www.theukulelesite.com/ . They were efficient and quick to reply to my questions.
The ukulele was US $199 then I paid $60 to ship it here to Australia. They setup the ukulele for you as well, so it is all ready when it arrives.
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