1 Reply by Pokeyone

(115 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

I've played my little Flea to death.  I own many expensive ukes that I take to my uke club meetings, but the Flea is the one that stands near the computer. It's also my 'rain ukulele' ie. the one I take for outdoor use when the weather is questionable.  I have a plastic fretboard.  The rosewood fretboard is needed if you plan to use any wound strings.  I bought mine at Elderly Instruments on line.  They usually have the lowest prices on the Flukes and Fleas.


If you are looking for uke music, look on line.  There's lots of it out there.  But, if you get a chord book and a ukulele fretboard rubber stamp, you can put your own chord diagrams in songs that have the chords listed. You don't have to be limited to ukulele books for tunes.


The little uke is just plain fun!  It's very portable, not too difficult to play, and people usually smile when it's brought out.  People don't take ukes too seriously, so there's not a lot of performance pressure.  I've got enough experience so that I can usually convince an audience that it's no toy.

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2 Reply by Pokeyone

(12 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Hello Uksters,


I call my Flea the 'rain uke'.  It's the one I take to parades or other outdoor activities without worry.  I also have a concert size Fluke, but they are harder to hold while playing without a strap.  I think the Flea is a good choice.  Don't know how much you can spend, but the Bushman Jennys are good sounding and low priced too.  They are probably more than the Flea, however.


I'll warn you - ukesters often collect many ukes.  It's hard to just have one. So, save your money, because you probably will have more ukes than you realize.

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3 Reply by Pokeyone

(21 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

Hello, tenor lovers.


I love my tenor guitar.  Mostly I play ukulele, but in January I found a 1950's Martin tenor.  I tried tuning it in 5ths, but finally decided to quit confusing myself and tune it DGBE - like a baritone uke or the four high strings of the guitar.  Now I'm enrolled in a class to learn the chords up the neck.  As someone once told me, 'You paid for those frets, why not use 'em?'  I plan to do just that.

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