hosea
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Post by hosea on Jun 3, 2008 14:48:22 GMT
Hello, hola and well met to you all! I've been pondering on posting here for a while so here goes. I'm Matt, and currently reside oop north. I've been a fond student of Pat and Patrick via Tangiersound since, oooh, i'd say last year sometime. Only this year have i got into playing as i recieved a fine acoustic guitar for my b'day. Have been a-picking ever since. Currently eyeing up a banjo, and waiting until i'm richer. Man, the life of a hobo.  Well, good to know y'all. Cheers, Hosea |
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 16:37:32 GMT
Welcome aboard Matt, what guitar are you picking away on?
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Post by craftsman on Jun 3, 2008 18:13:18 GMT
Hi Matt....Welcome!   |
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Post by thekev on Jun 3, 2008 19:53:53 GMT
Hi, my name's kev, and i'm from widnes i play guitar, bass, starting learning banjo recently, and i like to toy around with my ukulele  glad to have finally found a uk folk forum, i'm a big nic jones fan, but will listen to pretty much anything really |
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 20:21:44 GMT
Wow, 2 newbies in 1 day, we are rocking and rolling ;D
Welcome aboard Kev.
You might be able to help me actually, can you recomend a good Uke on a very limited budget? I detest friction tuners, and the low enders all seem to come with 'em is the problem I've had so far.
Welcome to the Forum mate
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Post by craftsman on Jun 3, 2008 20:29:55 GMT
Welcome Kev...!
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Post by thekev on Jun 3, 2008 20:47:13 GMT
what kind of budget are you on danny?
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 20:49:52 GMT
As little as humanly possible, ideally less than £50
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Post by thekev on Jun 3, 2008 20:54:47 GMT
the one i started off with is a 'lazy' ukulele, that's the only logo or wording on it, it was about £15 and it has machined tuners rather than pegs after a while i moved on to a lanikai lu-21p. which cost around £60, it's a pineapple uke so it has a warmer bassier sound and again it has machined tuners, this is a vid of me playing it www.youtube.com/watch?v=u13HEkrywGg |
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 20:58:04 GMT
I can't watch the vid atm, but I will tomorrow. Any idea of a online retailer that sells 'em?
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Post by thekev on Jun 3, 2008 21:07:58 GMT
i'm not too sure, i got mine from a music stall in widnes market but it has a new owner now
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 21:35:45 GMT
I've had cheap ukes before, the tuners always slipped. I've heard it's just a case of tightening the screws, makes sense but I only heard that after sending my last uke back. Have you tried that at all? does it work?
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Post by thekev on Jun 3, 2008 21:52:10 GMT
that does work yeah, i've done that on my friends uke a couple of times, but mine uses machined tuners like a guitar, rather than pegs
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Post by Danny on Jun 3, 2008 22:33:04 GMT
I might get one off of the catalog then, try it and send it back if it doesn't work
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hosea
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Post by hosea on Jun 4, 2008 14:24:17 GMT
Hi there Danny and Craftsman, thank's for the warm welcome. My guitar's a Freshman, 6-string acoustic. It's a fine wee beast and it certainly gets the job done. Before now i was practicing on a fender electric minus amp, it's taken me a while to get used to the transition from the electrico to the acoustic. I reckon i'm just about getting used to the strings and frets. How's about yourself Danny, what's your weapon of choice? Cheers, Hosea |
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