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Thread: Starting out: Mandolin or Ukulele?

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    Default Re: Starting out: Mandolin or Ukulele?

    Quote Originally Posted by fscotte View Post
    Definitely the uke. So easy a caveman can do it.
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    But yeah, ukulele is really easy...
    Eastman MD-514 (F body, Sitka & maple, oval hole)
    Klos Carbon Fiber (on order)

    And still saving my nickels & dimes & bottle caps & breakfast cereal box tops for my lifetime mandolin.

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    Default Re: Starting out: Mandolin or Ukulele?

    Quote Originally Posted by drpreposterous View Post
    I hope no one minds my resurrecting a slightly creaky older thread, but I appreciate both the candor and the reverence (for the mando), I've seen so far in it. My experience is near nil. And I'm 63-years-old. I'm healthy and my fingers are in good shape. I've been making a bit of a go on Pegboard Nation for a couple of months on a Recording King mando I picked up. But as distinctive and elegant as these instruments are, I'm wondering if at my age I can afford to work 10 years at an instrument just not to make listeners cringe at backyard parties. Keep in mind--I'm brand spanking new to playing any instrument. But I am earnest and hard working. My principal musical strength is a really decent singing voice. Ought I consider the baritone everyone is discussing here?
    Sheepish that I didn't mention one thing: Though my hands and fingers are good now, I do have Dupuytrens nodes in both hands, which often (if not always) portends contractures/claw finger in old age...

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