At the end of the day you just need to find a ukulele that has enough built-in quality to keep it from falling out of tune all the time. As far as sound goes - sure the higher-end woods like mahogany and rosewood are gonna make a little difference, but when you strip it right down, a ukulele is a pretty small instrument for ANY low end response at all and also imo the required nylon or gut strings (steel would be too much tension I think) don't/can't provide the clarity of steel. I'm exaggerating, but when put beside a good guitar - or even mandolin, their shittiness is a built-in byproduct of its diminutive size. That's why the Martin one here surprised me. I knew they made them, but I guess I've never looked at it this way before. If I brought a Martin uke into my house, my HD28 would either move out or request that I leave. To illustrate my use quality points: I have a roughly $600 Ohana concert here, as well as a $1200 Kamaka concert. The Kamaka (Hawaii) is the best sounding uke I've heard, but I've played $70 uses that just about come close to it and the other one. Blah blah blah. I hope that helps. (PS - they are a great way for a young kid to begin guitar as the strings are "the same" as the top four guitar strings. (except for the fact that they're tuned higher - by a few intervals - same relative notes to adjacent strings.) Same chord shapes. EDIT - Okay the Les Paul looks pretty fine.
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At the end of the day you just need to find a ukulele that has enough built-in quality to keep it from falling out of tune all the time. As far as sound goes - sure the higher-end woods like mahogany and rosewood are gonna make a little difference, but when you strip it right down, a ukulele is a pretty small instrument for ANY low end response at all and also imo the required nylon or gut strings (steel would be too much tension I think) don't/can't provide the clarity of steel. I'm exaggerating, but when put beside a good guitar - or even mandolin, their shittiness is a built-in byproduct of its diminutive size. That's why the Martin one here surprised me. I knew they made them, but I guess I've never looked at it this way before. If I brought a Martin uke into my house, my HD28 would either move out or request that I leave.
To illustrate my use quality points: I have a roughly $600 Ohana concert here, as well as a $1200 Kamaka concert. The Kamaka (Hawaii) is the best sounding uke I've heard, but I've played $70 uses that just about come close to it and the other one. Blah blah blah. I hope that helps. (PS - they are a great way for a young kid to begin guitar as the strings are "the same" as the top four guitar strings. (except for the fact that they're tuned higher - by a few intervals - same relative notes to adjacent strings.) Same chord shapes.
EDIT - Okay the Les Paul looks pretty fine.
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