Post #266109 by 4WDtiki on Sun, Nov 12, 2006 8:51 AM

I'm going to be buying a uke for my 8 year old granddaughter for Christmas. I don't know ukes, but did a little searching, and this thread looks appropriate to bump!

I'm leaning towards either a Mahalo, or a Classic from Empire Music. Both are in my price range. :wink:

Background: She lives on Kauai, and all grade school kids at her school have regular uke classes, how cool is that! Many kids have there own, and those who don't use a school uke. She wants her own, thus a uke for Christmas.

My questions are, tenor or soprano? Does it matter? Is one more common? Tuning peg or machine head? I see that option but don't know the difference. And, Mahalo or Empire? Sounds like both are decent, but can you steer me?

Thanks! And maybe Stentiki will get an answer now, too. :D