Just found this in my local charity shop looking on the Justin web site it appears to be a soprano Ukelele made by Puretone its in very good condition just the tiniest bit of wear are Puretone any good do any of you have a Uke what are they like to play its looks a fun thing I have managed to tune it and play some basic chords (no fret inlays on this one promise) cost £25.00 thought it would add a different sound bought it on a whim really
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Uke’s are great fun, but I regard them as ‘accessories’ 
You have to sing while playing if you are solo or otherwise play with others.
Needs inlays 
Happy NUD John! I have a uke that was gifted to me, but I haven’t done much with it.
Ha Ha
And he doesn’t have to wait 120 working days to have fun playing it
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reduced to that from 31.99 though Oh well its only money !
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true I may have learn to play by then !
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There are four ukuleles in my instrument collection, because that’s how things go around here. 
I got the first one (carbon fiber) for boat use, because I wanted to work on my calluses, and a carbon fiber soprano uke was cheaper and more portable than a boatproof guitar. Naturally, things progressed from there…
I’ve never heard of Pure Tone before today, but if you have fun with it, well, why not?
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I love ukes! They are great fun 
I haven’t heard of Pure Tone either though, don’t know 
Hope you have a lot of fun with it anyway, John 
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Hi John,
Happy NUD 
I wish you a lot of fun with it … 
I have 2 uke’s myself and I have been learning chords and playing songs for uh …2 whole days 
…and also a while ago.
I should pick it up more, but the grown-up guitar always wins the roll call vote here 
Greetings
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well this is a sort of side project and it may help my finger dexterity and improve my guitar playing I have two songs lined up to learn, you are my sunshine and one from the 1920s Charleston era called five foot two I remember my dad bashing this out on the piano and mum singing and doing a little dance for us kids
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Hi John, you inspired me to open my case and get my ukulele out. They are brilliant. Just a suggestion, try looking at Over the Rainbow by Israel Kamakawiwo’ole. You get two songs same chords, or Pearly Shells with Uke Mullum, great fun, John, cheers HEC
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Thanks, will check that out
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I believe it is every ukulele owner’s duty to learn Amanda Palmer’s fabulous Ukulele Anthem
Here’s my version, name-checking some of the old forumites at the end
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very cool!
ok, so um, I wasn’t aware of this, but I’m getting right onto it
Ha Ha a spirited performance I think we need more uke performances after all Justin does have a Uke course on here
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Good stuff!
It’s a lotta words, so don’t worry if you need a ‘cheat sheet’ 
Post when you’re ready
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So there’s already 6 ukuleles in this house. And my wife just ordered 2 new KLOS ukes last night - a tenor and a concert with pickups.
Apparently for the pickups (though I would bet that the main reason is that she just wanted them). She’s been doing a lot of open mic performances lately and has been using a Myers clip-on pickup. It works (and sounds pretty fantastic, actually), but the clip marked up the soundboard on her Koa concert uke. And she won’t put that clip-on pickup anywhere near her one-of-a-kind maple tenor.
I guess I’m doing something wrong (I only have 4 guitars - and only 2 of those I play regularly).
I’ve been bouncing around the idea of building my own electric guitar (building the body but using an existing bolt-on neck) so I guess I have tacit approval to buy what I need for that project. :-p
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Haha! But I found too that ukes accumulate faster than guitars, maybe because of the lower price, or maybe size, or maybe cuteness factor?
But for a pickup, I think I would also add it on my own if I wanted one.
Hey, me too, I want to build an electric guitar. But for a different reason. I like wider necks which electrics very rarely have. Have some half-ready neck lying here and like you, I plan to build a body. And I really want to make it more lightweight than most electrics - I find my Les Paul copy way too heavy for example!
I hope you’ll share some experience and images once you start!