On the parking lot of a small French airport, next to a random car, waiting for it all to begin
About to embark on the very first and biggest Ukulele Road Trips adventure, I knew I wanted a light blue soprano to bring along.
The trip would have a colour theme, and so I needed a colourful companion for the backpack and the tenor. I quickly ordered three light blue sopranos. Investigating them all very closely, the one who eventually got the ticket is the Rocket Soprano Ukulele. Formally known as US10R.
It’s got a Nato wood top, fingerboard and bridge, Basswood back and sides. And it survived everything the adventure threw its way.
good aerodynamics too
Let’s be clear, ukuleles don’t come much cheaper than the Rocket soprano uke, and yet, I wrote so many songs on it, and enjoyed every second.
For musicians, sound is paramount, and once the strings got played on a bit, it was a fun ride ! It stayed in tune, and the strings didn’t mind me tuning it in C, D or even Eb [Bb Eb G C] after a few months. I only ever broke one of the Aquila strings, the A string, but that was after 8 months of relentless travelling, playing and composing. And also it was while I was banging the ukulele on the table of a Ukrainian bar to accompany an improvised song about asking a friend for shelter (that I really did need).
In Iasi, România
A fine ukulele for beginners, or people like me who love having a soprano around that looks full of enthusiasm, as well as sounding like it too.
It looks like they don’t do the light blue anymore for some reason. Which is odd because it’s obviously the coolest. But here are a few other colours availbale:
