Fazley K23Y-W Concert Ukulele (Yellow)
I bought this ukulele as a gift for a non-musician friend and mainly chose this particular model for the good price and the colour. When it arrived I took it out of the box to check it over and had several issues with it, the main one being that the strings were more than an octave below standard tuning. Tuning it was a nightmare – the tuners are cheap and stiff, it was a long and difficult task to get it tuned and then it wouldn't stay in tune once I got it there, took several days for the strings to stretch and settle down. I think if my friend had gotten this straight out of the box she wouldn't have managed to tune it. The action was really high – standard is around 2.5-3mm but on this instrument it was 6mm. The fret edges were rough and sharp. Definitely had the feeling of a toy instrument, however once tuned I think the sound was okay and the colour is nice. I think it depends what you're looking for – as a novel gift for a friend it was just fine, she was happy with it and I think it's good enough that she can have fun playing it. If you're a beginner looking for their first ukulele or a player looking for an instrument to add to your collection then do not buy this. It's too cheap to be a good instrument for those purposes and you'd be much better off buying something of higher quality.
January 20, 2021
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Carl H
