Martin Smith UK-222-BK Soprano Ukulele, Black

My 10 years old daughter has been using it non stop since Christmas 2024, it’s holding up fine, it’s a beginner’s friendly instrument, sturdy and reliable. It tunes very nicely and the tune stays. I recommend it if your child has shown interest in starting an instrument but it’s not sure if you’ll stick with it.

Bought this for the Christmas tree lighting at my job they had a fundraiser and we donated toys to the kids and they loved it

This was a great uke that I enjoyed unfortunately mine was accidentally thrown away during a recent move lol. I love the way it sounded, it was a great value, looked real nice and super fun and easy to use. Will be looking at replacing in the near future!

If you’re looking for a beginner ukulele for yourself, your child, or any adult in your life, I can heartily recommend this quality instrument. It’s a great value for the money, and it even includes a chord guide. It does feel a little cheap but for its price it is great!

The sound on this leaves alot to be to desired but for its price its pretty great. Came with some chipped paint but i dont really care

These ukes are defective and junk. It has been heartbreaking watching my kiddos let down, who So eagerly wanted to get started learning uke, by incorrect manufacturing and junky strings. I bought 24 ukes for a class set thinking this would be great for beginners and no heartbreak if a string broke or a scratch happened, but these ukes are junk! They don't even play the right notes during tuning!! The vendor only sent 23 out of 24 ukes and a lot of them looked banged up, used or damaged. If you see the pictures, some came without strings, some looked patched up and damaged, some didn't have the frets! I feel like I let my class down!The nut is also placed too low causing the wrong notes to be played. I don't have my $120 cordoba to compare the nuts, but I Urge you to do your research and buy a reputable brand, and maybe buy the uke from this brand. You'll see that the nut is entirely too low, but really, don't waste your time and money. Open notes/tuning is fine, but the notes sound a half to whole step too sharp, when pressed, causing very cacophonous notes and chords. Instead of making music with the chords they already learned, I saw pain on their faces as they were playing these defective, out-of-tune, pieces of junk.Really, it's worth having students share and take turns in groups with a quality, in-tune, instrument over not being able to play at all and be heartbroken because they waited and anticipated these ukes, but can't play them because they are defective. Morally and ethically, I cannot support students learning with out-of-tune instruments.Amazon, if you're reading this, it's time to get a new brand. Please have a musician try your products before selling them.

The media could not be loaded. Clearly aimed at youngsters, the under $20 price tag assured no hard feelings if my grandchildren would not be enticed to persevere and sustain an interest in learning their first stringed instrument. Fortunately, they enjoyed learning to properly hold and tune the ukulele and pick out simple lines. They found the tone pleasant and had fun getting acceptable articulation within minutes. Although the instruments needed frequent retuning at first, it became more stable as the new strings stretched out. I encouraged them to close their eyes and tune to a stable pitch source rather than match a visual tuning app, and this further encouraged their ability to trust their ears. They soon began learning simple melodies and a few basic chords. After a few weeks of commitment, I offered to upgrade to a better student model and ultimately a six string guitar as their hands grow.

I was looking for a black toy guitar for a Halloween costume, and wound up going with this. Definitely way higher quality than I was expecting for the price! It’s playable, and while I’ll swap out the strings if I use it for more than one night, it sounds totally fine as is. Tuned up just fine, and I plucked the strings as I did so, which should help it stay in tune.Only downside is there’s no way to affix a strap to it, but I didn’t see that in the product image so I won’t knock down the overall rating for it.