DU-110 Rainbow Soprano Ukulele - Pink

I purchased this to compare to the Hola! HM-21 ukelele. For a little over $30, it is an inexpensive investment in an entry-level Soprano ukelele. The fit & finish is very nice, with glossy white paint and black bridge & fretboard. The body is narrower and more elongated than that of the HM-21. The DU-109 has geared machines and a nice contrasting ring around the sound hole. I play guitar and am just learning & dabbling with the ukelele. The sound is OK, and it seems replacing the included strings with Aquila's may be the way to go to achieve the best sound. These ukes are available in 11 different colors. So far I have the DU-100 (black) & DU-109 (white) I plan on ordering one of each to decorate a wall.UPDATE 3/20/14: Received the Diamond Head DU-103 (orange) yesterday, and the DU-108 (purple) ukeleles today. The build quality and paint is very good, however, be advised that the purple paint is EXTREMELY dark, appearing almost black under normal lighting. It only shows up like the photo if you have it in sunlight, under an extremely bright light source, or hit it with a flash. I would suggest that the manufacturer select a lighter shade that shows up as purple under normal lighting.Update 3/22/14: Received five more Diamond Head ukes today. The DU-101 (brown), DU-102 (red), DU-104 (yellow), DU-105 (green), and the DU-110 (pink). Only two more to go! All arrived in great shape and the colors are true to their Amazon photos. All of these ukes come with a painted, high-gloss finish, except for the DU-101 (brown). The DU-101 is finished with a matte brown stain that looks very nice. It also has different machines, with the string pegs being about twice the height of the others. It looks a little strange with the extended pegs but works fine. I assume they must have run out of the normal machines and used these as a substitute? I only have the DU-106 & DU-107 (light & dark blue) to go to complete the set for my wall display.Update 3/28/14: Received the DU-106 (light blue) & DU-107 (blue) ukeleles today. These were numbers ten & eleven, and completes my set of all eleven colors for my wall. Like the previous nine, the DU-106 & DU-107 are well made and have a nice glossy finish. I am impressed that I purchased eleven different models and was happy with them all. Now I have to find a deal on guitar hangers!

I just bought this little ukulele, and I love it so far. I bought it because I wanted something more portable than my guitar for backpacking trips, and I also wanted to liven up some of my songs. I am serious into music, but I just didn't want to spend that much money on something I considered an alternative to my guitar. So, for $20 I would have gotten a toy; for $30--this ukulele--I got an instrument.Something to keep in mind: the strings are nylon, so they will continue to go out of tune for a long time because the strings need stretching. Mine would go out of tune with each strum when I first tried it. Don't try tightening the screws because it's not an issue with the ukulele itself, and you might mess something up. All you need to do to speed up the process is to manually stretch them, which can be done by lifting up the string to get tension from the top of the fret to the bottom, down the length of the ukulele. Open up a tuner online, listen to the corresponding note, and when each string is in tune, pull the string, re-tune, pull the string, re-tune, etc. Eventually even with stretching, the strings will be in tune, so this means the strings are as stretched out as they need to be. You will of course have to re-tune them again at some point, but it won't be after every strum. I'd say this whole process takes about a half hour.One other thing, by the advice of (seemingly) everyone else, I bought Aquila strings, but they haven't come in the mail yet. After stretching the original strings that came with the ukulele, I'm not sure I'll need the fancy ones (and by fancy, I mean $9 strings). I'm sure they would sound better, so I'll use them when they come, but again I'm using this as an instrument and not just a hobby, so they aren't necessarily necessary depending on your usage.