Mahalo Ukuleles MR1BU Rainbow Series Soprano Ukulele

My daughter is learning the ukulele at school this year and has shown quite an interest so she was looking to buy one for herself for when the school one has to be returned at the end of term. She decided to buy the same one as she has for school but in a different colour (blue) so she bought this. It came from Manns Music and fulfilled by Amazon.It arrived well-packed in an outer box containing the triangular ukulele box inside. The strings were all detuned which is fine, as you don't want it tuned in the factory in Indonesia and then have it suffer a change of temperature that causes the strings to over-tension. I tuned it up to match my own ukulele then stretched the strings (pulling them about 1-2cm away from the frets to settle them in) and tuned it again.As with any stringed instrument with new strings, it does take a while for the strings to settle, especially with the type of termination the ukulele has, i.e. a knot in the nylon (rather than a brass nipple as in a steel-string guitar) and the knot needs to fit snug against the bridge termination which can take some time. My own ukulele (which cost five times this one) took a week or two before one of its strings finally settled down.The ukulele sounds fine for the price and the colour is nicely finished. Comes with a little bag as well, although more for keeping the dust off than offering any protection! Be prepared to tune it every time you use it until the strings settle (as with any ukulele) and you'll soon have a great little uke to strum or pick as you prefer. One little detail that my daughter loves is the dolphin-shaped tuning heads (see picture) as she loves cetaceans 🐋.

My daughter had decided to use some Christmas money to buy a ukulele she found in the toy section of a department store. Very quickly we discovered that even allowing time for the strings to bed in etc, it just wouldn't hold the tuning at all. I can put up with random strumming, but the dischords were slowly driving me up the wall. I returned that ukulele and did a bit of looking around to find one that wasn't too expensive but had better reviews. I found this Mahalo one and was encouraged by the good reviews. My daughter was very into the shiny blue colour ;) When the ukulele arrived, it was much quicker and easier to tune than the previous one. Still going to take a while for the strings to hold their tuning (this is normal, apparently!) but already I can appreciate the richer sound and general superior quality to the "toy" version from the shop. My daughter is thrilled and is strumming away happily.

Perfect size for my boy that turns 4 on Sat he asked me for a blue guitar but I think starting him off on a ukulele is perfect. He can now jam with his cusion that is self taught and has 4 guitars herself.Deliver was quick to thank very much. X

I usually love Mahalo but this one came with the white nylon strings that ive only seen on cheaper ukes before that tune poorly. Beautiful blue colour, changed the strings for £4.

This was a Christmas present for my grandson I had bought one for my granddaughter last year. This model sounds much better almost like a professional instrument. It arrived in tune and the strings seem to hold their tune much better. It was a more expensive instrument but on a special offer and was only slightly more expensive than last year's. It is a much superior instrument and great value for money.