It's not a Hurricane or even a Gale...

But it is a Strong Wind!

One of my favorite "eh what!!?!?" Chinese brandings and I'm fairly sure its from the same maker as the Peavey Composer range.

Well it's turned up...

Or rather it hasn't, A completely different model Guitalele has turned up and it might be a Strong Wind but they must have followed through because its a piece of shit! I'm sending it back.

I've got a full refund but the owner doesn't appear to want me to send it back. I may well donate it to a charity shop; it really is a piece of shit!!

What I received is on the left, (what I ordered is on the right). The cedar top is really just staining, well really more like painting, there is no attempt at pretending there is a grain pattern, on a MDF body. And it's not even good paint, it's thick and cheap and looks like it ought to be sticky to the touch, (it isn't but...) It's not particularly well painted either; and all of the components are poor quality too, nasty steel strings that have cut into the plastic saddle that obviously is not meant for steel strings. The saddle itself is way to high too, and it doesn't fit properly into the slot in the bridge. I could go on but really all I should say is this is the kind of crap that gives Chinese Ukuleles a bad name.

So now it's off

Having got the refund and confirmed I don't have to send it back, I put it on eBay with a 99p start, (well realistically that's at least a pound more than it's worth). Not only did someone want it, more than one person bid so I got more than 99p!! 

And most importantly I got it out on Ukulele Corner!