Clearance Fender Venice Soprano Ukulele Cherry

Very stylish, classic headstock, and very light. Easy to play and re-string (compared to others). However, huge issue with the bridge lifting after less than two years of only occasional play! Bridge is held on with glue and two super tiny screws with nothing inside the body for strength. One wouldn't normally think this is needed with a small instrument and vinyl strings, but apparently so.

This would be a decent low-mid level uke if the tuners weren't garbage. It has a pretty good tone and feel to it for the price but when the tuners a loose and falling apart right out the box it's a deal breaker. Would not stay in tune with the broken tuners. I'll be returning to GC when I have the time to. I thought about just replacing the tuners but ultimately decided it's not quite worth the extra time and money to replace. Plus the principle, Fender what were you thinking using hardware like that? An instrument that cant stay in tune is useless.

On a lark my girlfriend and I rolled into Guitar Center a week ago to get some ukuleles. Neither of us had played a ukulele before although I play acoustic guitar and she can play a little piano. We had the night free and thought we'd have some fun. We were looking for junk ukuleles, but once we got there I graduated to the Fender and she bought a $100 Concert Luna. I have to say, there's something fun about this Fender Venice, but it also has some shortcomings. It has a classic sound, though the sound is by no means evolved or refined. In fact, at times I feel like I'm playing a toy. I go back and forth between liking the sound a good bit and feeling a little stupid for playing it. I just can't wrap my head around it. The best I can say is that I think Fender went for kitsch with this instrument. It approximated the classic Hawaiian Soprano uke sound. It built a fun instrument for posers to play at the beach. Is that good enough for me? I'm not sure yet. "Lol". I don't like the Lunas I've tried for the most part. They feel a it crossover-ish. At this time, a week after I bought the Fender and after I've learned to play the ukulele pretty well I have to say, I think I'm going to keep it. It's what I'll take to the park, but I'm not tight on money, so since I've found I like playing the ukulele I'll almost certainly buy something nice to play at home. I popped into Guitar Center today and found the Lanikai Concert Koa CKCGC to be just amazing. That and the Breedloves.

15 years guitar / 12 years bass / 3 years ukulele Considering the price point for this instrument, Fender almost hit it out of the park. Unfortunately, the choice of tuning pegs for this model is unacceptably cheap and a complete deal breaker. I purchased this today in store. It sounded remarkably loud for its size and frankly has a pleasant, typical ukulele sound. For the price I thought it was exactly what I am looking for. On any new instrument set of strings you have to tune the instrument a considerable amount of times to break the strings in. After about four retunes two of the four rubber grommets on the tuning heads are about to break (if they weren't already like that), one of the pegs is wobbling loose, and two of the tuners are doing the characteristic cheap tuner string slipping. I expected the string slipping but to already be breaking -literally right out of the box- is unacceptable. It's annoying because I like how this uke sounds, and it plays very well too. For the price point the wood and fret work is quite satisfactory. I suppose if you wanted to change out the tuners you could but that seems a bit convoluted when there are so many other great instruments for a similar price range and an "upgrade" of any sort on an instrument this budget level is rather absurd. Fender should be ashamed nonetheless- this is basically a premium budget uke, a comparable Mitchell is 35% less, which is fine I know I am paying for the shape of the headstock, but it should still be a functional instrument.

Love it!

I really like this product. I am a decent player by no means great so this is perfect. Service at guitar center was excellent.