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 So I visited the local musical instrument shop.  So I visited the local musical instrument shop. 
  
-It's in a new location since the last time I went, which was presumably when I last bought strings. I had a look around - a mixture of guitars, fiddles, banjos and of course a multitude of ukuleles in all different sizes, shapes and colours. Ukuleles seem to have taken the world by storm in recent years [^1]. +It's in a new location since the last time I went, which was presumably when I last bought strings. I had a look around - a mixture of guitars, fiddles, banjos and of course a multitude of ukuleles in all different sizes, shapes and colours. Ukuleles seem to have taken the world by storm in recent years (I have one (a Fender) but I never got on with it and it hangs on the wall as decoration. I should give it another try, but there's only so much time in the day.... 
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 They had a few (but not many) sets of mandolin strings so I bought a set of D'Addario XS light 10-38. Chatting to the owner & the guy behind the counter I mentioned that I was coming back after a long break from playing, and that my last set of strings were from their shop before the move to the current location. They had a few (but not many) sets of mandolin strings so I bought a set of D'Addario XS light 10-38. Chatting to the owner & the guy behind the counter I mentioned that I was coming back after a long break from playing, and that my last set of strings were from their shop before the move to the current location.
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 I'll have to put it on my wish-list - I'm on a strict no-buy at the moment, saving up money for building a studio for K - for later in the year. It might be my one big purchase of 2026 - at the anniversary of my self-imposed 1-year No-Buy (I started it in September 2025). And that gives me adequate cooling-off time. If I'm still playing by September I'll look at buying a new instrument.  I'll have to put it on my wish-list - I'm on a strict no-buy at the moment, saving up money for building a studio for K - for later in the year. It might be my one big purchase of 2026 - at the anniversary of my self-imposed 1-year No-Buy (I started it in September 2025). And that gives me adequate cooling-off time. If I'm still playing by September I'll look at buying a new instrument. 
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-[^1]: I have one (a Fender) but I never got on with it and it hangs on the wall as decoration. I should give it another try, but there's only so much time in the day.... 
  
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