In last night's ukulele class, we did a discussion of our recent performance and what we should be doing for future performances. One suggestion that our teacher had for us was to get an instrument with a pickup. We consistently have a great struggle to be heard in live performances, since we're all using acoustic ukes and it's rather tricky to set up a bunch of mikes to capture the sound. If we were all playing ukes with pickups, problem solved.
So now I'm thinking about what kind of ukulele I might get. My first thought was one of the Flea ukes made by the company that makes the Fluke. Some of the people in class have Fleas, so I might try playing their ukes and see if it feels good enough for me to play in a performance. Some of the pickup options for the Flea, however, are more expensive than the instrument itself, which seems a bit extravagant. Perhaps something on the less expensive end of the pickup options list is the thing to try.