Zach Condon of Beirut’s Ukuleles
June 18, 2008
The second in the ‘What ukulele do they play?’ series. The good news: if you want to play the same ukuleles as Zach Condon, you won’t have to spend anywhere near as much as if you wanted Jake Shimabukuro’s ukulele. They’re actually fairly bog-standard ukuleles, not that expensive and would be a good choice for beginners.
He seems to have two main stage ukuleles:
Irrefutable evidence. Looks to me like a BU7TV.
Irrefutable evidence. Looks to me like an LU-21T.
Other ukuleles he’s been spotted with:
Fluke: On the set of the video for Elephant Gun he Postcards from Italy on the Fluke that’s featured in the video.
Samick: In this photoshoot. It’s the only time I’ve seen him with a Samick, so I don’t think it’s a regular player of his. It looks like a UK70.
I noticed the photograph of him with the Samick when I had the album out from the library.
We have a Greg Bennett guitar, so when I saw that photograph, I decided that I must have the matching ukulele. I’ll let you know when I get my way!
Do let us know what you think. I’d be interested to know.
Matching ukuleles and guitars look so cute together.
does he use a tenor fluke?
By the way Beirut come to Brazil this year, and last friday 18.09.2009 Zach was using a ukelele from PONO….
Raul: Thanks for the info. I’d heard he’d has his uke stolen. Good to see he’s got a quality replacement.
hey i was just wondering if the lu 21t that he’s using is just a plain tenor or if it’s the rosewood fret one? i’m about to order my first one and i’d really like it to be the spot on one he uses. i’m sure he uses both of them but it’d be really helpful to know that first. thanks!