I’m not quite sure if I’m allowed to post Buke & Gass. The ‘Buke’ part of the name comes from the modified baritone ukulele they use. It might not be a ukulele but I’m willing to overlook the ‘4 strings good, 6 strings bad’ commandment because they make a wonderful racket. Also this week: the […]

The more I hear of Mya-Moe resonator ukes, the more I’m dying to have one. Particularly the lap-steels. There’s this non-lap tenor up on eBay at the moment. Another name that’s been gradually moving up my gimme-list is Gibson. This Gibson Uke 1 is beautiful. At the other end of the condition scale, this beaten […]

Jake plays for Google, chats ukulele and – my favourite part – does a Q&A in this hour long appearance at GoogleTalks. Ukulele April Fool of the year goes to this article from NPR about the discovery of demos from a very young Kurt Cobain including, “”Nixon Must Die (Or Resign)”… “Shazam!”; and the collection’s […]

I thought while I had my baritone out for the Jonsi tab, I’d do a long overdue post of Patrick Wolf’s Gypsy King. The first thing you’ll have to do is retune the uke. The tuning is DGCE – so you need to tune the B-string up a semitone. The time signature of it is […]

The ukulele seems to attract more than its share of bullshit. So here’s a list of stuff – much of which I may have propagated at some point – that whiffs heavily of balls. Some of these are written from a devil’s-advocate perspective and I haven’t made my mind up on some issues. So feel […]

Jonsi – Go Do (Tab) For the people who, quite sensibly, don’t bother reading these bits: YOU NEED TO RETUNE TO EABE. It’s no secret that I’m a fan of Sigur Ros. So I was very pleased to hear Jonsi was sporting a ukulele. And I love this tune. It’s glorious. I love it so […]

Happy Easter, you guys. There aren’t many Easter ukulele songs around. Particularly compared to the amount of Christmas junk. Gerald Ross did a version of Easter Parade which Dominator has tab for. But my favourite is Cory McAbee‘s song with the Billy Nayer Show Slim. And he’s giving it away via Twitter. Chords Or, more […]

Instrumentals don’t usually get much attention in these posts but, screw it, this week I’m sticking up for my instrumentalist brethren and going heavy on the tunes. But, don’t panic, I’ve bookended it with cute ukulele girls to keep you happy. UPDATE: An extra instrumental added, Wilfried Welti doing an incredible version of Bach’s Bourre […]

The Kala Pocket Ukulele is up for sale and we’ve finally got some measurements. The scale length is 11 inches which makes it an inch shorter than the KoAloha Sopranino and the Ohana sopranino. Of course, such measurements are abstract so MGM has done the old trick of putting it next to a familiar object […]

Learn to play the Ukulele Bartt way with his new DVD. TVNZ chat with WIUO about their tour: “So you’re back out on the road again – you guys clearly enjoy the touring? Not really. It’s just that Andy lost a t-shirt during our last tour, so we are retracing our steps to find it.” […]