aNueNue Harp Ukulele: Window Shopping

Plenty of ukes at NAMM to salivate over but the one that’s got me warming up the credit card is aNueNue’s harp ukulele (designed with Pete Howlett). I got in touch with Johnson from aNueNue for more details:

Tenor Size/Scale
Canadian Sitka Spruce
Khaya Mahogany
Sub-bass side with Pegheds Machinehead
Included a Hardshell case

I have not yet calculate the cost, Price wise I don’t know, it maybe in the USD$900-1000 retail range. They are in production in about 4-6 months.

Hello Kitty ukulele only $1,500. Lucky for us, it’s free to read the description:

Sanrio × [korabo] of VOX becomes in the sound hole and it becomes the ukulele of the specifications not collected valuable and 100 limited in the designed fan…

It plays and ringing improves further it is made of HEADWAY and making and the real thing and the sound are making the first class as musical instruments from the real thing by a crowded thing.

The ‘Ukulele: A Portuguese Gift to Hawaii. I’d love to read that book. But perhaps not at that price.

Celtanowoodworks have been putting out a number of strange ukuleles but this Roc-Em-Soc-Em Robolele is the first to catch my attention.

Photo: Girls and ukulele.

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15 Comments

  1. Jim T. January 21st, 2011 8:01 pm

    Al:

    Welcome back. You were missed.

    Most of “The ‘Ukulele: A Portuguese Gift to Hawaii” consists of photos — there’s not a lot of text. It does give a peek at a few instruments in the rarely seen Leslie Nunes collection, however.

  2. George Stone January 21st, 2011 9:35 pm

    Heeeeyyyy youuu wasssup man?? XD
    Back on where you belong.

    Just a simply nerd question, this are simpathic strings, stringed in which tone each?

    and another one, this uke is for…?

    no kiddind I really wanto to know
    GS

  3. pepamahina January 22nd, 2011 1:20 am

    That’s the uke you would buy, really? You’re gonna have to sell it to me man, ’cause I don’t get it. That thing just looks like it’s undergoing some kind of weird messy metamorphosis as it changes from a ukulele into a guitar via some sort of celtic harpesque intermediate stage. Maybe this is what happens when you make “musical instruments from the real thing by a crowded thing.” That would explain it!

  4. Ron Hale January 22nd, 2011 2:47 am

    The Hello Kitty uke does make creative use of the soundhole and other uke makers would be well advised to follow this example. But for that kind of money I want Hello Kitties plastered all over the uke in neon glow-in-the-dark colors. This is not a theme to be exhibited with subtlety, it should be shouted out loud and proud – Hello Kitty!
    The description makes as much sense as some of my comments.

  5. Joshua Timmins January 22nd, 2011 6:12 am

    The Roc-Em-Soc-Em Robolele just plain wins.

  6. Phredd January 22nd, 2011 11:29 am

    Welcome Back. I almost let my subscription to the internets lapse while you were gone. Hope the whole book thing is on the way to the printer.

  7. RobNY January 22nd, 2011 2:18 pm

    I can get my daily fix.Surfing the ukulele net while you were gone, I felt like a junkie on methadone. Now I got the real thing again. Welcome back Al!

  8. Woodshed January 22nd, 2011 2:47 pm

    Jim: Thanks very much for the info. I’ll give the book a miss for now.

    George: Strings are tuned CDEFGCEA. It’s for making music ;)

    pepamahina: Yes, I definitely would.

    Ron: aNueNue did a similar thing with their U900 ukuleles. Useful for gimmick ukes but I wouldn’t like to catch on too much.

    Joshua: It’s certainly eye-catching.

    Phredd and Rob: Thanks. It’s good to be back

  9. Ron and Jeanne January 22nd, 2011 3:35 pm

    Really, the ukes were what bothered you about the ad…what about the muumuu wearing men? lol

  10. Foinnse January 22nd, 2011 5:41 pm

    Wonderful to have you back my good man! I found myself checking the site several times while you were gone just in case you maybe came back early…..
    -F

  11. Woodshed January 28th, 2011 10:35 am

    R&J: I think it was the whole thing combined that worried me.

    Foinnse: Good to be back. I missed doing it.

  12. Dimas September 30th, 2011 7:52 am

    Sorry, may i know the price of Harp Ukulele?
    How to buy? I’m from Indonesia.

  13. Mike April 4th, 2013 8:36 pm

    Where cab I learn more about this instrument?
    Also, I am interested in purchasing one…
    where do I start?
    This guy inspired me…
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHqlBb94GQ

  14. Betty thompson January 9th, 2016 10:56 pm

    What kind of strings are used on the harp part of the harp ukulele. I would like to change mine to harp strings and need to know what kind to purchase. Can you help? Thanks

  15. Woodshed January 12th, 2016 1:55 pm

    Betty: I haven’t changed them myself but I’m fairly sure they’re just standard low-G strings.

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