Weissenborn are best known as makers of Hawaiian, hollow neck, lap steel guitars. But they have, at various times in their history, produced ukuleles as well. They don’t seem to make them any more and they’re very hard to get hold of. At the time of writing MGM has one in his store. And that [...]

The question of who invented the banjulele has long been debated. What can’t be debated is that Alvin Keech was the man who trademarked the term ‘banjulele’ and the man who popularized it. Keech was born in Hawaii and moved to England (I can’t imagine what possessed him). His instruments exploded in popularity in the [...]

Honu means turtle in Hawaiian. A fact that won’t be lost on you once you’ve seen their ukuleles. Their turtle motif can crop up on the headstock, the body, the fret-markers and even the bridge. The instruments are made by the Big Island Ukulele Company and are distributed by Kala. They used to be made [...]