A couple of Tahitian ukuleles up this week. The most impressive is this one carved into the shape of a bird. There’s also this soprano Tahitian ukulele – which you don’t see very often. The Stagg Electric ukuleles I mentioned a while back are up for sale. Intended as Strat and Les Paul copies. They […]

After getting my hands on a Kala soprano, I’m now a complete Kala convert. So I’ve now got two Kalas on my shopping list:

‘Window shopping’ isn’t accurate this week. I promised myself a new uke once the ukulele strumming ebook was finished. So I bought myself a Kala Lacewood soprano from the Southern Ukulele Store guys. No doubt I’ll be letting you know my opinion before too long. If money had been no object, I might have gone […]

I, and many UK ukers, have been at a bit of a loss since the demise of The Ukulele Shop. But it looks like the Southern Ukulele Store is stocking up nicely with ukuleles from Kala, Ohana, Eleuke and Lanikai. Although the high end, Hawaiian makers obviously still don’t our funny foreign money. They don’t […]

Quite a number of Martin ukuleles on eBay this week. Particularly catching my attention are this Style 3 Taropatch, this 1926 Tiple and this Daisy 5M. I’m going to have to buy a Le Domino one of these days. This week, shame on me, I’ve a g**tar catch my eye. A 1930s Slingerland Songster from […]

Nice bit of floral soundhole work on this Divine ukulele. And the listing refers to both Eddie Vedder and Mike McCready of Pearl Jam playing Divine ukuleles. I wasn’t aware that McCready was a uker. If anyone knows of any video or photo of him ukeing – I’d love to know. Spalted mango seems to […]

MGM has the new Kala UBass. It’s a collaboration between Kala and Road Toad to make a more affordable version of the RoadToad Bass ukulele. I’m always a little suspicious when I see a ukulele made from wood with a very Hawaiian sounding name – it always seems like a marketing gimmick. Not being an […]

Some incredible carving on this snake charango. I think it would freak me out too much to play it. The handsomest ukulele around this week is this Kerry Char ukulele. Some award winning work on this surf-themed Makani ukulele. There’s obviously a huge amount of skill gone into it. But I’m not sure I like […]

This week’s ‘it’s so ridiculous I must have it’ is this Pono double neck ukulele (an eight string and a four string). Rather than being fully attached, they’re arranged as a Venn diagram of ukuleles. It’s so rare to see a Kalaka ukulele that I – like Google – presume it’s a spelling mistake. As […]

Larrivee seem to have been abscent from the ukulele scene for a while but a rather cute koa Larrivee soprano has turned up on eBay. The last mention I could find was on Ukulelia about a limited run in 2004. Although it looks like they still have some in stock here. And it’s no wonder […]