Duane Heilman of Black Bear has made some strange ukuleles in the past, but he’s completely lost his mind with his latest ukulele. Inspired by the equally nutty Novax guitars, it’s a tenor scale ukulele on the upper edge of the fretboard and concert scale ukulele on bottom. I hate to think of the maths […]
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Some dizzyingly expensive instruments from MGM this week: a pair of Lyon and Healy 5k ukuleles $22,000 the pair, and a John D’Angelico Tiple at $30,000. On the subject of tiples, there’s a Kamaka Tiple up for sale. The cavalcade of oddly shaped Lyon and Healy ukuleles continues this week with a Lyon and Healy […]
From what I can gather, eBay were giving away pins at their live event in Chicago this year. One of the pins featured a character called Ukulele Jones. They’re currently all over eBay. After last week’s Camp uke and Venetian ukulele, there’s another one of Lyon and Healy‘s oddly shaped ukuleles up for sale this […]
There have been three Jupiter Creek ukuleles crop up on eBay this week. The baritone has gone already, but you still have a shot at a concert and a tenor. There’s also a soprano for sale on eBay France. It’s not often you see RISAs on eBay, but there’s a Meltocaster on there right now. […]
A question to anyone who has ever played a harp ukulele, does that extra bit make any difference to the sound? I suspect the sound is rather besides the point since they look so great. Black Bear have come up with a great looking Concert Harp ukulele. Another question: Does anyone know anything about Hudson […]
There’s a new book in the Jumpin’ Jim/Lyle Ritz Ukulele Masters series just out: Lyle Lite. As the name suggests, it’s aimed a little lower than his other books at the beginner/intermediate level. You can pick one up from FMM for $25, on Amazon for $18.80 (but they’re currently out of stock), or there’s one […]
First off: if you’re in the UK and looking to buy a Fluke, friend of the blog, Gary is selling his Mango Fluke (right). These four
I think working on Buy a Ukulele has started to drive me stir crazy. I set up a section on Ukuleliana and, gosh, there’s a lot of ukulele-shaped tat out there. A ukulele shaped sushi set? Lighter? Recipe holder? Or an inflatable ukulele? Also, a lot of plastic ukuleles seem to turn up in the […]
You can help the Ukulele Safari by bidding on a Mahalo signed by Bosko and Honey. MGM has a new top-of-the-range Pono: the Pono PKC-500 ukulele. It’s decked out with all the trimmings and that’s reflected in the price tag of $1,119.96. This Yamaha ukulele is advertised as having, “great and old YAMAHA’s sound.” What? […]
The most interesting lot on eBay at the moment is this JF Stetson ukulele (almost certainly made by Martin). MGM currently has one for sale at $,1695 (although that one is in better condition and comes with pedigree). Keykord Baritone. Unusual to say the least. It has a high-class version of those Maccaferri Islander lazy […]
