Genius or preposterous? Either way, after watching that video, I want a double-necked Mele ukulele. As luck would have it, this very uke is for sale on eBay. Now I just have to find a Russian oligarch in need of a kidney. At the other end of the spectrum is this Gold Tone GU-100 soprano. […]

Watching Mike DaSilva’s video, is very inspiring. Unfortunately, after a rather spectacular woodwork lesson at school where my clumsiness left a number of class mates significantly short on limbs, I have an ASBO barring me from moving within 6 feet of tools. The solution offered to people like me is ukulele kits which require nothing […]

Some very nice ukes on eBay at the moment. The first one I was tempted not to mention so I could try to snaffle it myself. It’s what appears to be a Dias ukulele. I’d love to have one of these things. They’re the perfect ukulele shape. The price tag is crazy, but this 1920s […]

There seems to be an affinity between dolphins and ukuleles. I don’t know why dolphins are chosen so often over other animals. Makala ukuleles deck themselves out with dolphin bridges, there’s this custom ukulele from Todaro and this Tahitian ukulele. Another animal on the uke: black bears. There are two new ukuleles from Duane Heilman […]

It’s not often I get to do a ‘where are they now?’ on a ukulele I’ve featured in this section. A few weeks ago, I was admiring this Weissenborn ukulele on eBay. I’m happy to report it’s found a good home. It was bought by luthier Scott MacDonald. He’s patched up the uke’s rope binding […]

Having got my hands on my new ukulele (I went with the Sandalwood Bugsgear EleUke), my UAS has temporarily abated – I give it about six minutes. However, thanks to Heather sending me a scan of her copy the sheet music to Play A Little Low-Down Tune, my eye has turned towards ukulele song sheets. […]

The must see ukulele of the week is the this pre-ukulele machete (or brahuinga) that musicguymic has for sale. It dates from the dark, dark days before the ukulele was invented and comes from a Portuguese luthier called OJ Nunes (apparently, a forebear of ukulele innovator Manuel Nunes). It’s been in a Viennese museum, so […]

The latest edition to the Flea family is out: Bark Cloth Flea ukulele. The uke was designed by Tiki King, so no prizes for guessing the style of decoration. When I first saw thiselectric Gibson ETU3 ukulele, I assumed someone must have screwed the pickup to as some sort of ill-judged adaption. But, apparently, it […]

Kamaka ukuleles are one of the longest standing ukulele manufactures around. The original Mr Kamaka (Samuel K. Kamaka) started out as an apprentice for Manuel Nunes (one of the original ukulele makers). They were the only Hawaiian uke makers that survived the war years and are increasingly popular today thanks in no small part to […]

What do you think of ukuleles that look like guitars? apeing Obviously, most ukuleles look somewhat like guitars. But some ukuleles consciously ape the look of certain guitars. The most obvious example is Kiwaya‘s K-Wave series. The series includes the Kiwaya K-Wave Telecaster and the Kiwaya K-Wave Gibson Les Paul. I’m not sure why they […]