A few weeks back I was musing over the appeal of aNueNue’s signature ukuleles. Well one uke in particular is going down well – in Thailand at least. On the launch of their U900 signature ukulele there were queues outside Bangkok’s Ribbee. And there are plans to release it in the US. But the two […]

There’s no shortage of Les Paul type ukuleles but the RISA Les Paul is more authentic looking than most. It has steel strings so it gets the humbuckers and toggle switch. And I want one. A couple of ukulele manufacturers venturing into the 6-string world. Kanilea with a guitarlele. And a Kamaka guitar from the […]

It’s interesting to see more US companies bringing out banjo-ukes recently – particularly the mix between the smaller style of banjolele which I associate with the US (like this one Aaron Keim is playing) and the larger type played by English ukers like George Formby and Mr B (I have no interest in banjoleles so […]

This week I’ve spent far too long surfing through demos of effects pedals – the stranger and filthier the better. Death By Audio have a range of interesting pedals. My favourite being the Robot (demo here). But I think my favourite at the moment is the WMD Geiger Counter (demo here). On a more traditional […]

There’s a long history of ukulele makers putting famous people’s names on a ukulele in the hope of bumping sales from the Roy Smeck with Harmony and Arthur Godfrey with Vega to Jake Shimabukuro with Kamaka and Joe Brown with Kala. Connecting all these people is the fact that they are, or were, famous. aNueNue […]

Kala have a new and very stylish wood and leather ukulele stand. A bit more expensive than your usual stand. Prototype Mainland banjo-ukulele. Some nice vintage ukuleles around this week: Weissenborn #10 concert ukulele, Ernest Kaai, Kumalae. Boy and girl with ukuleles.

Le Domino banjo ukulele – haven’t seen one of those before. A few more Ohana resonators up including my favourite, the Vita. Little boy plays ukulele.

Kala’s roundabout ukulele amps are now up for sale. They’re only 10 Watts so you’re not going to be playing Carnegie Hall with them. But it’s certainly plenty for a practice amp, making yourself heard with a guitarist, or letting the flash Harry louder than the rest of the ukulele group. Most interesting uke this […]

MGM has the the new electric Fluke ukuleles. And they look rather nice to me. Huge variation between the look of these two custom Kanilea curly walnut ukuleles: Kanilea 1, Kanilea 2. The uke I want this week: Martin Style 3 Taropatch. Photos: Spooky man w/ ukulele, beautiful woman w/ taropatch.

Having had my uke-lust temporarily sated by the Sceptre, there’s not much leaping out at me this week. Although Ukulelia did direct me to UkuZoo which has a few collections of vintage ukuleles for us to peruse. I we were playing the ‘you can take one thing home with you’ museum game. I’d go with […]