Ukulele Review

We’ve all heard of ukuleles that are made with popular woods such as Koa, Mahogany, Cedar and Spruce. But how about a ukulele made of Bamboo? No, I’m not making that up. Just ask Chuck Danford as the Bambukulele is his creation.

I just received an email about an interesting new website /service called iVideoSongs.com. This site has high quality videos that teach you to play an entire song from start to finish. Right now it’s heavy on acoustic guitar, but there are also some banjo, piano, electric guitar and drum songs. The titles are all shot […]

The Ko’olau Pono PKC 1-E was the first ukulele that I purchased when I came down with the uke virus last October. Pono’s are Ko’olau’s economy line of ukuleles. They are built in an Indonesian factory, on the island of Java and then their final adjustments and set-up are done on the island of Oahu, […]

I recently had the opportunity to sit down (virtually) with Heidi Litke and Aaron Keim. They both run Bean Sprout Ukulele Company, which builds the Bean Sprout banjo ukulele.

This coming Saturday, I’ll be on my way to San Francisco, California to attend Macworld Expo next week. I’m hoping that I can see everything I need to see at the show and then spend the rest of the days that I’m there sight seeing and other things. So my question for anyone listening, is…  […]

Since I recently started playing a ukulele, I’ve been interested in various accessories that go along with playing a stringed instrument. Admittedly, there aren’t many. But the main accessory that I use every time I sit down to play (or try to play) a song, is a tuner. A month ago, I took a look […]

Why do I love the ukulele? Let me count the ways…
1. Ukuleles take up less space than a standard sized guitar. Below you see the case for my Collings OOO2H in the background and my Pono concert sized ukulele in the foreground. The Collings is a small body guitar, so as you can see, you […]