My friends over at Lichty Guitars have posted some great gift ideas that range from ukulele earrings (you know you need these!), to books and other items. If you’re thinking about having a custom uke built, you can’t go wrong by ordering one from Jay Lichty. I still love mine.
Here’s a cool gift idea for the ukulele player that has it all… It’s a DIY kit for a folding soprano sized ukulele. The parts are made of laser cut bamboo. All you need to complete the project is some sandpaper, glue and a few other miscellaneous items and you’ll be able to build your [...]
If you’re looking for a new ukulele artist to check out, Nick Peay of Louisville, KY has just released a new EP titled Life & Love & Us. You can preview the album here. Nick’s music is mainly just his voice and the uke, which makes it clean and pure. Nick has only been playing [...]
From the same folks that brought us the hugely popular Fluke ukulele and Flea Ukulele, come the brand new Fire Fly Banjo uke. The Fire Fly is an opened backed 14″ soprano sized banjo. It comes with Grover 2B tuners, but you can upgrade to PegHeds for an extra $69. It has a Walnut neck, [...]
I received my custom tenor uke from Jay Lichty of Lichty Guitars several weeks ago and I have to say it is my favorite sounding and playing uke of my collection. It’s a masterpiece in workmanship and sound. I love it! I just noticed this morning that Jay had posted a video on YouTube of [...]
I was surfing around a month or so ago and happened upon a luthier that was new to me: Lichty Guitars. Jay Lichty and his wife Corrie Woods are based out of North Carolina. After looking at all the gorgeous pictures, videos and sound files on their site, I was instantly hooked and wrote to [...]
Who knew that a ukulele can help you become a math wizard? Check out this fun ukulele math problem video created by soce the elemental wizard featuring fantastic folk singer Jessica Delfino.
Our friends at ukeeku.com have a great contest going on right now to give away a concert sized aNueNue Papa II ukulele, a gig bag and a stand. All you have to do is subscribe to their email notification list on that site by February 26, 2011 and you’re entered in the drawing for the contest.
During a promotion of his new movie Blue Valentine, actor Ryan Gosling sang a duet of Elvis Presley’s “You Always Hurt the One You Love” with Jimmy Kimble on Jimmy’s late night show – Jimmy Kimble Live. It’s a fun little bit. Check out the video on YouTube.
Michigan Radio’s Artpod podcast has an interview with Lansing Michigan’s Elderly Instruments music store on how ukulele sales perform even in tough economic times. This podcast originally aired back in 2009, but I’m guessing the message still holds true. When things get tough, music is always a good remedy.