If you have toyed with the idea of building a ukulele with your own two hands, you should check out the Ukulele Building Course coming this winter from Vermont Instruments School of Lutherie. It will run December 5 – December 18, 2010. The tuition of $2000 includes all materials, and living and cooking accommodations.
I saw these cool looking guitar Picks when I was flipping through an Acoustic Guitar magazine yesterday and thought all my gadget loving guitar playing friends would love to hear about them. V-Picks are picks made of a special acrylic material that when warmed by your fingers, will stick to them. The pick isn’t sticky, [...]
Tim from Ukeeku wants everyone to know about a contest he’s having on his site to give away a sweet looking little Blue eleuke. The contest is dirt simple. Just comment to one of his posts between now and 4/30/10 and you’re entered! Check his site for more info.
The i-tab is a portable 4GB guitar tablature player with a 5 inch touch screen and built in speakers. Clip it on to the end of your guitar’s headstock and it will scroll lyrics and chords while you play. It can also be used to display guitar lessons and play backing tracks. It ships with [...]
My friend Mike over at Mainland Ukes has giving away a Mainland Cedar/Rosewood Soprano ukulele. To win this instrument, you have to go to Kiva.org, and join his team http://www.kiva.org/team/ukulele_players_united_to_decrease_world_suck. Make a $25 loan to anyone you like, tell Mike and your name will be entered to win the uke. Each $25 loan will be [...]
Tim of Ukeeku.com has just posted about a sweet deal on a Oscar Schmidt ukulele for less than $50 at JR.com. The deal only runs through today, so you better act fast. It has a satin finished Mahogany body and according to the ad, it’s a soprano concert size. Hmmmm, not sure which one it [...]
Are you terrified after listening to all of the doom and gloom news reports about the Swine Flu (H1N1) pandemic? Never fear, Amelia Robinson has the perfect solution to this global problem. Check out her YouTube video for a fun Sunday morning pick me up
Check out the gorgeous hand braided leather straps at The Bailey Strap Shop. The site shows mandolin straps, but Bill has branched out into making ukulele straps too. Definitely worth checking out.
Judy Robinson sent this in:
I am hoping that if you love the ukulele you are willing to share your thoughts on the following survey. It would take about 7 minutes if you want to go quickly through it. It could take longer if you have more you want to share.
At the [...]
I’m a fan of guitar (and ukulele) tuners that use vibration help you to zero in on the right note for each string. Here’s a new one from Planet Waves that looks like it might be pretty nice. It has a narrow LCD display that shows the currently tuned note for the string that you’re [...]