If you have been searching for an affordable solid wood ukulele with a traditional Hawaiian look and sound, you should take a look at a new line of instruments created by luthier Casey Moore of Kelii Ukuleles. The Koa Pili Koko ukes are not made of Koa as their name implies, instead they are constructed [...]
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.
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, [...]
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 [...]
Title: A Flying Leap Artist: James Hill Label: Borealis Records Year: 2006 Click the image above to visit the product page on Amazon.com Tracks: 1. Uke Talk (2:11) 2. Song for Cheri (4:23) 3. Down Rideau Canal (3:36) 4. Little Wing (3:09) One Small Suite for ‘Ukulele: 5. I. Allegro con brio (3:30) 6. II. [...]
Ok, maybe I shouldn’t call this posting an actual review as I only had this instrument in my hands for about an hour before I boxed it back up and shipped it back to ukulele4u. I ordered it because I wanted to find out if a soprano sized ukulele felt ‘better’ to me than a [...]
In my YouTube ukulele video travels, I kept running across banjo ukulele videos that had me very intrigued about this hybrid instrument. Most banjos have 5 strings and are not tuned like a ukulele (GCEA). Since I have always wanted to learn to play banjo, and am now also learning to play the ukulele, I [...]
Back in the stone age when I was learning to play guitar, there were only two ways to tune an instrument. By pitch pipe, or by ear. I wasn’t good at either method and was always frustrated that my guitar sounded ‘funky’ when I would play it. Years later, when the first electronic tuners were [...]
When I first became interested in the Ukulele and bought an instrument, I was concerned that I would have a hard time learning to play it on my own. I knew my small town would not have any teachers, and I was pretty sure that books and instructional materials were hard to come by for [...]
Title: Learn to Play Ukulele Label: The Rock House Method Year: 2006 Price: $19.99 Click the image above to visit the product page on Amazon.com Instructional DVDs are important tools for people that do not have access to a live instructor when they are trying to learn the basics of an instrument. I didn’t buy [...]