I'm on a roll (luckily, a CHEAP roll!). Just spent $25 for an unknown, unlabeled uke from an old Californian collection. Looks like it MAY be koa. We'll see...
I can't help you, but this gent might: http://www.tomlewis.net/ Though the worth of my contribution to your search is dubious, would you mind passing the tab...
folks- a question for the collective uke mind: i've run into what appears to be a martin o soprano, but there is no stamp on the inside on the back of the...
Hi everybody, I've run into some tuning issues with my Fluke. I primarily play accordion, so I may be suffering from general ignorance of stringed instruments...
... Your instrument is warming up and resizing itself. I have a koa wood instrument that does this every time. Many of my other ukes don't do it. I believe the...
Hey man, Išve actually heard that therešs a law in physics (which nobody can explain) stating that a cable or cord held in tension actually becomes tighter...
hi folks, i'm attempting to organize a uke drive for our troops in the war. i won't go into my personal feelings about whether this war was necessary or just....
I'm new to the guitar/ukulele and have a limited musical background. I really liked the sound of the uke, so I picked one up thinking I'd be able to find tons...
I bought some felt picks and they turned out stiffer that a piece of steel. They don't give me that "mellow" sound I want out of my baritone. I would like to...
Jim: Roy Cone at www.ukuleleworld.com has the best selection I know of. He will make exchanges if you don't like the picks you picked (sorry, couldn't resist)....
I have made some picks myself out of old piano hammers. Theyšre two sided, one soft felt and another wood, which ends up sounding kind of like a classical...
Anybody have a uke arrangement for the Johnny Mercer song "Goody Goody?" I've tried to figure it out, but my ear isn't developed enough yet. Thanks, Jim Nelson...
Hey all. Just a note to let you know that I've started a Uke site with a new message board (woo hoo! another board!), songs with Uke chords (woo hoo! more...
... Your site looks great! Do you use some kind of special software to write your uke tablature on? I'm going to enjoy singing "Pencil Thin Mustache." :) ...
Hi: I am interested in trying to tune a uke like a piccolo banjo. It would be tuned to DGBD an octave higher than a normal banjo. Is this possible and what...
hal, i personally dunno the answer to your qs. you might want to try the banjulele group, too. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/banjulele later gator, uke jackson...
... This is the same tuning as the braguinha, one of the two forerunners of the ukulele (the rajao being the other, more significant parent). My braguinha uses...
where might one best procure a braguinha? saw one on ebay a while back, but didn't have the fortitude (or the plentitude) to stick it out. e ... [Non-text...
Dan: Dan: Thanks so much for the information. The piccolo banjo is normally a 5-string, with a neck the size of a uke and 7" pot. It was used to play the...
In a message dated 04/21/2003 12:15:26 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... I have a vary nice braguinha I have never realy played, but I bought it new three years...
You can use Cavaquinho strings. The cavaquinho is also tuned DGBD and its scale size is the same of a soprano uke, so i suppose it'll work fine. Rafael ... ...
... The cavaquinho player in the group Band D'Alem from Madeira tuned his instrument GGBD when he played at the World's Fair in Lisbon. The two Gs were in...
Hey ukulelemadness: I've got a gallery of people and/or their ukes on, around or near their local "landmarks" at the Uke World section of my Uke Boogaloo...
hi all, i'm looking for contributions to the june issue of my free you-must-be-18 ezine http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nakeduke the june issue will be all reso....
Hy All ! I live in area, where is no place to get Uke strings. Can I use guitar strings and if m then what size ? I have reguar uke wit G C E A tuning thanks ...
Yo, Tommy, Go to http://www.juststrings.com and look at the ukulele strings there. They have sets from several manufacturers, and you can see what sizes they...
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