I can’t help falling in love with you….. oops, i did it again…. i only just recently sold my kala 8string to a good friend for a couple of good reasons: i hardly ever played it, it felt too large (concert is my standard size), the neck felt to narrow, i still have more ukes…
continue readingflight travel series soprano (tus35, tus50)
it’s been quite a while since my last post in this category, but finally it is about time. more or less by coincidence i got my hands on two flight ukuleles which got quite positive reviews in the past. both are from their so called “travel series” which features a lot of sturdy abs plastic…
continue readingblackbird clara concert ukulele
definitely a piece of high-tech, engineered and produced in usa. the folks at blackbird really spent some thoughts on that one and came up with great engineering and sound without using a single bit of wood and still sustainable. from a price point this is significantly above middle class: rsp 1295 usd plus shipping. not…
continue readingbig island koa concert (bi-kto-cts)
uas kicked in badly when i saw this beauty for sale… specifications body: all solid (curly) koa, bookmatched back and sides binding/trim: (faux) tortoise and mahogany/maple rope style neck: mahogany (2 pieces) fretboard: ebony, black binding, 20 frets (14 to body), fretboard and side markers on 5, 7, 10 and 12 bridge: ebony nut and…
continue readingkala 8-string tenor ka-kg-t8
specifications top, back and sides: made “with hand-selected, hawaiian koa harvested on the big island of hawaii.” – in plain words: laminate koa , outer layer is koa, the rest some other tonewood. binding/trim: maple with some white and black accents neck: mahogany (3 pieces) fretboard: rosewood, 19 frets, fretboard and side markers on 5,…
continue readingmabuhay mango concert mc-11(e)
of course a real mango ukulele does not look like the mockup header image. in fact it looks a lot better as you can see below. when i saw the first pictures of the mango fretboard this ukulele had me – what an eye-catcher compared to the usual dark rosewood fretboards. i love grain patterns…
continue readingbaton rouge baritone u3b
sooner or later one gets tempted exploring all available ukulele sizes – and as i have quite large hands i am more attracted by the larger ones. for my bass ukulele “project” i was able to borrow this baton rouge baritone. when it arrived the default dgbe strings were so worn that i had no…
continue reading