one of those unnecessary necessities i always wanted: a portable mini amplifier for all occasions, battery powered and small enough to fit in a gigbag or whatever – and not breaking the bank. the friendly folks from ukesupply.de announced it on facebook and an hour later i had already placed my order. the factory specs…
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brexit has put a customs border between some well-known british ukulele suppliers and many of their customers – as a result, many people now have to consider customs duties when buying stuff from the uk. as a rule of thumb one could add ~25% to the foreign invoice amount equivalent in € for all charges….
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in this post i concentrate on string fixing only – a common challenge during string change. this is how i do it, feel free to add your method in the comments.
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i‘m still was in the market for a soprano hardcase which doesn’t break the bank and yet fits nicely. after the kinsman seemed too big i gave the ortega case a try… it looks pretty similar from the outside – after all it is just another black standard soprano hardcase, so what would you expect….
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after falling in love with the ct-12 micro headstock tuner i thought it would be about time to have a look at the soundhole version and how that one fits to my ukuleles. note that ct-15 is the “standard” (guitar) version of the micro soundhole tuner, d’addario also have a dedicated ukulele version, the pw-ct-22….
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need some more protection than just a gigbag and don’t want to spend a fortune? then this might be for you….
continue readingi don’t have any tension values, just taking a quick note of string diameters for worth medium strings. these values are apparently valid for clear and brown strings for tenor and concert scales. A4 0,52mm (0,0205″) E4 0,66mm (0,0260″) C4 0,74mm (0,0291″) C5 0,47mm (0,0185″) G3 0,91mm (0,0358″) G4 0,57mm (0,0224″) full string specifications (resp…
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