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caravelle kitchen jazz manouche élite grand bouche

once again triggered by a review on gotaukulele.com i laid my hands on this handmade ukulele from caravelle kitchen in France. concert scale, spruce top, mango body – and the shape of an old selmer macaferri “gypsy” guitar. came with martin m600 strings which i swapped for a set of fremont black medium low-g –…

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kala ka-bmb-s bamboo soprano

bamboo is technically a sort of grass – and not exactly the first material to come to one’s mind when thinking about ukuleles. in contrast to (most of) the more traditional tonewoods, bamboo is definitely sustainable, it grows fast and in vast amounts all over the planet. the downside of grass is the lack of…

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kiwaya kpc-5k/e

made in japan in very limited numbers from only the highest grade hawaiian koa this ukulele looks almost to good to be played, even though the sound and playability really match the appearance. despite what the logo says they only started building ukuleles in 1957 and since then “kiwaya ukuleles are built as light as…

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