Ukulele Review: Twisted Wood’s Switchback Tenor has a Clear, Warm Sound

Twisted Wood's Switchback is an attractive ukulele with a cutaway, made from solid koa top and laminated back and sides made from koa, giving it a clear, warm sound.

Twisted Wood's Switchback is an attractive ukulele with a cutaway, made from solid koa top and laminated back and sides made from koa, giving it a clear, warm sound.

After working in his California ukulele shop for almost 20 years, Little River Instruments' Dave Sigman recently relocated to one of his favorite spots in Hawaii.

The 35T-CE tenor features all solid acacia for the top, back, and sides, with a beautiful rosewood bridge, binding, and fingerboard. The 35T-CE also features a soft cutaway, L.R. Baggs Five.O pickup, abalone rosette, rosewood binding, and Cordoba’s signature elevated…

During its lifetime this vintage Martin ukulele had acquired a sound that I’d describe as phenomenal, unworldly, and just magical. But now it needed repairs.
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Regal's Jungle Uke had a body that was completely covered in fake leopard fur fabric, making it one of the worst sounding—but coolest looking—ukuleles ever made.

This is the story of how 3 young players developed a symbiotic relationship & learned with 1920s vaudeville ukulele master and "Wizard of the Strings" Roy Smeck.

With a little practice and the help of this video lesson, you'll soon be entertaining family, friends, students, and loved ones with this upbeat folk song.

Here’s another fun and inspiring batch of stories from Ukulele magazine readers about their love of uke. We love hearing from you!
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George Harrison’s most ukulele-centric performance on record is his reading of “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea,” the 1931 song first recorded by Cab Calloway.

George Harrison and the ukulele were lifelong companions, and the ukulele likely inspired some of his songs with the Beatles, the Traveling Wilburys, and beyond.