Breedlove Music shows off new ukuleles in this video shot at the 2019 NAMM show in Anaheim, California. The Oregon-based company is known for its use of myrtle, a locally grown wood, in its guitars and they debuted it in…
In this video, Zander Waves of Ohana Music shows off its latest ukuleles at the 2019 NAMM show in Anaheim, California. First up is the new Performance line, which features a solid spruce top mated to mahogany, rosewood, or walnut…
In this video from the 2019 NAMM show in Anaheim, California, Kela from Kala Brand shows off some of the company’s latest additions to its extensive ukulele line. Solid Spruce Ebony series features a solid spruce top with striped ebony…
Mark from Teton Guitars and Ukuleles shows off the new spalted maple and ebony ukes and tells us about the zebrawood, and willow lines. All woods are available in all the normal sizes: baritone, tenor, concert, and soprano. Get more…
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Lanikai‘s Rock Clouser takes us through the company’s new line of ukuleles at the 2019 NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. First up, 5-string models debut across a number of lines. These ukes with low- and high-G strings, though Clouser designed…
Tom from Ibanez shows off a couple of the company’s latest ukes. One is a little more conventional. UEW13 concert has a laminated Macassar ebony body and onboard electronics. The other takes the iconic Iceman design and applies it to…
In this video from the 2019 NAMM show in Anaheim, California, a rep from D’Addario helps to explain how players can get different sounds from their ukuleles by trying strings made from different materials. From fluorocarbon, to titanium, to different…
BY MIM | FROM THE SPRING 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE CHECK THE SPECS Manufacturers and retailers often label laminate ukuleles as simply the name of the wood. For example, a laminate mahogany ukulele will be labeled “mahogany,” while a ukulele…
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Submission Information To be included, email event name, date(s), and contact information to editors.uke@stringletter.com. Listings are free for ukulele events, though we may not have space to include every submission. Deadlines for the next four issues are: Summer 2019 February…