I’ve been away for awhile but during that time I took a class to learn what I love doing and thats building Ukulele’s. I’ve always wanted to do that and finally got to do it while trying to earn a living.

I’ll be posting pictures and video’s of my 1st Uke that I built. It really came out beautiful. I have lots to tell you folks so standby!

starter-uke150x86Choosing your first ukulele

If you chose to play an instrument and your choice was the ukulele, you made a good selection. The ukulele is an easy instrument to learn, it’s unique and fun to play. The ukulele looks like a miniature guitar with 4 Read more

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Ukulele Construction…

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Construction

Ukuleles are generally made of wood, although variants have been made composed partially or entirely of plastic. Cheaper ukuleles are generally made from ply or laminate woods, in some cases with a soundboard of an inexpensive but Read more

koaukes125x122Growing up in Hawaii the Ukulele is a very familiar instrument to the islands. It’s a smaller version of the guitar, made of various types of wood and comes in 4, 6 and 8 strings. The ukulele which means, “jumping flea” is also called uke for short.

The ukulele is small, light and much easier to play then the guitar. Although it takes time to learn to play it, it has a Read more

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