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Review: Orangewood’s Juno Tenor is a Quality, Inexpensive New Entry in the Ukulele Market

BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE SPRING 2020 ISSUE OF UKULELEOrangewood guitars and ukes are designed in Los Angeles, built in Asia, and then set up by the compa... Read More...

Gear Guru: Change Your Uke Strings in 7 Easy Steps

By Greg Olwell Changing strings is something every ukulele player will need to do at some point. Uke strings don’t break often and can last a long time, so you ... Read More...

Uke Review: The Klos Deluxe Tenor, a Carbon-Fiber Composite for Players on the Go

BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELEThe Klos website features photos and videos of their carbon-fiber ukuleles smashed by cinder blocks, ... Read More...

Review: Ibanez EW Acoustic-Electric Concert Ukuleles

BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE WINTER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELEBefore I picked up the two Ibanez ukuleles for this review, I was most familiar with the brand from i... Read More...

ohana ukuleles BKT-70G, CK-70-A6, and BK-35CG Marcy Marxer Signature

Ukulele Review: Ohana’s ‘Baritone-Tenor’ BKT-70G, 6-String CK-70-A6, and Marcy Marxer Signature BK-35CG

The concert 6-string and the tenor/baritone are novel in the sense of unusual and the Marcy Marxer signature baritone is a solid take on a standard baritone, but with a cutaway.... Read More...

Ukulele Review: Farida KAS-3 NC soprano, KAC-5 NC concert, and KKT-6 NC tenor

BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE FALL 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE MAGAZINEFarida Old Town ukuleles follow the model of Chicago-based instrument manufacturers of a centu... Read More...

These Ukes Were Made for Walking: Travel Uke Roundup

Every ukulele can be a travel uke, but these specialty travel ukuleles excel.... Read More...

Uke Tales: An Amazing Coincidence

By Sandor Nagyszalanczy For my most recent “Great Ukes” article in the print magazine , I wrote about Gibson ukuleles, including a little history and a take on... Read More...

Uke Tales: A Story Often Told

By Sandor NagyszalanczyUke Tales is an exploration of ukuleles with an interesting story, connection, or just a lovely instrument.I think everyb... Read More...

Uke Review: Kanile`a Oha-T Tenor

BY EDDIE SCHER | FROM THE SUMMER 2019 ISSUE OF UKULELE Subtle, beautiful woods, with nothing distracting from its focus on tone—that was my first impression of... Read More...