String it Up
After a ukulele is built, the biggest impact on its tone (besides the player) is the choice of strings. There are a variety of different string types from w... Read More...
Ohana CPK-70 Vita-Uke-Style Concert Ukulele Review
FROM UKULELE ISSUE #2 BY GREG OLWELLShort movies filled with dazzling musical pyrotechnics were popular long before YouTube. Short “talky”... Read More...
Kala Ukulele Review
Kala offers a huge range of ukuleles, and this year, the company has added a line it calls “All Solid Mahogany Lite.” Built using plantation-grown African o... Read More...
Riptide Ukulele Review
Boulder Creek is known for its distinctive line of guitars featuring a “dual port” sound- hole system, and the company’s Riptide line of ukuleles will doubt... Read More...
Spring 2013
Enjoy a feature lesson on the uke chords, licks, and solos you need to play the blues, and an interview with uke virtuoso and songwriter James Hill. Also in t... Read More...
Marcy Marxer – Old Folks At Home
I was just experimenting with playing some basic shapes and found “Old Folks at Home.” It’s a beautiful tune. I hadn’t really thought much about it, but the... Read More...
Marxer Lesson examples 1-3
A dexterous Grammy-winning guitarist fluent in swing and traditional folk lead and accompaniment flatpicking styles, Marcy Marxer has played the ukulele almost ... Read More...
Fall 2012
Ukulele magazine has arrived! The uke is big and getting bigger. This special issue from the team at Acoustic Guitar explores the instrument an... Read More...