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Oh, The Humidity! How to Avoid Ukulele Disaster by Using Humidifiers

Humidity can wreck your ukulele over time if not kept in check. Here’s the lowdown on humidity and some different tools to help control it for ukuleles.

How to Install a Ukulele Strap

You can take your instrument to a respected shop and have strap buttons installed, but it’s not a difficult job to tackle at home if you have a few tools and some courage.

Cases, Capos, Care, & More: A Guide to Ukulele Accessories

Text by Greg Olwell | Edited by Ukulele Staff You don’t have to look at too many ukulele players to see that we like to accessorize. Go to a gathering of uke players young or old and you’ll see cases…

How Quality Tuners Can Make Any Ukulele Sound and Play Better

Whether you have a collectible vintage ukulele or a new, factory-made instrument, when your instrument’s tuning pegs won’t cut it they may need to be replaced or upgraded.

How to Choose and Install a New Set of Strings for Your Ukulele

There are a variety of different string types to choose from for ukulele, but there is no one “best” type of string. Here's how to install new strings on your ukulele.

Some Guitar Pedals Translate Better to Ukulele Than Others—Just Ask Jake Shimabukuro

By Nicolas Grizzle If you’re looking to explore the sonic possibilities of the ukulele, there are a few different ways to go about it. You can always get another ukulele to add to the collection, and no ukulele player would…

Things About Strings: What You Need to Know About This Vital Part of Your Ukulele

Strings can be a fun and affordable way to conduct your own tone experiments on your ukulele, and not every type of string will sound the same on every ukulele.

The Best Apps for Ukulele Players

Here are some great apps for ukulele players to help improve your groove, teach you new techniques, or connect you with the global community of uke players.

What’s in Your Ukulele Case?

BY HEIDI SWEDBERG | PHOTOS BY STEWART DEAN Besides the ukulele, what do you keep zipped away in your case? Your talismans and tools might say more about you than you realize. Attendees and staff at Ashokan Center’s 2018 Uke…

How to Find the Right Ukulele and Strings For You

BY SARAH MAISEL Of course, the very first thing you will think of when you hear the word “gear” is all the electronics available out there. Though that part of being a musician is fun, I’m talking about something much…