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Empty Frets' second ukulele cd is ready now! I'm sending a copy to the US to Kurt Schneider, who allowed us to use his uke soundboard design image for the cover, so let me know if anyone else there, or here in the UK, would like one (£5 or $7.75 - current exchange rate - each +pp). Here's a link...

The lead ukulele player in our band also picks up an acoustic guitar, a banjo or an electric guitar for some songs. When he plays lead electric guitar I usually use my baritone (a Pono Mango electro-acoustic) to play rhythm, but am I missing a trick here - is this an excuse to get another...

I had a sore throat when we recorded this, and no voice at all earlier in the day, but I almost get away with it. You guys'll be listening to the ukuleles anyway (I hope :) ) : a Pono Acacia Concert and 5 string Kala Cedar top Tenor strummed and a Kala Acacia picked...

I picked up a Kala ATP5 (solid cedar top & laminate acacia back and sides) from the Southern Ukulele Store (UK) last Saturday, and since there have been conflicting reviews of the 4 string versions of this ukulele on UU I thought I’d add my impressions of the 5 string option on here. Looks...

Sorry, another pickup thread. I'm thinking of getting a cheaper ukulele as a back up for gigs (in case some horrible accident occurs & my Pono gets damaged in transit - I am quite clumsy!). If I were to get something inexpensive but with reasonable tone (I'm thinking Kala solid mahogany concert...

I'll be working that weekend (sigh). Got to pay for the ukuleles somehow. The line-up looks great! Enjoy that Manitoba Hal Workshop for me Hms.

I'm going to give live looping a go - should I get a Boss FS-6 Dual Footswitch to go with my Roland AC33, or would it be better to get a separate loop station, and if so which one?

Having been thrown unexpectedly into gigging over the past year, I am on a steep learning curve. Thank you to everyone so far who has helped with my queries about all things electronic. My latest worry is that the settings on my AD 121 will all be jogged out of position on the way to a...

Is anyone else on here using Reverbnation? We've just joined so we can put our original ukulele songs on there and I'm finding it's a whole lot of fun (as long as you don't take it too seriously ;)). Here's a link to our page and the songs we've posted so far: http://www.reverbnation.com/emptyfrets.

Which do you prefer? My Pono Mango baritone has been fitted with a soundboard pickup. Having had trouble with it booming and amplifying what I think is vibration of the soundboard (a bassy rumble), I was advised to move the pickups closer to the bridge. I did this with one, and things improved...

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I've been asked to buy a ukulele in the UK for someone who mostly wants to play blues. Would you opt for one of the models listed in the title or something else..? I think the budget is about £220.

Hi Everyone, I've been asked my opinion of the Gretsch G9112 by a newbie who has previously played guitar for some years. He has carpal tunnel syndrome, so the views of anyone with experience of this would be particularly welcome. I'm not sure if he wants a resonator uke or not, but if he does...

Bearing in mind the posts on here that proved the best luthiers can make so many different types of wood sound sweet in ukulele form, why would anyone deliberately choose one which is made of something on the endangered list...

Looks: The MGB is simple and unpretentious with clean lines. Mango wood is a golden colour and the figuring is attractive in itself (personally I don’t think it even needs the rosette round the sound hole); the combination of the yellow mango body with the dull brown rosewood fret board and...