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It has come time to move a few of my ukuleles to better hands. Here are three exceptional examples I hope to sell. All three of these instruments have been examined and setup by Jake Wildwood and I have linked his write ups of his work as the best way to display them. At this time they are...

I've read extensively on the American Civil War and every now and then a lyric jumps out. This is an historically accurate tale of the 20th Maine's defense of Little Round Top, July 2, 1863, the second day of the fight at Gettysburg, PA. Commanded by a university professor, Col. Joshua...

Got too many ukuleles! After a 3-year ukulele hiatus, I have recently purchased a new guitar and am ready to thin the uke herd. Here we have two fine examples of 20s builds in A+ condition. Both instruments have been serviced by Jake of Antebellum Instruments and there are links below to his...

A tale of woe and teeth gnashing from our protagonist, a miserable soul. Recorded this one in the Seasons on ukulele some weeks back, restricted to just two chords per the hosts' rules. This is how the melody was originally done..... I find it a bit odd that on a songwriting sub forum there...

In August of 2005 I was kicking around a phrase, trying to write a lyric about a relationship on the rocks: you'd better pray our lucky stars will intervene. I was getting no where. On August 28th as I watched the evening news coverage of the approach of Hurricane Katrina, the phrase took on a...

A tale of frontier justice and apathy in old Tombstone. Short and to the point........... Critics welcome.

Okay, tunesmiths, what say ye to this?

About three years ago I bought my first ukulele and parted ways with the guitar.......sold them all and didn't look back. Until last week when I tracked down this Gibson Hummingbird Vintage. I couldn't stop myself from whipping out the credit card. So after a few days of finger pain (ukulele...

Seems to me since this is the Singing sub-forum perhaps we should have a thread for singing performances, with ukulele accompaniment of course. But singing, you know? Not about your chops on the uke but about the singing. I've seen so many great players post videos of pieces I could never...

Wow what a beauty! This one will be home next week from Jake's shop in the mountains of Vermont after a little TLC. We're thinking this one is a one-off custom build for someone that wanted a maxed out 5K. Even the fretboard and the bridge are flame koa. Amazing, tedious hand work with all...

Just got word from Jake that work on my 20s Gibson Style 3 is complete and it should be home next week! Hurrah! The action was pretty bad when I got it.......playable but barely so. Jake has done five other ukuleles for me and every one is stellar! Can't wait to get this one back in the...

I purchased a few sets of Aquila's gut strings (hard to find!) and strung up my old Favilla Bros soprano last night - wow! They settled quite quickly and boy howdy they do feel great under the fingers! A clearer, punchier tone than the Living Water they replaced. While the fluoro strings...

Quite unusual it seems. An Oscar Schmidt encrusted with MOP from head to toe.....baseball bat neck (it's fat!)......fingerboard widens to nearly guitar width........unusual, indeed. Any input on this beauty from perhaps the 1930s?

Bought this Kiwaya KTS-95 several weeks back from HMS.....one of 30 anniversary models built, so they say. To be brutally honest, the setup from the shop was terrible. Strings high in the nut, saddle too high. To be fair the instrument has a rather poor neck set and it took Jake at Antebellum...

A salute to the fallen on this Memorial Day weekend. Their sacrifices allow us shenanigans such as this...............

Geez Louise!.........couldn't pass this up. Ogled this one for a few days before taking the plunge. Reminds me of a tiger........ http://www.theukulelesite.com/shop-by/brand/kiwaya/kiwaya-95-year-anniversary-all-koa-soprano-kts-95.html Having it converted to southpaw before shipping. Indeed...