RIP: Uker Neil Armstrong

Farewell, ukulele hero, Neil Armstrong.

The Plastic Ukulele by Scott Seelye

Scott Seelye from Bend, Oregon is hoping to fund the tooling and start-up of a new polycarbonate ukulele via Kickstarter. Could Scott be the reincarnation of Mario Maccaferri? Link

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Heart Strings: The Story of the Kamaka 'Ukulele

I've been wanting to watch this documentary on the Kamaka family for some time. Thank you to WKAR for archiving it. Watch it here: Link

All Things Strings: Inside Elderly Instruments

Set aside an hour to spend 60 minutes in heaven with this wonderful documentary of Elderly Instruments. When I was a student at Michigan State, they were located on Grand River Ave., just across from campus. This is where I bought my first uke (a $19 Hohner soprano that I still play almost daily). But I still haven't forgiven them for letting me buy the Hohner over an $85 mint Gibson Style 3. Link

Win a Dirty Donny Uke!

Time's running out to enter to win one of two Kala Acacia Tenor ukes, custom painted by Dirty Donny Gillies, sponsored by Jim Dunlop (maker of ukulele strings that we had heretofore been unaware of). Here's a video about Donny, his art, and the ukes. Winners to be announced next Friday, August 24th. Enter here.

Brittni Paiva and Dominic "Dominator" Pieranunzio - Gypsy Ukulele

Behold: The Brittninator!

Matthew Mitcham Plays Single Ladies

Australian Olympic diver Matthew Mitcham strums Beyonce.

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