Best Ukuleles

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:46 pm

WOW! I would have never guessed you could pull that off on a uke!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:51 pm

Ohta San

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9toJRdu2bXQ

bksmithey · Post by **bksmithey** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 7:15 am

A local (Colorado Springs) builder has been getting some good press lately. I've seen the ukes in their shop and they are beautiful. Way outta my price range:

http://www.palmtreeukuleles.com/

I've been playing around since Christmas with a Flea soprano uke from Flea Market Music, and it's a blast. Plastic bowl back, wood top, plastic fretboard, nice Grover uke tuners, made in USA.

http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:56 pm

If you are not in a big hurry, I build Ukuleles using figured Koa and Rosewood for the F.B. and bridge. Price range starts at $500.00 up to $1,200.00 for the Concert size with all the frills. my-dog-has-fleas... Dale @ Fortune Guitars

karl_teten · Post by **karl_teten** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:13 pm

Dale, can you do checkered binding and crushed pearl inlays on those ukes?

"Electroleles"

tennis_nick · Post by **tennis_nick** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:29 am

My Dog Has Fleas....

Could that be a reference to the long lived and sorely missed "Boy Meets World" ?

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:24 am

John, the deals are out there ..I just missed a white label (60's) Kamala Concert w/case for $90 on Craig's List..missed it my about 30 seconds!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:14 pm

No...My Dog Has Fleas is the Ukulele tuning scale for soprano Uke...G C E A the G being a 5th above the C.....

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:24 pm

You know Karl, I really could and I think the next one I build will be a full on "ElectroLeLe" with all that. It would look so good with all those options..I'll make a project on the Forums of this..Thanks for the great idea! Building an Ukulele is much like building an Acoustic Guitar only downsized. One neat thing about playing an Ukulele, it goes right with guitar chords. There's a cool web site: Beatles on Ukulele..I've got the link, I will look it up and post it later...Fun to play songs

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue May 01, 2007 4:43 am

Aloha and Mahalo...link to Beatle songs
http://beatlesite.info/

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue May 01, 2007 4:54 am

http://beatlesite.info/

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Tue May 01, 2007 4:59 am

For Uke and Beatle's fans -- you've probably all seen this, but worth every chance to watch and listen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8oxlPoZNbU

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:35 am

It was on the 2nd page of this thread....my favorite Ukeulele song

johnashfield · Post by **johnashfield** » Tue May 01, 2007 2:46 pm

I have a great Larivee Ukulele, which sounds amazing.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Fri May 04, 2007 5:29 am

Never played a Kamaka I didn't like!