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New from Moore Bettah Ukuleles!

At the far east corner of Hawaii's largest and oldest island there's an artist in a solar powered shop making ukuleles that just epitomize what I consider to be great tone. Chuck Moore's instruments always have their own unique voice. Very balanced, not boomy, but rich and with a sparkling sustain that really captures you in the sweetness of the ...
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A Project Worthy of Our Support!

Paul Hemmings plays Jazz and Blues music in his own prolific style. The fact that he is using an ukulele to do that is an afterthought. Before you hear ukulele, you hear classic jazz and blues expressions, emotional and thoughtful music. Paul Hemmings is a musician that I truly admire and enjoy. Perhaps you feel the same way, but if ...
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Maui Ukulele Festival 2014

I have been to dozens of ukulele festivals and it's always nice to see performers and old friends. But we just got back from Maui's 9th annual Ukulele Festival and for the first time I decided to do a photoblog on it here. I didn't record videos because to get a sound worth publishing I would need to get a ...
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The 2014 LFDM Custom Tenors-

Just like musicians, luthiers show their soul in what they create. Luis Feu de Mesquita (LFDM) brings his talent and experience in the classical and flamenco guitar world over to the ukulele with astounding success. He continues to refine his art and I am genuinely in awe of these four instruments. All four are different, but each one is phenomenal. ...
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The Man, The Music, The Mic, & The Ukulele

The Man- Corey Fujimoto works (for lack of a better word) full time at The Ukulele Site. He plays most of our sound samples for the website (TheUkuleleSite.com). And he has a solo album you can learn more about here- Corey Fujimoto "Fables" The Music- Pachelbel's Canon is the name commonly given to a canon by the German Baroque composer ...
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Kala – Michael Aratani Model

Anyone that knew Mike knows that he would love what Kala did for him here with this limited run all solid tenor commemorating his contribution to the ukulele. I like that it's called the Michael Aratani model and that they used this Paint style picture instead of his caricature MGM persona. It looks like Mike, lovin' life with an ukulele ...
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TODA – Incredible Japanese Builder!

Aloha friends! I have something exciting and fun to share today. We just got in a tenor from a custom luthier in Japan named TODA and it's AWESOME! This is truly one of the finest ukes I've ever played. The tone is a balance of everything you could dream of; open, full, warm, clear, true, and focused with bell like ...
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Ukulele IQ Test! – WIN BIG – Ends Labor Day!

Contest from August 27 till the end of labor day, September 1st.  Aloha friends! This is a real simple little contest featuring some of our beautiful ukes. In a week 2 people will win $500 credit for anything they want at TheUkuleleSite. Who couldn’t use this?! Christmas is coming up!  I called this the Ukulele IQ Test but more accurately it …

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Ko’olau Redwood/ Milo Strikes Again

Here is a look and listen to a new Ko'olau that our friend Eric ordered from us about 10 months back. He kindly awaited.I snapped a few shots after Noa built the body- We rarely will have a Ko'olau available. But we do regularly get gorgeous ones like this for customers that ordered on our website or in the store. ...