Ukulele

Loot

• Kamaka Ukulele.
  • Standard w/ matte finish, ebony fingerboard/bridge/faceplate, geared tuners.
• Kanile'a Tenor
• Ko Olau.
  • Ko'olau Model T-100 Tenor. I like this uke.
• KoAloha Ukuleles.
• Flea: Koa top, rosewood fingerboard, walnut neck, ... add PegHead tuners for $69.

Strings

Karl Villaverde likes to run concert strings on his sopranos. Elderly seems to have the best pricing on Aquila Nylgut strings:

• AQUILA NYLGUT CONCERT UKE SET: HiG, $5.
• AQUILA NYLGUT CONCERT UKE SET LoWoundG: $5.45.
• AQUILA CONCERT UKE SINGLE LoWoundG: $1.80.
• AQUILA NYLGUT TENOR UKE SET: HiG, $5.
• AQUILA NYLGUT TENOR UKE SET LoWoundG: $5.45
• AQUILA TENOR UKE SINGLE LoWoundG: $1.80.

Banjolele

• Flea is coming out w/ one that sounds nice.

Amplified Ukes

• review on UkuleleHunt
• Tenor Risa at UkuleleWorld.
• Soprano Risa $282.
• Eleuke Pineapple $209 for the Soprano, but can be found for around $185 on Amazon and Ukulele Guy.

• One of these Roland Mobile Cube Amp, $169 or the MicroCube for $129.
• ...with one of these VOX mini-amp $35 from Amazon for headphones would make a great quite traveling Uke... and doesn't seem like it would be TOO hard to make one...

Thin-line travel Ukes

...like the Kala reviewed here on UkeHunt and supposedly good pricing at Bananas At Large (tax) and Elderly(no tax):

• Bananas At Large Tenor.
• Soprano Mahogany
• Soprano Lacewood

Misc:

• Ukulele Guy: store.
• Easy Ukulele Store.

• DaddyBone, some fun tunez.

• PlayOn Tuner... got a Snark, dig it.
• GString tuner for Android

Make yer own ukulele:

• Pure Timber
• Rainy Day Ukes.
• House and Mill

Nice looking strap design.

Instructional

• Ukulele Underground
  • All UU Videos.
  • UkeMinutes.
• Hawaii Music Supply
• General reference.
• EzFolk, all sorts of stuff.
• PDF_Minstrel... lots of PDFs of tabs and info.
• Ukulele Hunt Lessons.
• Fingerpicking on EZ-Folk... lots of other stuff

Notes

Steel Strings: "Dag" from UkeHunt recommends: "If you go with steel, my instincts advise that you stick with solid extruded steel strings. Avoid “wound” strings. I think the tone quality will be much better with solids. If you go with steel, take a week to properly “extend” the strings (versus stretching them). Tighten them up little by live over the course of a day. Once you hit tune, play the strings until they go out of tune. Then, tune again and let them sit over night. Due this for about 7 days or so, and your strings will be tempered. This will preserve the sound quality in the long term and will help you avoid warping the neck."

Tabs

• Ukulele-Tabs.com
• UkuleleSongs and Tuner
• List of Free sites w/ tabs.
• Tri-Tabs and other kewl stuff.
  • Video of Tarrega's Study in E Minor
• Crazy (Gnarls Barkely Uke Cover
  • PDF of the tabs.
• Dueling Banjos.
• Lets Play Ukulele: Lots of stuff, searchable.
• Alligator Boogaloo, some fun stuff here and a nice Tab Chart.

Videos

• YouTube Vid of mmbrown82 covering Smashing Pumpkins "Medellia"... Nice. Try to find tabs for this.

Web Sites

• The Jumping Flea: Kind of a blog w/ reviews.
• Easy Ukulele: Lots of info...
• Elderly Instruments: Store.

• Ukulele Player: PDF Publication
• Ukulele Hunt: Info...