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There are a lot of great ukulele builders making some of the finest instruments in the world. And, the Ko'olua Guitar & Ukulele Company's high end ukes are a work of art.
Ko’olau Guitar
and Ukulele Company
Kitakis Stringed Instrument Repair
401 N.Cane St. A-10
Wahiawa, Hawaii 96786
808-622-1064
fax: 808-622-1646
eMail: sales@koolauukulele.com
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Ko_olau
Custom and stock instruments, strings and more.
Ko’olau Guitars and 'Ukuleles are professional quality, hand crafted instruments. The shop is located in Kaneohe, on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, approximately fifteen minutes from Honolulu, at the foot of the the beautiful Ko’olau Mountains.
These are some of the best Ukuleles around.
(From the Ko’olau web site) - Ko`olau Gold 'Ukulele Strings are professional quality strings, preferred by performers and recording artists.
Our new Ko’olau Gold strings will “feel” different. For one, they have a smoother texture than our previous nylon strings, which should please most players. The rough textured string was due to the extrusion cutting process performed in order to retain uniform gauged diameters throughout the length of the string, which affects volume, tone and true notation up the fretboard. Our new nylons are made of a special polyamid nylon, then milled by an innovative laser cutting process, insuring perfect gauged diameters, and eliminating the need for “rectifying” cutting knives which result in a rough, textured surface. Throughout the years we have received requests for a smoother feel to our strings, and prior to this new laser cut, a uniform string was not possible. The new polyamid laser cut string also has a “pre-stretched” feel and tension, resulting in a very short “break-in” period.
More information available on listing's web site.
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Black_Bear
Ukuleles are sold on eBay by the luthier Duane Heilman of Black Bear Ukuleles.
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Graziano
His is a page of information on the woods, with descriptions, used by Tony Graziano to build his fine ukuleles.
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Soprano - The traditional "small" Ukulele. is also called a "Standard" . Typical tuning "g C E A". |
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Concert - A slightly larger instrument with a longer fret scale. Same tuning as a Soprano. Still gives the familiar Uke sound, but with more volume and easier fretboard access. Typical tuning "g C E A". |
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Tenor - Larger still with heavier strings. This is the favorite of many players because of its larger size, bigger sound, and 17 1/2" scale. This size Uke is the one most used for six and eight string models. Can be tuned like a Soprano and Concert "g C E A" or "d G B E" |
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Baritone - The largest of the Uke family. Has the loudest sound, the most bass, and is usually tuned DGBE like the thin four strings on a guitar. Typical tuning "D G B E" |
(From Tony Graziano Ukuleles web site.
Be sure to visit Tony's site for some
of the coolest ukes around.)
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Earnest Musicial Instruments
Joel Eckhaus, Luthier
12 Fairlawn Ave.
S. Portland, ME 04106
207 799-9788
Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Earnest
Makes an archtop Tenor guitar as well as other Tenor models.
Standard tenor tuning is (CGDA) but can be tuned like a guitars hgher four strings.
Information on the Tenor Guitar is avalable at www.TenorGuitar.com
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Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Road Toad
Among the ukulele that Owen makes are a line of bass ukes. I played a few a thte 2006 New York Ukulele Festival and they are amazing. You can believe the sound that comes from these.
Ukulele Guild of Hawai'i Members Gallery

Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Mele
After numerous requests from Mele Ukulele customers, They've finally built this ukulele inspired by Jimmy Page's guitar! 8-string neck for strumming, 4-string for picking and soloing. The huge solid mahogany soundboard, back and sides give it a richness and resonance that's truly amazing! Ebony binding, bridge and fingerboard. Grover tuners. This is the ultimate uke for the player who has everything! Note; we sold the prototype (pictured) but we'll be building several this summer. The necks will be reversed; 4-string above and 8-string below. Check out the video for the production version played by Uncle Peter.
YouTube: Peter Delapinia plays the Mele double-neck Tenor Uke

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This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) chords. Covering basic ukulele chords that ALL uke players MUST know, movable chord forms, rock uke chords, how to transpose chords, learning the ukulele fingerboard and an introduction to 4-part “jazz” chords and more...

Covers the key of C major and C minor, including a detailed accompanying text explaining the principles behind each progression and the chord substutitions.

This book is designed as a guide to ukulele (pronounced “oo-koo-lele”) strums. From rock and waltz strums to reggae and broken chord strums.

Ukulele for Guitar Players is a guide to transferring the accumulated experience and knowledge gained as a guitar played to the ukulele.

Each volume of The Advanced Guide to Blues Progressions for Guitar features basic to advanced blues chord progressions. to be used with the chord voicings from volume I, II & III of The Advanced Guide to Guitar Chords.

Exploring "Jazz" Chords takes the core chords from A Guide to Advanced Chords for Ukulele and shows their use over a variety of common chord progressions based on songs from the standard jazz repertoire.

If your goal is to expand your chord vocabulary, The Advanced Guide to Ukelele Chords Series is your answer. Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords. A Guide to Advanced Ukulele Chords Volume I provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

Commonly referred to as "jazz" chords this provides detailed information on voicing 4-part chords.

NEW This small (1/2 size) chord book is a great little book to carry with you. Ukulele Chords covers basic open position and basic movable form chords. From these two chord categories a variety of songs and styles can be played.

Harmonic Analysis is the understanding of the functional sequence of chords. It is the process used to analyze the harmonic structure of a progression, song or composition. This analysis is then used to make scale selections for improvisation and chord substitution.
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