Thursday, February 10, 2011

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The new picture is of a Ludwig Wendell Hall.  Jump to here for more information on this uke and other Ludwig banjo ukuleles: http://banjouk...
Monday, February 07, 2011

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P'MICO (Proggresive Musical Instrument Company) made a variety of stringed instruments including banjoleles.  This uke has features that...
Saturday, February 05, 2011

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Hardware terminology for the banjo ukulele   Banjo ukuleles have an array of metal parts and almost everyone of them have more than one pr...
Friday, February 04, 2011

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                   Tonk Bros. offered a variety of accessories and this was truly in the spirit of the Ukulele.                            ...

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Bridges Part Two   These are a few excerpts from the vintage Grover and Tonk Bros. catalogs.  Grover had the same uniformity to it's br...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

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David Clarke! Another great player from the UK.  Very generous with his practice videos singing and working on the solo breaks.  David Clar...
Wednesday, February 02, 2011

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Great Players:  Jonathan Shreeve Up on You tube over the last month Jonathan Shreeve has posted many informative slow and fast versions of...

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RUST! Rust is evil and nothing short of it.  On any musical instrument it can eat it's way underneath plating, right through parts like...

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Banjo Ukulele Bridges The bridge on banjo ukuleles might be considered a bit neglected by the larger manufacturers of banjo bridges.   As ...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Unusual Design #1  Wizard I requested photos for this Banjo Uke after seeing it up for auction several months ago and the new owner was...

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Slingerland May Bell Slingerland, like Ludwig, ended up as the makers of excellent percussion instruments, but both produced Banjos and...

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Gibson Catalogs and designations Gibson occasionally re-designated their instruments when newer models came out.  Two of the changes I hav...

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Gibson Banjo Ukulele Model Scale Lengths The distances to the 12th fret are as follows: Baby Gibson 6 1/4"= 12 1/2" Scale UB-2...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

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The Gibson UB-4 and UB-5 First of all, until recently, the two models were both considered to be simply UB-4, in nickel and gold plating. ...