Banjo Ukulele Week Kick-off
10April 17, 2011 by Tim
Welcome to Banjo Uke week!!!
Doing it a little different for this post, it is all video.
Intro
Anatomy of a Banjo Ukulele
Deering Banjo Video
Keep checking in everyday this week for more banjo uke fun.
This week I will be reviewing:
Eddy Finn Soprano
Lanikai Soprano
Mainland Concert
Lanikai Concert Resonator
Gold Tone concert Banjolele
Fleamarket Music Firefly (Fluke banjo uke)
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Great job putting this together! As you know I just recently purchased a banjo uke and I am new to all this. I’ve already learned a few things from your videos today. Looking forward to the rest of the videos this week.
This is very timely for me. I’m new to the uke, having bought my first in August 2010, an Ohana soprano. I really like the banjo sound and am seriously considering a banjo uke as my next purchase.
Lots of useful information here. Thanks. Looking forward to the rest of your banjo uke week posts.
Nice contribution,Tim.
I just got a banjo uke from a small banjo maker. I like it. It’s in the $500 range but to find a comparable banjo uke is $1200 from what I can see. Check out George Banjos on the net. Like to get your input on it.
Again, thanks for your work here!
Dennis
Yeah, I just ran into their site a few days ago. They seem really nice. I will mention them in one of the articles coming up
Can’t wait to hear what you think about the Mainland banjo uke! I LOVE mine! It’s better than diamonds, if you ask me.
All the banjo ukes I’ve seen are soprano size. Is there any reason why a tenor size could not be built? I ask because my next uke will probably be a tenor, since I have difficulty with some chords on my soprano. It would be great if you could include some mention of the size of the available banjo ukes. Thanks.
I have 3 soprano (Lankai, Eddy Fin, and Firefly) but the others are concert. I know there are tenor ones being made. I know Gold Tone makes all sizes currently (Soprano, concert, tenor, and baritone) just to name one company.
If you want something larger, you could get a tenor banjo(4 strings) and tune it as a ukulele.
Thanks Tim & Douglas. I had a look at the Gold Tone website. Their tenor banjo uke looks nice. Standard tuning is DGBE but they can supply with GCEA if requested. I wonder whether Tim could include some info on the the alternative tunings of banjo ukes in this week’s video set.
Awesome job, Tim! We’ll talk us some banjo ukes together on uke chat soon! Thanks for this!