10 thoughts on “Banjo Ukulele Week Kick-off”

1. Chris Blood says:

   April 17, 2011 at 11:18 am

   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.

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2. ThomasGC says:

   April 17, 2011 at 11:52 am

   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.

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3. Dennis Dolan says:

   April 17, 2011 at 1:01 pm

   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

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   • Tim says:

     April 18, 2011 at 11:59 am

     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

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4. Joni says:

   April 18, 2011 at 1:17 pm

   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.

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5. 5ecular4umanist says:

   April 18, 2011 at 2:44 pm

   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.

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   • Tim says:

     April 18, 2011 at 3:07 pm

     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.

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   • Donald Doss says:

     April 18, 2011 at 3:09 pm

     If you want something larger, you could get a tenor banjo(4 strings) and tune it as a ukulele.

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     • 5ecular4umanist says:

       April 18, 2011 at 3:52 pm

       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.

6. ukechat says:

   April 20, 2011 at 2:07 am

   Awesome job, Tim! We’ll talk us some banjo ukes together on uke chat soon! Thanks for this!

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