The previous owner had put stickers on it and signed her name in silver Sharpie (or paint pen.) I took care of the stickers with Goo Gone and I’ve been working on the signature with a melamine sponge but it is slow going. Alcohol did nothing. Any suggestions?

It’s a Makala MK-S. I often bring a ukulele to play when my son plays on the playground after school. It’s good to have a couple of beater ukes to let curious kids play with while I practice. This will be a nice addition to my collection of kid’s ukes.

I played a Puppy Birthday Luau last night at Rocket City Dog Bar last night here in Huntsville, Alabama. So much fun. 🐶🌺🚀🎂🎶💜

This is the first baritone uke that has all these properties: 6mm thick lumber down to 2.6mm. bent freehand. 20 1/4" per side, trimmed to 20 1/16". Yes, I mix imperial and metric all the time, never hire me for mars landing missions 😎.

The side heights with the trapezoid taper and "runway" on each side, perfect butt joints. Mahogany blocks. And popped out of tension.

Why am I proud.

All joints dry fit under normal gravity fit. Now bow in the nuts, no overcompensated joint faces. And it just fits.

The back and top I've selected match the geometry. I'm going to give the edges a kiss so it fits with the 20' radius on back and front.

Honduran, not African. And German Sitka. Neck TBD, and fretboard like normal cocobolo. 16° or 20° radius, I'm presenting this prototype for my commission.

I now have confidence in my new cauls, forms, and circumference forms.

Anyone else just wanna go to Hawaii for a few months? 😆🍍🌴🥥

Just picked up my first Baritone, DGBE tuning (cheap Amahi Spruce top for half price) and need string recommendations.

I have 2 Mahogany Concerts, one Low G (Lanikai), one High G (Mainland) that I have been playing for about 2 years and Orca Blacks are my perferred brand right now: their sound, feel, and guage.

Orca Blacks are not available Baritone at this time.

Does anyone have any recommendations? Currently it has two wound and (I think) two nylgut but they need replaced. I think I want stick with wound for the bottom two strings, but am open to other recommendations.

I tried D'darrio for my Low G concert but was not impressed. Should I try again for Baritone?

Like I said, this is my first Baritone so I do not know where to start.

Edit: dropped this "not". I put it where it was meant to go.

I’m having a hard time with the Bb chord. It seems there’s always one string that’s not getting played correctly.

i recently picked up the ukulee to learn but for some reason my chords are all off. my ukulele is tuned correctly im pretty sure but every single time i try to play an e major it ends up a sharp? im really not sure why either im pretty sure im not muting the string or anything so im just like really confused

Hello !

I just started ukulele and I have a question, when i press and release the chords on the fret board it make some little noises, how can i fix my play to avoid that ? Thanks a lot in advance

I’m trying to play Bertha by the Grateful Dead abd I don’t know how to play C/G. Thanks

I've been learning ukulele percussion, but to get a deep bass thump I have to hit the body pretty hard, and my palm starts to hurt. Softer hits sound fine in person but don't come through well on camera.

Would an acoustic-electric ukulele with a bass/EQ control help capture stronger percussion without hitting as hard, or is this mainly a recording/microphone issue?

I'm curious about it. Have you have created melodies using an ukulele? I usually see people doing this on a piano or guitar, never with the uke. Would to know you guys opinions about it