Ukulele Sale on Etsy!

We are very excited to announce a big ukulele sale on Etsy!  We're very happy to be a part of this 5 shop Etsy collaboration which features some sweet uke accessories - tshirts, stickers, felt picks, uke wall hangers, uke stands, and ukulele carrying cases.  Check out all the shops involved and see some of their items here.  You can also go directly to each shop by following these links...

https://www.etsy.com/shop/cherijame
https://www.etsy.com/shop/JonWoodworking

https://www.etsy.com/shop/UKEonomics
https://www.etsy.com/shop/KokopelliStands
https://www.etsy.com/shop/UkuleleThreads

The sale starts at midnight tonight (April 13th, 2013) and goes through April 21st, 2013.  Use the coupon code SPRINGBREAK2013 when you check out and you'll get 10% off all items from all the shops involved.

New Ukulele stickers are in! - "Pineapple Upside Down Cake"

Hurray!  The new "Pineapple Upside Down Cake" ukulele stickers have made it in and are now officially up for sale here on our Etsy shop!

Hope that you love them as much as we do!

Make your own ukulele wall hanger

Tired of tripping over all the ukuleles strewn about your living room floor?  You and me both!  Here's an awesome idea from the fine folks at Ukulele Underground for making your own multi uke wall hanger.  It just requires some very basic tools and a few dollars.  Check out the one that I made in this post, complete with some instructions.

If you're not very confident in your wood working skills and would rather pass on this project, there are some really cool wall hangers out there.  Like this....

Where to buy your next ukulele

Before you jump the gun and grab your next ukulele from a random retailer on Amazon, consider this....a good setup can make a world of difference in sound, intonation, and overall playability.  Don't know what a setup is?  Check this blog post for some helpful links about ukulele setup.

There are a couple of online sellers that have become notorious for the awesome job they do setting up your instrument.  And as kind of a bonus, I've included the link to an Etsy shop that many folks aren't aware of that sells vintage ukes and banjo ukes.  Us Etsy shop owners have to stick together!

Uke Republic

Just ask anyone in the ukulele community about these guys.  Not only do they have some great deals on some sweet ukes, but the setup they perform on all their ukes is