Best Ukulele Brands: Five Worth Buying, and What the Name Actually Buys You
Five brands are worth your money at beginner prices — Kala, Donner, Enya, Córdoba and Islander — and the reasons …
Ukulele Reviews
The Best Ukulele Strings for Beginners: Size First, Then Sound
A set of ukulele strings costs less than a takeaway, and picking the wrong one is the most common reason …
Best Ukuleles for Beginners: Six Picks, and When the Kit Is Worth It
Almost every ukulele aimed at a beginner is sold twice: once bare, and once as a “starter kit” with a …
Best Cheap Ukuleles Under $75: What the Money Actually Buys
Everything under seventy-five dollars is laminated wood or molded composite, has a scale length around thirteen and a half inches, …
Best Electric Ukulele: Five Picks Across Two Very Different Instruments
Search for an electric ukulele and you get two instruments back under one name. Most of them are ordinary ukuleles …
Best Ukulele Straps: No-Drill Hooks, Ties and Button Straps
Turn your ukulele over and look at the bottom edge, where the two sides of the body meet. If there …
Best Ukuleles for Kids: Four Picks, and Why Age Barely Changes the Size
Kala groups its catalogue into collections, and one of them is called Perfect for Kids. Seventeen instruments are in it, …
Best Soprano Ukuleles: Six Picks, and the Twelve Frets Nobody Mentions
A soprano ukulele is about thirteen and a half inches of string and, on most of them, twelve frets. The …
Kala Waterman Ukulele Review: The Plastic Uke, Measured Against Kala’s Wooden One
Kala builds the Waterman out of molded plastic on purpose, fits it with the same Aquila strings it puts on …
Best Tenor Ukuleles Under $400: Six Picks and the Two Specs That Decide It
A tenor ukulele is a 17-inch scale and about 26 inches of instrument, which is a quarter longer in the …