New Products & Ukes

Oh, the heat! It's never ending. I hope you are all taking care of your musical instruments? July is always a funny month to be a music shop - Summer NAMM never seems to bring much Ukulele news and our suppliers seem to all be waiting for sexy, rare and wonderful musical instruments to be completed and sent out.. Indeed...

It's been a while.. We have some very cool new things to show you this month so put the kettle on and lets get going. Mango KoAlohas - Mangoloha? KoAloha have obviously settled into their new larger Hawaiian factory very well because since I saw them at the NAMM show they seem to have been experimenting constantly with new designs and...

Is there such a thing as the 'Summer Holiday blues'? Maybe I am alone in this but I just can't play sad songs on the Ukulele in the summer.. Last week I had the opportunity to try a Bonham resonator before it met its new owner and all I could play were cutesy upbeat little jingles. Frankly, a resonator deserves...

I thought everything had been written extensively now about Ukuleles. I spent a lot of time recently searching websites and forums trying to figure out what would make someone choose a Kanile'a over a KoAloha or a Kamaka over a Kanile'a or a KoAloha over a... you get the drift? I think I am fairly set in my ways with...

Have you ever noticed how everybody does Ukuleles now? Like, even the smallest music shops that don't have staff knowledgeable or enthusiastic enough about them to tune one up will have a few in stock... Five years ago you really weren't spoilt for choice of Ukuleles unless you really dug deep into the depths of the internet. Not too far...

In part one we talked KoAloha, Kiwaya, Kanile'a. It took me several weeks to get around to it but here is part two... PONO If you are a performer or perhaps a multi instrumentalist that has roots in Guitar playing, you will probably know and love Pono Ukuleles. Here at the Southern Ukulele Store we stock many of the bread...

The subtle differences between the high end ukulele brands at the Southern Ukulele Store. Part One We get calls daily asking us to objectively compare ukuleles of different types and brands and although we welcome this enquiry, it can be very difficuilt not to play favourites when you get to come to work everyday and stare at the most beautifully...

An unusual love letter. I think i’m in love… There I said it, its out there and now I have to deal with the consequences. I darn’t tell you to your face but I have these feelings, dreams and ideas of travelling the world holding you in my arms. I think that together we could put a smile on a lot of peoples faces and I know I will never be alone with you there to sing to me when i’m feeling blue. Continue reading →