Southern Ukulele Store

None of the team here at SUS could make it up in person to the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival in May 2016. Thankfully though, friend of the shop Nicci was on hand to interview a couple of the performers about what influences the music they play and the tools they use to do it. Phil Doleman What ukulele do you...

Hello ukulele fiends! Welcome, one and all, back to Ukulelia. This is the Southern Ukulele Store's monthly roundup of our very favourite ukulele blogs, news, websites and resources from the past month. We love keeping up with all things ukulele online, and finding out what you've all been up to with everybody's favourite four-stringed instrument (yes, that's right, the ukulele – begone, violinists!). So without further ado... Continue reading →

Testing, testing – one two, one two – welcome back to Ukulelia, the Southern Ukulele Store's hotspot for news, views, how tos and helpful resources, all pertaining to everyone's favourite diminutive instrument: the ukulele. Each month we gather the best ukulele stuff from all over the web and put it all together in a bumper roundup of ukulele awesomeness. This April: Discover the intriguing international story of Coffee Rumba, find out more about the life and music of legendary ukulele entertainer George Formby, plus get strumming 12 easy eight chord songs for beginners in next to no time. Continue reading →

Do, re, mi, fa, so – and welcome to a brand new edition of Ukulelia, the Southern Ukulele Store's monthly round up of the very best in ukulele from right across the world wide web. Every month we help everyone from ukulele novices, to experienced players, find their perfect instrument and ukulele accessories, but we also like to keep tabs on the online ukulele community. That's why, every month, we serve up a bumper scoop of the best blogs and ukulele news we've been enjoying. Continue reading →

Warning (Timmy Mallett will appear in this blog) Ukulele Strings by brand Last year I wrote several blogs that broadly covered Ukulele strings by brand. I must admit that I was a bit concerned nobody would read them but the response was overwhelmingly positive and hasn't ever really stopped coming so thank you very much. With that said, I think...

Ukulele Capo's   Good day to you, have you ever used a Ukulele Capo? I have it on good authority that the 14th most searched online Ukulele related term in the UK is for a 'Ukulele Capo'. With good reason too. For those of you that have never used a capo and are at all unsure what one is let...

A warm, musical welcome back to the February edition of Ukulelia, The Southern Ukulele Store's monthly round up of some of the very finest recent blogs and online resources all about everybody's favourite stringed instrument – you guessed it – the ukulele. Each month we keep our beady eyes firmly on what's going on with ukulele lovers all over the world wide web, all so we can serve you a piping hot slice of the very best stuff in our regular round up. Continue reading →

Wound Low G or Unwound Low G - That is the question? Good day to you, as I write this it is Wednesday morning and I have already answered the eponymous question 4 times by email this week. It is not unusual for me to speak to customers about this every day and recently I even wrote this question on...

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of tab sites for guitar out there, but for ukuleles? Not so much. Don’t get me wrong, they are out there, just not in the abundance that you find with other instruments and once you’ve got a hankering for that one song it can be hard to find what you’re looking for. That’s why we’ve...

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...