John Colter

This is not strictly relevant to your query, but twenty years ago a friend showed me a picture of a 'Northern' uke and it inspired me to...

A Thrush was shouting out a defiant challenge while I was in the back yard this morning:

In reply to 'Ukecaster' :- It was made in England (of course) and Ken Timms sold it to someone in Norway who kept it in conditions of...

You soft barmpot!

Ken Timms made five 'Island style' sopranos with tapered pegs, as described above ten years ago. I have played two of them and they are...

All this reminds me of a bloke I used to work with. He was fanatically keen on riding his pedal bicycle. One year he rode it from the...

'ere! Who are you calling crepuscular?!

I've made a couple of ukes with the vertical headstock design - but mine used regular friction pegs, not tapered pegs. The tricky thing...

Nice shot, Corinto! Seeing "Bwlch 9/23" up by the heel made me realise that folk might wonder what it means. I inscribed that to mark a...

Yes, it wood (I mean, would!) :)

It's all about the grain. Ukes are traditionally made from thin sections of solid wood with the grain running lengthwise. This gives...

I liked Ukulele Cosmos. I'm sad that it has gone.

Howdy, Twang! It's good to hear from you. I hope our paths might cross once again before too long.

I'm pretty sure I have posted a link to this video before, but it doesn't seem to be in this thread, so here is the Travelling Timms...

Three of my photos on the subject of flight: