Michael Smith
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I don't think I'm going to get any orders while we are locked down here in California. No uke groups playing. All music stores closed. We are frozen in place.
It seems Londoners are doing the same
There's a story on the London TV website about buyers queuing in the Duke Of Uke. I'd like to post a link but I keep getting told off for sending spam.
Miguel
Yes! I got the same message when I tried to post a link...anyway I’ll be listing some more sopranos on eBay soon as I’ve been spending more time in the workshop lately self isolating...so I’ll see how it goes
...so the market is not yet dead..and a ukulele is a great way to pass time in isolation..lots of time for practice
Anyway I finished this one today...I’ll take some proper photo’s tomorrow and give it a try on eBay.From a buyer (not a builder) who likes to peruse this board to see what's being built, I'll second this notion.
Just this week I was on Reverb looking at hand-built ukuleles. For me I had two thoughts in my mind:
(1) I wanted to find something new to play -- it's a bit of Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome, but not with the same motivations; and
(2) I wanted to find something hand-built as a way to support smaller independent builders.
After a great conversation with a builder/restorer in New York, and I'm going to purchase one of his 'under construction' ukes next week. For me the opportunity to semi-customize a uke was a new and exciting experience. In this case, semi-customize means I selected the 'under construction' project based on size and looks rather than something he already had up for sale. I also was able to chose peg-style tuners for the concert-scale when the builder would've normally put on geared tuners with buttons out the side. Not much, but fun for me.
All this to say, I encourage you to keep building and explore other outlets for your craft. To be 80's cheesy, "If you build it, they will come!"
Amazon have stopped ordering books to focus on food and stuff, so The Ukulele and my previous book on the history of the mandolin have disappeared from Amazon. And this a month after a fairly positive review in American Lutherie. Hurumph...
Spending lots of time the the workshop though.
Amazon have stopped ordering books to focus on food and stuff, so The Ukulele and my previous book on the history of the mandolin have disappeared from Amazon. And this a month after a fairly positive review in American Lutherie. Hurumph...
Spending lots of time the the workshop though.