As we prepare to head out the door for Hollesley Ukulele Jamboree, we have finished two ukuleles we are sad to see go (perhaps we’ve bonded a bit with them). We finished our first ever 8 String Tenor Ukulele (with a sapele body ...
This weekend, Hebden Bridge held its annual Handmade Parade. It was lovely to see people coming together after the devastation of the floods. Once again, we were reminded that this is a brilliant place to be and that the community ...
One of our lovely customers, Paul Redfern, mentioned us at FIUL (the recent international uke fest in France). We are chuffed and excited! Paul’s intervuke
Steve Edwards sent me this little Remo hand drum to be converted into a banjo uke. Details he specifically asked for included, no headstock veneer, violin pegs and for the fretboard to be left plain above the 12th fret. A fun project! ...
Last night Hebden Bridge saw some of the worst flooding in living memory. Though we got stuck wading through it on the way home from a show, all at Tinguitar are safe & dry. We wish we could say the same for some other local ...
Ukulelezaza (aka Remco Houtman-Janssen) kindly uploaded this video of our first ever koa ukulele (spruce top). We loved it so much we couldn’t just couldn’t keep it around here. We are glad Remco enjoys playing it and ...
We’ve just invested in a little over 2 cubic feet of Brazilian mahogany. This wood variety is getting more and more difficult to come by, so I was pleased to discover a stash of it in a timber yard not far from me. Transporting ...
We just added two new galleries to the site. Our first ever Koa uke has left the building (and is winging its way to the most excellent Ukulelezaza as we type this). The Koa ukulele is a soprano with a Bearclaw Spruce top. It’s ...
It seems we’ve only just recovered from Cheltenham/The Uke Fest of GB and we are already making preparations to go to Ireland to Ukulele Hooley in August. We are excited around tinguitar central as it’ll be the second time ...
After the excitement of the weekend, the workshop is back to business-as-usual. A longneck soprano electric uke came together today ready for finishing, a mahogany soprano got its fretboard and an 8-string tenor got its soundhole ...