06 May New demo video
. I’ve just uploaded my first new youtube demo for quite a while, featuring a back-to-back comparison of my airline model versus my latest tenor ukulele, this time built from beautiful figured koa. ...
News From The Workshop
30 Apr The Bunting Has Arrived for our Stall at the Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival
We have a stall at the Hebden Bridge Burlesque Festival this weekend (where we’ll have a few tin amps, diddley bows, a cigar box uke and the lovely books and prints of Shelley Rickey (of UkeBox fame)). We are excited as ...
25 Apr Getting Ready for Spring and Summer Season
For a second year in a row, we find ourselves lined up to appear at events across the UK and Ireland throughout the Spring and Summer months. Most (but not all of the events are ukulele festivals and we are excited about each and every ...
24 Apr Wood!
Tulipwood, Figured Cherry, Breadnut, Bird’s Eye Maple, Curly Sycamore, Cedar, Brazilian Purpleheart & Zebrano. Those are among the new woods we brought home from Yorkshire business, John Boddy Timber today. It took a few ...
19 Apr A Grand Northern Ukulele Festival
I am excited and proud to be involved with the festival – the first of its kind to be hosted in the North of England. Just recently I have been helping to plan extras / gifts for the Early Bird ticket holders. At the festival ...
28 Mar Fear of Extinction and the EU Headache
We don’t normally post sobering things here but it’s been a landmark day. It seems to be all change in the world of wood-working (especially for Europeans). Here at Tinguitar.com we’ve always taken great pains to ...
23 Mar My first 5-string ukulele
This custom tenor ukulele is my first 5-string model. With high and low G on the same instrument, you get the best of both worlds – or simply a fuller sound for chords… [html5audio ...
21 Mar Just completed – airline model in khaya and spruce
This airline soprano just left the workshop in the hands of a very happy customer. I’m really pleased with the look of the black accents against the spruce and the khaya. Sonically, this little uke is surprisingly loud, with ...
13 Feb Wellingtonia – aka redwood
Today I’ve been re-sawing some of my stash of English-grown woods (London Plane, Walnut and the amazing soundboard wood pictured below, Wellingtonia). Wellingtonia is lovely. It is more commonly known as, “redwood” ...
25 Jan Bournville souvenir tin – Ukulele
This vintage Bournville souvenir chocolate tin has become my latest tin instrument, with the same neck profile, feel and playability as one of my standard ukuleles. The neck is a pretty piece of figured sapele, with a rosewood ...