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20 - Ukulele Builders, Luthiers and Manufactures: S

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Sailor Brand Ukulele Co

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from the Sailor Brand Ukulele Co web site

Sailor Brand Ukulele Co. is the house brand ukulele of UKE Republic, an exclusive authorized ukulele dealer. Our ukuleles are hand-crafted by a luthier and made right here in the USA. Using premium tonewoods, veneers and appointments, quality is never sacrificed.

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Samick Guitar Company

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from the Samick Guitar Company web site

For almost 40 years Samick has manufactured product for the leading brand names in the guitar business. In the process, we learned a great deal about not only what goes into a great guitar, but how to produce it at an affordable price. We also realized that the ability to produce quality product at an affordable price was only half the equation. There needed to be an all out effort to develop a powerful new identity for the product and our company.

We needed an entirely new line. For this enormous task, we called on Greg Bennett, an industry marketing and design veteran of almost 30 years. Greg’s experience in high level marketing positions with the industry’s leading manufacturers and retailers, coupled with a formal design and performance background, made him uniquely qualified. The challenge was to take the majority of credible design or style categories and design product that in effect paid tribute to the original designs while creating a new and unique perspective.

More information available on the Samick Guitar Company's web site.

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R.L. Saul Ukulele

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from the R.L. Saul Ukulele web site

(Ed.) Haven’t found a web presence but here is link to Dream Guitars of NJ with a R. L. Saul ukulele. Dreamguitars.com 1 (609) 208-1531 4 Mountainview Court, Clarksburg, NJ 08510 Showings by Appointment

(Ed.) Haven’t found a web presence but here is link to Dream Guitars of NJ with a R. L. Saul ukulele. Dreamguitars.com 1 (609) 208-1531 4 Mountainview Court, Clarksburg, NJ 08510 Showings by Appointment

More information available on the R.L. Saul Ukulele's web site.

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Scheurenbrand Guitars

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from the Scheurenbrand Guitars web site

I work with a variety of tonewoods, and treat each piece individually to ensure that the wood’s voice is maximized. Living in the Islands, I have direct access to acacia koa, the precious hardwood of Hawaii. Koa trees exist naturally nowhere else on earth but Hawaii. Koa is an exceptionally beautiful wood, and for decades has been recognized as a quality tonewood. I also build with Hawaii-grown Cuban mahogany, another quality tonewood.

A variety of body sizes, styles, tonewoods, and appointments are available for your selection. Together we will create a one-of-a-kind instrument.

More information available on the Scheurenbrand Guitars's web site.

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Seagull Guitars

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from the Seagull Guitars web site

In 1982 Robert Godin produced the first Seagull guitars in the Village of LaPatrie, Quebec. The concept for the Seagull guitar was to take the essential components of the best hand-crafted guitars (such as solid tops and beautiful finishes) and build these features into guitars that could be priced within the reach of working musicians.

All of our guitars are Made In Canada. Being able to say these words and truthfully mean it, is something we are very proud of in this day and age. All of our Seagull guitars are made in Canada from start to finish, by sustainably sourced wood from our own backyard in a controlled manner.

It's in the small village of LaPatrie in the Eastern Townships of Quebec, where for more than a quarter century the crafting of Seagull guitars has been a true passion for the many devoted guitar makers who call LaPatrie home. Today, LaPatrie has a population of about 475 and about half of these people are guitar builders. These folks take a great deal of pride in the guitars they build. From our award winning S6 Original, to our new Burnt Umber colors and to the exquisite sound of our Artist Series guitars, Seagull continues to make believers out of players the world over.

More information available on the Seagull Guitars's web site.

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Takahiro Shimo

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from the Takahiro Shimo web site

My name is Takahiro Shimo. I am a luthier (specialist for making and repair of stringed musical instrument) in Japan. I graduated from Robert-Venn School Of Luthiery (technical school of making guitar in Phoenix Az. U.S.A.) in 1980. I worked for Morris Musical Instrument in 1981. I was a member of “Handcrafted Team”. So, I used to make high grade guitars and develop newguitars. In April 1982, I opened Shimo Guitars my shop, and started making guitar by myself.

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Sideways Eight Ukuleles

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from the Sideways Eight Ukuleles web site

Florida Based Furniture Maker and Luthier. I love to use local, eco frendly lumber whenever possible.

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Marc Silber Music

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from the Marc Silber Music web site

Marc Silber Music -- Dealing in second hand instruments (guitars, Hawaiian guitars, mandolins, ukuleles, banjos etc.) for the past forty years. Making new acoustic instruments such as guitars, ukulele, and Hawaiian guitars since 1992, now under the name Marc Silber Guitars.

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Small Wonder Banjos

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from the Small Wonder Banjos web site

Greg and Jere Canote are identical twins whose music is all about having a good time. They do, you will. It’s steeped in vintage Americana — forgotten fiddle tunes, swing classics, and quirky novelty songs — but with their own twists (and a few of their brilliant original takes on the world around us).

They’re fabulous musicians, moving effortlessly among fiddle, guitar, banjo, ukulele, and various hybrids, and their genetically-matched voices recall brother duets from the Blue Sky Boys to the Everlys.

More information available on the Small Wonder Banjos's web site.

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Stefan Sonntag

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from the Stefan Sonntag web site

Corresponding in size to the tenor ukulele, the Uke has a scale length of 39 cm. It is built like an acoustic archtop guitar, with parallel bracing and handcrafted arched top and back. The one-piece bridge provides a very direct transmission of string vibration to the body. The Uke is amplified by a single-coil pickup made by Coil Tec.

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Sonny D Ukuleles

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from the Sonny D Ukuleles web site

Create work of art handmade custom ukuleles. Starting with Sonny D standard production ukuleles to Sonny D signature series ukuleles.

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Spanky Banjo Ukes

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from the Spanky Banjo Ukes web site

Spanky Banjo Ukes are built by luthiers Dan Fobert and Phil Morris. Combining Phil’s longtime love affair with the ukulele and Dan’s creativity and innovative construction techniques, with input from other uke players they have developed an idea for an instrument built in the traditional way but utilizing up to date features. Spanky Banjo Ukes use a longer, wider concert scale length neck for easier play and a synthetic head to eliminate the problems natural skin heads have with changes in humidity. The advanced Renaissance and Fiberskyn head materials produce a mellow natural tone while maintaining plenty of banjo volume and punch.

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Sparrow Ukuleles

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from the Sparrow Ukuleles web site

At Sparrow Ukuleles their goal is to provide world class quality at a reasonable and accessible price. All of there instruments are designed and manufactured in Richmond, Va. Their focus on steel string, magnetic pickup ukes that sound and play wonderfully. The Alnico magnet pickups are custom designed and hand wound their our shop to provide rich, warm tone and sonic versatility. In addition to our standard models, they also take custom orders, so feel free to inquire! Be sure to stop by and check out Sparrow Ukuleles!

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Specimen Chicago School of Guitar Making

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from the Specimen Chicago School of Guitar Making web site

Ian Schneller began using Specimen Products as a name for his sculptures in 1981 while an undergraduate at the Memphis Academy of Art. It was the anonymity of the words “Specimen” and “Products” that appealed to him. It also seemed a funny little ruse — pretending to be a company instead of himself.

The Chicago School of Guitar Making! We teach classes in guitar building, guitar setup and repair and tube amplifier building. We are the only school in Chicago where you can learn instrument repair and building from a professional luthier. We are also the only school teaching the craft of tube amplifier building. Since opening in 2005 more than 1000 students have enrolled in our classes.

More information available on the Specimen Chicago School of Guitar Making's web site.

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Spruce House Ukuleles

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from the Spruce House Ukuleles web site

When I decided to begin making ukuleles for sale, I promised myself that I would always remember a lesson that I learned from my father: Simplicity is Elegance. The most successful designs are those that make the most of the least. Why increase the weight of an instrument and dampen its ability to resonate naturally in the name of making it...fancier? That’s why I make my finishes thin and keep my decoration to a minimum. Like the vintage Martin and Kamaka instruments that I admire so much, SpruceHouse Ukuleles are very light and a little plain. But there is nothing plain about the sound.

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Don Stawski

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Based on the popular triangular shape pioneered by J.Chalmers Doane, these individually handcrafted ukuleles are custom built when ordered. Made from a variety of choice woods by Don Stawski in Campbell River, on Vancouver Island BC, these Canadian made ukuleles offer unique styling and a choice of two models.

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Stefan Hahl, Gitarrenbaumeister

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from the Stefan Hahl, Gitarrenbaumeister web site

Stefan Hahl was born in 1964 in Worms, one of the oldest cities in Germany. He grew up in a family of musicians and at 15 discovered his greatest love, the guitar. With time, he became inspired to create and play quality-built, superior sounding and aesthetically attractive instruments.

His first stop was the workshop of Henning Doderer, a well-known master luthier. Doderer taught Stefan Hahl the basics and opened up the doors to the fascinating world of instrument building.

More information available on the Stefan Hahl, Gitarrenbaumeister's web site.

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Stringnet Co

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The Sugar Land Ukulele Manufacturing Company

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from the The Sugar Land Ukulele Manufacturing Company web site

Northeast Fort Bend County’s largest manufacturer of handmade ukuleles, so there! Ukuleles, for now. And various other things made of wood, like boxes. And witches. Other neat stuff is in development.

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Suzuki

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from the Suzuki web site

Portuguese cabinet makers from the Madeira Islands emigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's and are thought to have made the first Ukuleles. A cross between a guitar and a banjo, the four stringed Madeiran guitar or machete, would eventually become known as the Ukulele. Suzuki Ukuleles feature top quality materials and precise assembly techniques that produce an instrument of exceptional quality regardless of the style and price range.

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