ASTURIAS GUITAR MANUFACTURING LTD. is a workshop of handcraft guitars with the highest reputation in quality of its products. The workshop is located in Kurume city of Kyushu island,and 15 highly skilled craftsman from all over the nation are building classical guitars,acoustic guitars, classical mandolins, and ukuleles. Production quantity has been limited in small numbers always since it started in 1962. Most of the instruments are sold through speciality stores with professional knowledge of stringed instruments.

GOTOH GUT Co. began manufacturing stringed instrument parts in 1960 and is the only domestic machine head manufacturer in Japan. Our parts are sold worldwide and are consistently ranked at the top of the industry by musical instrument makers.

In Japan, there is a name synonymous with ukulele. That name is simply known as “Iwao.” Iwao had a very successful career as a guitar player, producing many albums with that first instrument. He attended a performance by Ohta-san and a new love for the ukulele grew rapidly in his heart. He now focuses his efforts into his awesome ukulele playing. There is no bigger ukulele star in Japan than Iwao.

Okilele -- the International Ukulele Club of Okinawa -- is a free friendship group designed to join together ukulele enthusiasts living in Okinawa. The purpose of the group is to build positive relationships between Japanese and Americans living in Okinawa through music and our shared love of the ukulele. There is no cost to join Okilele and the sheet music we jam to at monthly themed-meetings is provided for free if you attend the meeting. The club meets usually on the third Saturday of the month from 3 to 6 p.m. Meeting details can be found at Okilele’s facebook public page. The club consists of absolute beginners, beginners, intermediate and professional ukulele players from Japan, Okinawa and the United States. We DO NOT provide lessons. Our teaching philosphy is to learn while you jam with the group.

<img class="top" src="//curtsheller.com/music/strings/images/orcas-uke-strings.png" alt="orcas-uke-strings.png" width="100" height="100" />These fluoro carbon strings produces a high, sweet tone. It is well balanced as there are no over-powering bass or treble. Good in the mid-range and the feel is soft. Slightly thinner than Aquila, the tension is also not as hard and the finish is smooth. Volume produced is not as loud or as bright as Aquila but if a slightly mellow tone is what you&rsquo;re after, then this is a good alternative. Works well with solid-top ukes.

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 &ldquo;Handcrafted Team&rdquo;. 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.

100% Fluoro-carbon Ukulele Strings &ldquo;Worth Strings&rdquo; is made of an special material called Fuluoro carbon. The features are a clear sound and a good balance, so it can be adaptive not only for solo play but also for stroke(strumming) play. Therefore, despite &ldquo;Worth Strings&rdquo; is higher price many people choose them, because the length is longer than other company&rsquo;s string, and you can get two from one of our strings sets as long as normal size ukulele.