The Latest from Duke Banjo Ukuleles

More than 9000 kilometres (nearly 6000 miles) is the odyssey this Duke10 Banjo Ukulele takes. It all ends well, but...

Take a listen to Ring playing and singing a beautiful contemporary Christian song "I Could Sing Of Your Love Forever". Ring's husband bought her a DUKE10 banjolele for her birthday and she tells us...

Even though we are now giving you an awesome tweed coloured hard case with every DUKE10 (for 'Season 3') we are still not offering just the case alone. So, if do want to purchase one, you can simply search for any case that will fit an A-Style mandolin, and it should fit the DUKE10. Or you can order this one from Musicians Friend.

Watch as our good friend Stukulele gives a tutorial of the song "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" using the DUKE10 Tenor Banjo Ukulele.

Here's our good friend Matt Hicks from UK giving us a demo of the DUKE10. He is playing the song "Detour". This song shows off the tonal characteristics of the DUKE10 really well because Matt uses fingerpicking as well as strumming, giving you a good idea of how each style sounds.

Without letting the cat out of the bag, inspiration struck on a recent trip to China. Check out this amazing Chinese instrument that was one of many adorning the walls in a huge and very impressive musical instrument store in Shanghai.

In the December 2018 issue of UKE magazine (from the UK) owner of DUKE Banjo Ukuleles, Jamie Houston from Wellington New Zealand, was featured with an article about his ukulele journey and how it culminated in him

After an 'educational' trip to visit our manufacturing facility in Dongguan city in December 2018, I came away with a bit more knowledge about what it means to be a manufacturer in China, or maybe I should  say to... 

Hi everyone, its was very hard to get connected to certain western websites when I was in China, but here are a few photos of me (Jamie Houston) at the factory checking on the production of the DUKE10 banjolele. 

These photos just arrived from the manufacturer today. They show the DUKE10 drum rims and necks being sprayed with a clear sealant and the drums being assembled.

This is not a book about how to play a ukulele, but why playing one can change the world. Recently I was sent a book that, whilst small in size and brief in content, was for me, almost profound.

Here is a photo of Dennis Frere-Smith, the lucky winner of our "Win 5 Gotta Have' Ukulele Books" competition in November 2018. In corresponding with him, we discovered that he is actually a professional musician and music teacher...