JUPITERUKE

I have built a number of banjos, and have been building ukuleles for some years now. Why ukuleles you say? Well, I have always found guitars to be ‘large' and cumbersome to hold. For that reason I have always liked the feel of a ukulele. Something small and delicate, and very personal. If holding a guitar is holding an adult, then holding a ukulele is holding a baby. They are a lot tougher than we give them credit for, but all the same, we hold them with a sense of gentleness and marvel at their delicacy and beauty... In this vein, I also built some "parlor" guitars. These are based on a baritone ukulele body, with a guitar neck and tuning. I am very pleased with these instruments. They are ‘personal', sound great, sit comfortably in ones lap, are easy to hold, etc. This is what the guitar was before it went ‘on stage' and got big. Even though the body is small, these are surprisingly loud.