Flea and Fluke Museums

Barnacle Bob — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:35:33 +0000

You may or may not be familiar with the “Flea” ukulele and the “Fluke” ukulele – And I’m not going to try to sell you on any brand of ukulele, anyway. But they DO have these cool websites that are museums of custom-modified instruments. A tricky marketing scheme, perhaps? Perhaps. But some cool looking ukuleles, I must say.

The Flea Museum

The Fluke Museum

You may have read my post about Jumpin’ Jim – He sells these, and I WILL go so far as to highly recommend Jumpin’ Jim’s books!

Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Songbooks

Barnacle Bob — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:43:54 +0000

If you’ve ever looked for ukulele song books, you probably know that there are a lot of dubious books out there. Crummy songs, lame arrangements, it can be quite disappointing to buy one and after much work find that you have nothing but crappy versions of songs you don’t want to play.

That’s why you need Jumpin’ Jim’s books. Great collections of great songs, and his arrangements are always right on. Here’s Jim’s website: http://www.fleamarketmusic.com/

Two of my faves are Jumpin’ Jim’s Gone Hollywood (FMM-B-118) and Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Christmas (FMM-B-100)

There’s a version of the Dance of the Sugarplum Fairie in the Christmas book that is quite difficult, but EXTREMELY rewarding to play…

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Flea and Fluke Museums

Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Songbooks