His reputation for outstanding quality and meticulous attention to detail quickly spread. From there, he set up his own small shop in a wooden "one car" garage. Making it only as far as Austin, where he shared shops with fellow luthiers Tom Ellis and Mike Stevens. After a couple of years in Houston, several guitars and a few banjos later, he headed west to southern California. Spurred by a lack of interest in medical school, this move enabled him to combine lifelong interests in both guitars and tools into the challenge of stringed instrument building and repair. It would be my pleasure to talk to you about it.īill Collings moved from Ohio to Texas in the mid 1970’s. If you'd like to find out more about this item, just call or e-mail me. Here’s great quote about ukulele playing: “We hold this truth to be self-evident - if every citizen spent a little bit of time playing the ukulele, the world would be a nicer place.” I think Collings says it perfectly on his website “We've concluded that there is simply no better way to escape the stresses of the world than by strumming a fine ukulele.” And the tenor size allows your body to just fold around the instrument. Tones just ring out and there is excellent separation and beautiful articulation of chords. It is very easy to play, with a great action that is consistent all the way up the neck, just like all of Collings' set ups. With this instrument, fine guitar tone comes to the ukulele. This ukulele sounds especially beautiful when you play single note lines and let all the other strings resonate. It has great sustain and it’s balanced across all the strings.
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It has a warm, full tone that is responsive to different attacks (pick or fingers). The truth is, you just haven’t heard a ukulele until you have heard a Collings. With only four nylon strings in the hands of a maker like Bill Collings, the ukulele becomes a fine instrument that is capable of playing a wide range of music, from simple folk tunes to music with great complexity. It’s a small scale instrument that you can take anywhere with you. Then, with players like Jake Shimabukuro and others bringing virtuoso ukulele playing to a wider audience, it seems clear that most people now know the ukulele is most certainly not a toy.
Until the last few years, most people still thought of the ukulele as more of a toy instrument. If you love the UT1 but want something more luxurious, then this UT3 is the way to go. The Koa body is not only stunning but offers a bit more presence in tone than mahogany. CRAIG'S POVīeautifully figured Koa, deluxe binding, Madagascar fingerboard, ebony tuning pegs, abalone rosette - it all comes together in a stunning recipe to complete Collings most deluxe tenor Ukulele. A delight for the eyes and ears, this ukelele is sure to impress. The solid flamed Koa top, back and sides, and mahogany neck, together with pristine quality Collings construction, yield a truly extrordinary instrument. “We have seen artists across many genres adding ukuleles to their arsenal.The UT3 is Collings 3-style koa tenor ukulele. “It was one of my first thoughts when I joined Fender two years ago,” said Fender Vice President of Acoustic and Squier Divisions Billy Martinez, who has 10 years of ukulele experience under his belt. Not only are they adding ukes to grow their collections and palette of sounds, the likes of the Magnetic Fields’ Stephen Merritt, She & Him’s Zooey Deschanel and tUnE-yArDs’ Merrill Garbus use them as one of their primary instruments. With five models to choose from, these ukuleles cater to musicians of all ages and skill levels, providing the perfect transitional stepping stone for aspiring guitar players to reach the next level.Īrtists all around the world have been using ukuleles at a more regular rate, as well.
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In the spirit of those roots, the California Coast Series of ukuleles was born. For decades, Fender has been synonymous with the beautiful coast of Southern California, with roots dating back to the birth of the company in Fullerton in 1946.
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