Soar Valley Waltons Traditional Bodhráns RRP: £52.50-£79
18-inch Waltons Bodhráns are some of the best-selling Irish drums in the UK. Waltons has very recently repackaged its popular designs to come in a presentable box, with carry bag and Bodhrán Basics tutor DVD by Conor Long.
FCN Lee Oskar Harmonicas RRP: £29.95
Designed by the eponymous war veteran and legendary player himself, Lee Oskar harmonicas are available in range of different keys including all major diatonics, natural minors and harmonic minor.
Lag ukuleles RRP: £99-£300
New from Barnes and Mullins’ French guitar brand, the 77 series features Concert (U77C - £120) and Soprano (U77S - £100) models, both equipped with a very attractive honey-finished mahogany top, back and sides. Also as standard, you will find a rosewood fingerboard; black TUSQ nut and saddle and a unique tribal design inlaid around the soundhole.
bodies, and others made from steel and bell brass. New for summer 2011 is the VRC800AMF (£399). It has a flame maple finish and body and a single coil pickup at the neck. Lag has a new range of mid-price ukuleles. They start from £99 and go up to £300. The 77 series features Concert (U77C, £120) and Soprano (U77S, £100) models, with honey- finished mahogany top, back and sides. Also as standard is a rosewood fingerboard; black TUSQ nut and saddle and a tribal design inlaid around the soundhole. Each ukulele is supplied with a Lag gigbag. The 100 series features Soprano (U100SBLK) and Concert models. This time, the mahogany top, back and sides are covered with a smooth gloss black lacquer, and the body is bound with mahogany and maple. The 100s also have TUSQ nuts and saddles, and rosewood fingerboards and are supplied in a Lag gigbag. Current top of the line is the 700 stage series. The Tenor (U700T
www.mi-pro.co.uk
£305), Concert (U700C £279), and Soprano (U7000S £249) are made of solid Koa on the top, back and sides. The body bound with mahogany and maple, and the whole instrument is treated with a French satin finish. Banjos start at around £175 for
Lazy Ukes are a value instrument for those looking for an intro to fretted instruments.
“
the BJ300 five-string, BJ304 tenor and BJ206 6 string models. They are equipped with 24 tensioners; a mahogany resonator; aluminium rim; and Remo heads. In the same spirit, the BJ301 five-string (£255) and BJ301T (£255) tenor models are finished with a maple neck, maple resonator and maple rim. Moving up the range is the BJ400
(£319) Rathbone banjo. It has a grained mahogany resonator; a maple rim; a coated Remo head; traditional floral inlays and traditional peg-style precision machine heads. Bridging the gap, B&M also
offers the UBJ1 (£189) ukulele banjo. With 12 tensioners plus a mahogany resonator and rim, it’s a great entry point into ukulele banjos.
During the early 20th century,
Barnes & Mullins also supplied a number of ukuleles, so as a tribute B&M now offer the BMUK01 ‘The Bowley’ model (£129). Named after S Bowley Barnes, it offers stained mahogany back and sides, a rosewood fingerboard and Aquila strings. The latest additions to B&M’s
ukulele range are the BMUK02 models. The Tenor (BMUK02T £179), Concert (BMUK02C £165) and Soprano (BMUK02S £149) models feature solid spruce tops, highly figured spalt maple back and sides, maple binding, an abalone rosette and Aquila strings. Also in the Barnes and Mullins
range is the Brunswick line-up, which begins with the BU4 ukuleles. Available in Baritone (BU4B
£69), Tenor (BU4T £69), Concert (BU4C £59), Concert Electro (BU4CE £99), and Soprano (BU4S £49), they have a stained mahogany top, back and sides and high-quality geared machineheads.
July 2011 49
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84