I’ll go first!

Aloha mai @Justin Padron! That’s so cool that you joined from Skoolyard, thank you! Start here first: Pinned Start Here post → intro comment → Crash Course link inside. You told me you’re in the market for an ʻukulele. If you answer these questions, it’ll help me give a few recommendations: 1) do you care more about price, sound, or comfort? A mix is fine, just wanna know your priorities. 2) should it be more durable to withstand the elements, or something you’ll keep out of the rain? 3) what music experience do you have?

@Kāʻili Wells Jr. @Jake Galambos Thank you for letting me into your group!...I have been playing guitar for a couple of years but would love to learn a couple of Uke songs. I used to build cigar box guitars and made this Uke for my wife. When I saw the box I said that it would make a perfect Uke so I made it. She has never played it :( any how it's time to take this wall flower and make some music with it... Just a real quick history on cigar box instruments in case you don't know. back in the late 1800's and early 1900's many people where to poor to purchase real instruments such as guitars so they took what ever they could get their hands on an improvised. Cigar Boxes where plentiful and made a good wooden body for a guitar, they would essentially run a stick through a box and for strings they would use horse hair. Some notable musicians: Blues & Roots Legends - Lightnin’ Hopkins – One of the most famous examples. Early photos show him playing homemade, cigar box–style instruments. - Blind Willie Johnson – Known to play homemade instruments, including cigar box–type guitars. - Lonnie Pitchford – A modern blues icon strongly associated with one-string cigar box guitars. - Mississippi John Hurt – Played homemade instruments early on, including box guitars. 🎸 Rock & Modern Artists - Jimi Hendrix – Started out on a homemade guitar as a kid (often cited as cigar box–style). - Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) – Big cigar box guitar fan and collector; has played them live and in studio. Very on-brand for him. - Jack White (The White Stripes) – Frequently plays homemade and cigar box guitars live and on recordings. - Eric Sardinas – Blues-rock slide player who often uses cigar box guitars. - Joe Bonamassa – Collector and occasional player of cigar box guitars. - Seasick Steve – Famous for playing battered, homemade box guitars on stage. 🎸 Country / Folk - Johnny Cash – Played homemade guitars early on; cigar box instruments are part of that tradition. - Woody Guthrie – Known for simple, homemade instruments in his early days.