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I have been interested in Ukuleles and Banjo Ukes for over 45 years, and for a long time it has always been very difficult to find good quality instruments. So, when I started my website early in 2001 my aim was to try and provide a range of excellent quality instruments of all ages and across all price ranges, something that I continue to try very hard to do.

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FOR SALE

Two Items from George Formby’s

‘Chinese Room’

that he had decorated in his house ‘Beryldene’

Little Singleton

near

Poulton-le-Fylde.

Click HERE for details and link to photos.

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SOLD: ‘BABY’ ABBOTT Banjo Uke

(c.1978)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1925/26)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: Original First Generation

Gold-Plated DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (1939)

SOLD: EDDIE UTTLEY ‘DREAMER’ Banjo Uke (2019)

SOLD: JOHN GREY Banjo Uke (c.1946)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1940)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1939)

SOLD: BARNES

‘ABBOTT MONARCH’ REPLICA Banjo Uke.

SOLD: KALA Soprano Ukulele (c.2011)

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SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: Original Gold-Plated

DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (1939)

SOLD: OSCAR SCHMIDT Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-5 Banjo Uke

(Late 1926/early 27)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘C’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1959)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: LA FOLEY Soprano Ukulele (c.1926)

SOLD: GIBSON STYLE 2 Soprano Ukulele (c.1955)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & CO. STYLE 2M (?) Soprano Ukulele (c.1920)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-4 Banjo Uke (1926)

SOLD: JOHN GREY Banjo Uke (c.1949)

SOLD: VEGA Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘B’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1959)

SOLD: RISELONIA Banjo Uke (c.1930)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘B’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1953)

SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1929)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: MITCHELL ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (2008)

SOLD: BRUNO ‘MAXITONE’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1947)

SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ GIBSON UB-2 STYLE Banjo Uke (c.1975)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (1925/26)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1958)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: GRETSCH Banjo Uke (c.1930)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D/E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1941)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘A’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1939)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘B’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1945)

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SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1935)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927) (Restored and enhanced by Eddie Uttley)

SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ DE-LUXE Banjo Uke (c.1975)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: KEECH ‘ALTO’ Banjulele Banjo (c.1926)

SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ ‘BIG’ GIBSON UB-3 STYLE Banjo Uke (with original Gold Plating) (c.1975)

SOLD: GREENFIELD ‘BIG GIBSON’ STYLE Banjo Uke (c.2005)

SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ DE-LUXE Banjo Uke (c.1976)

SOLD: BEHARRELL ‘ABBOTT MONARCH COPY’ Banjo Uke (2015)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘B’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1955)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1955)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘WENDELL HALL PROFESSIONAL’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: CARTWRIGHT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.2012)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: BACON No.1 Banjo Uke (1929)

SOLD: MITCHELL ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (2000)

SOLD: REGAL ‘LE DOMINO’ Banjo Uke (c.1931)

SOLD: ARIA Soprano Ukulele (c.1927)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. Style 2M Soprano Ukulele (c.1940)

SOLD: DE VEKEY STYLE 2 Long-scale Tenor Ukulele (c.1930)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1950)

SOLD: TINGUITAR CONCERT UKULELE (c.2015)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GREENFIELD ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ COPY Banjo Uke (c.2000)

SOLD: WILL VAN ALLEN Long-Scale Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ (De-Luxe) Banjo Uke (c.1973)

SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1929)

SOLD: SLINGERLAND ‘MAYBELL’ Banjo Uke (c.1930)

SOLD: BACON Banjo Uke (1923)

SOLD: LUDWIG WENDELL HALL Professional Banjo Uke (c.1927), (Enhanced 2018)

SOLD: ‘Big Resonator’ GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘B’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1940)

SOLD: J. R. STEWART Banjo Uke (c.1929)

SOLD: DE VEKEY STYLE 4 Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (c.1930)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: BACON No.2A Banjo Uke (1926)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1981)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1939)

SOLD: ‘1001 BANJOS’ by Akira Tsumura (1993)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (1975)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1940)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: STROMBERG-VOISINET Banjo Uke (c.1930)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (1939)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927). (Enhanced 2018)

SOLD: JEDSON Banjo Uke (c.1928)

SOLD: ULURU PUKARA LA Tenor Ukulele (c.2012).

SOLD: GREENFIELD ‘GIBSON UB-2’ COPY Banjo Uke (c.2000)

SOLD: GREENFIELD ‘ABBOTT MONARCH’ COPY Banjo Uke (c.1995)

SOLD: GIBSON STYLE 3 Soprano Ukulele (c.1927)

SOLD: DE VEKEY STYLE 3 Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (c.1930)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Super De-Luxe Banjo Uke (c.1974)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1926/27)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: ‘1001 BANJOS’ by Akira Tsumura (1993)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1942)

SOLD: B.M.G. (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar) MAGAZINE SETS

SOLD: RON BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ Banjo Uke (c.1979)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (1974)

SOLD: MARKENDALE ‘BIG’ GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (1993)

SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1929)

SOLD: JOE BROWN ‘ABBOTT STYLE’ Banjo Uke (2003)

SOLD: De VEKEY Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (1930)

SOLD: WILDCAT Concert Ukulele (2015)

SOLD: NATIONAL ‘Silver’ Ukulele (c.1929)

SOLD: ABBOTT No.1 Banjo Uke (c.1928)

SOLD: ABBOTT Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (1936)

SOLD: Long-Scale TENOR UKULELE (c.1930)

SOLD: DAVIDSON ‘GIBSON STYLE’ Banjo Uke (2014)

SOLD: ‘BABY’ ABBOTT Banjo Uke (c.1979) (1)

SOLD: ‘BABY’ ABBOTT Banjo Uke (c.1979) (2)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-4 Banjo Uke (1926)

SOLD: JOHN GREY ‘COLOGRAVURE’ Plectrum Banjo (c.1928)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (1973)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ De-Luxe Banjo Uke (c.1979)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1974)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: ‘BIG’ GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (1937)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ De-Luxe Banjo Uke (September 1974)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927) (A)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Big Resonator Banjo Uke (c.1928)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. Style 2 Soprano Ukulele (c.1946)

SOLD: PARAMOUNT Style ‘E’ Tenor Banjo (1924)

SOLD: ERIC BEHARRELL ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (2015)

SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1929/30)

SOLD: RON BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ Banjo Uke (c.1979)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1944)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. Style 0 Soprano Ukulele (c.1946)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (Gold-Plated) (c.1973)

SOLD: ARIA Soprano Ukulele (c.1970)

SOLD: ABBOTT Soprano Ukulele (c.1928)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1974)

SOLD: KANILE’A K-1 Tenor Ukulele (2011)

SOLD: SOPRANO UKULELE Ukulele (c.2005)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1947)

SOLD: MARKENDALE LUDWIG COPY Long-Scale Banjo Uke (1998)

SOLD: KAMAKA Soprano Ukulele (c.1985)

SOLD: SHELLARD ‘PEARL’ SUPER SUPREME Banjo Uke (c.1973)

SOLD: WILDCAT Soprano Ukulele (2016)

SOLD: WINDSOR Soprano Ukulele (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: KAMAKA ‘PINEAPPLE’ Soprano Ukulele (c.1928)

SOLD: MARKENDALE ‘KNIGHT’ Banjo Uke (c.1995)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: SHELLARD ‘Pearl Supreme’ Banjo Uke (c.1977)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1941)

SOLD: JOHN GREY ‘COLOGRAVURE’ Banjo Uke (c.1929)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-1 Banjo Uke (c.1926)

SOLD: MARKENDALE Banjo Uke (c.1995)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. Style D-42 Acoustic Guitar (2001)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: WILDCAT Soprano Ukulele (NEW)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘C’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1944)

SOLD: CARTWRIGHT ‘BABY GIBSON STYLE’ Banjo Uke (c.2010)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: HARMONY ‘De Luxe’ Banjo Uke (c.1929)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1936)

SOLD: L’ARRIVÉE SOPRANO UKULELE (c.2000)

SOLD: CARTWRIGHT ‘De Luxe’ Banjo Uke (c.1999)

SOLD: MELE Mahogany Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (2004)

SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (1973)

SOLD: MARKENDALE ‘SILHOUETTE’ Banjo Uke (1993) owned from new by JEFFREY FORMBY BOOTH (George Formby’s nephew)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927) (A)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927) (C)

SOLD: GIBSON UB-5 Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: CARTWRIGHT ‘ABBOTT MONARCH STYLE’ Banjo Uke (2016)

SOLD: KEECH STYLE ‘B’ Long-Scale Tenor Ukulele (c.1929)

SOLD: LUDWIG ‘Wendell Hall Professional’ Banjo Uke (c.1927)

SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. Style 1 Tenor Ukulele (c.1945)

SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1941)

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QUICK DIARY

The George Formby Society

Convention Dates for 2020

September 12th & 13th

Meeting Cancelled

Due to the Coronavirus

Next Scheduled Convention Date

November 21st & 22nd

all at

The Imperial Hotel,

North Promenade,

Blackpool,

Lancashire.

FY1 2HB

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The Ukulele Society of Great Britain

A bi-annual get together for anyone interested in the Ukulele or the Banjo Uke.

2020 Meetings

Next Scheduled Meeting

Sunday 4th October

Digswell Village Hall,

30, Harmer Green Lane,

Digswell,

Welwyn,

Hertfordshire,

AL6 0AT.

* Doors Open at 10.30am and usually close around 7.00pm.

* Only 5 minutes from Junction 6 of the A1(M).

* Just 50 metres from Welwyn North Railway Station.

* The USGB encourages all types of music and styles of playing on the Ukulele or on the Banjo Uke.

* Entry includes a lovely Lunch and Afternoon Tea and Cakes.

* Organised Concerts with a break for Tea & Cakes in the middle.

* Loads of time to meet New Friends, Compare Instruments (old & new) and have a real good natter!

* Long Established, Welcoming, Friendly, Really Sociable & Great Fun.

* Books, Instruments, & Leather Case Handles for sale by yours truly!

* Ample Parking available nearby.

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The Midlands Banjo Festival

2020 Meeting Date

To be announced.

To be held at

Hilton House Hotel,

1, Mill Lane,

Hilton,

Derbyshire

DE65 5GP

* Enjoy all styles of Banjo playing.

* Doors open 12 Noon.

* Concert starts about 1.30pm.

* Great Venue

* Good Food

* For any enquiries telephone

Keith Wilson 01132 588243

David Wade 07976 875619.

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Latest News: I have now completed my new book, a Photographic Companion to 'All About The Banjo Uke', so printing and binding will be the next stage. More details to follow when available.