John Croft, Glan Tanat, Llanyblodwel, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY10 8NQ, England.

Tel: (+44) 01691 828850

Email: theukuleleman.com@gmail.com

Website founded in 2001

Over 45 years of Experience and Expertise with Ukuleles and Banjo Ukes.


FOR SALE - UKULELES


FOR SALE -

BANJO UKES


FOR SALE -

BANJOS & Other Instruments


FOR SALE -

BOOKS


TIPS ABOUT BUYING AN INSTRUMENT


GET THE BEST OUT OF YOUR BANJO UKE


PHOTOS OF GREAT INSTRUMENTS



CLASSIC CLIPS

& LINK to MORE VIDEOS


ABOUT ME

IMPORTANT INFORMATION -

WEBSITE, POSTAGE, SALES & PAYMENTS



GEORGE FORMBY’S INSTRUMENTS


FOR SALE -

ASSORTED ITEMS


INTERESTING LINKS

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STILL SEARCHING FOR THAT A1 UKE?

YOU’VE FOUND

 THE RIGHT PLACE.


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BOOKS FOR SALE



         BOOK 1                       BOOK 2

               £30                               £20

 I thought this book

 was sold out, but

I’ve just found eight

of them lurking in an

old box!


FOR FULL INFORMATION

CLICK HERE.


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VALUATIONS


Email me photos of your instrument plus a brief but accurate guide to its condition and I will try to give you an accurate up-to-date valuation. The above service is free.

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If you would like a comprehensive written and signed valuation for insurance purposes, please contact me for details. Tel: 01691 828850.

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Are You Searching For A Particular Instrument?


Always let me know if you are looking for an instrument that I do not currently have listed for sale and I’ll do my best to find you a really good example.

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SELLING AN INSTRUMENT?


If you have a nice instrument that you are thinking of selling and you would like to sell it on my website, please telephone me on

 (+44) 01691 828850

or email me at theukuleleman.com@gmail.com

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I am always looking to sell good quality Banjo Ukes and Ukuleles as well as other nice instruments.


Banjo Ukes of particular interest include those made by


LUDWIG

GIBSON

ABBOTT

BACON

BACON & DAY

MARKENDALE

DALLAS

SLINGERLAND

and

DAVIDSON


Ukuleles of particular interest

 include those made by


C. F. MARTIN & Co.

NATIONAL

GIBSON

DE VEKEY

KAMAKA

S. S. STEWART

LA FOLEY

DAVIDSON

HOWLETT

and

ARIA.

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I have been interested in Ukuleles and Banjo Ukes for more years than I care to remember. For many years it was always very difficult to find good quality instruments, so when I started my website in early January 2001 my aim was to try to provide excellent quality instruments of all ages and across all price ranges, which is something that I continue to try very hard to do.

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*** Copyright ***


All Rights Reserved


This website and all of its contents (past and present) are owned by John Croft (full contact details shown below ‘The Ukulele Man’ banner at the top of every page).


None of the contents of this website (past or present) may be reproduced in any form whatsoever without first obtaining written permission from the owner and producer of this website and its contents, John Croft.


Site Design & Build by John Croft.


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QUICK DIARY


























BANJOLELE DAY


Meeting Dates for 2025


Saturday 22nd February 2025

&

Saturday 11th October 2025


(Doors open 10.00am & close at 10.00pm)


(All welcome, but numbers have to be limited due to the size of the room.

To ensure your place, you MUST contact me to get your name on my meeting list.

If you don’t, you won’t get in).

at

The Sweeney Country House Hotel

Oswestry,

Shropshire,

SY10 9EU.


Full details about the next event are available by clicking HERE.

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Ukulele Society of Great Britain


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


Next Meeting Date for 2025




Sunday 6th April, 2025


at

Digswell Village Hall,

30, Harmer Green Lane,

Digswell,

Welwyn,

Hertfordshire,

AL6 0AT.


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

* Just 50 metres from Welwyn North Railway Station.

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Supplier to the Stars


CUSTOMER COMMENTS

*** LATEST NEWS: SUPERB ALL-ORIGINAL PRE-WAR ABBOTT 'MONARCH' BANJO UKE JUST ARRIVED. // MY NEXT 'BANJOLELE DAY' ON FEBRUARY 22nd 2025 WILL BE 'GOING GIBSON', SO BRING YOURS ALONG. // IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR BANJO UKE OR UKULELE, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP. ***

*** LATEST NEWS **


TWO VIDEO CLIPS from my recent BANJOLELE DAY’.


To see a GENERAL VIDEO,

 click HERE.


To see

FOUR OF GEORGE FORMBY’S UKES,

 click HERE. **********************************

THE

BANJO UKULELE SOCIETY


(Open to all ages and all musical tastes)


For further information please click


HERE.

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LATEST SALES



SOLD: CARTWRIGHT ‘LUDWIG STYLE’ Banjo Uke (2016)


SOLD: DAVE BARNES ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (2018).


SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1971)


SOLD: BACON & DAY ‘SILVER BELL’ No.3A Banjo Uke (1926).


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


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


SOLD: KEECH MODEL ‘A’ Tenor Ukulele (c.1926).


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


SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1927).


SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT GIBSON UB-2 STYLE Banjo Uke (c.1978).


SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1938).


SOLD: WILL VAN ALLEN STYLE Banjo Uke.


SOLD: BOOK 1 & BOOK 2 (See Left).


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


SOLD: CARTWRIGHT Banjo Uke (2012)


SOLD: ‘BABY’ CARTWRIGHT Banjo Uke (c.2021)


SOLD: VINTAGE GROVER ‘SIMPLEX’ TAILPIECE (c. 1926 - 1930).


SOLD: 4 LUDWIG ‘PLANET’ GEARED TUNING PEGS (4-to-1 Ratio). (For BANJO UKE). (C.1927).


SOLD: ASSORTED ITEMS including VINTAGE STRINGS, VINTAGE ‘GROVER’ BRIDGES, VINTAGE ‘GROVER’ ‘SIMPLEX No. 88’ TUNING PEGS, VINTAGE ‘NASHVILLE’ TAILPIECE & SECURING ‘T’ BAR & NUT.


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


SOLD: STITCHED LEATHER CASE HANDLE (FOR A VINTAGE CASE).


SOLD: VINTAGE 8 inch DIAMETER PLATED BEZEL WITH FLESH HOOP.


SOLD: SET OF 14 VINTAGE ‘GIBSON’ FLATTED HOOKS AND NUTS.


SOLD: BOOK 2 (See Left).


SOLD: BOOK 1 & BOOK 2 (See Left).


SOLD: JOHN GREY ‘ROY SMECK SUPER’ Banjo Uke (c.1928).


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


SOLD: LA FOLEY Soprano Ukulele (c.1926).


SOLD: (Prototype) MARKENDALE GIBSON UB-3 COPY Banjo Uke (c.1994).


SOLD: LUDWIG ‘STANDARD’ Banjo Uke (1929).


SOLD: MARKENDALE GIBSON UB-3 COPY Banjo Uke (c.1994).


SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1946).


SOLD: WINDSOR ‘WHIRLE’ Banjo Uke (c.1927).


SOLD: DAVE BARNES ‘ABBOTT MONARCH’ COPY Banjo Uke (2022).


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


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


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


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


SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 1K Soprano Ukulele (c.1920).


SOLD: MARKENDALE GIBSON UB-2 COPY Banjo Uke. (1992).


SOLD: JOSE FERNANDEZ Tenor Ukulele (c.1930).


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


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


SOLD: Pre-War ABBOTT ‘WILL VAN ALLEN’ Banjo Uke (c.1926).


 SOLD: CARTWRIGHT Banjo Uke (c.2016).


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


SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (March 1973).


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


SOLD:   WINDSOR ‘WHIRLE’ No.7 Banjo Uke (c.1929).


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


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


SOLD: Original Style Gold-Plated DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (1938).


SOLD: ‘BIG RESONATOR’ GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)(2).


SOLD: ‘BIG RESONATOR’ GIBSON UB-3 Banjo Uke (c.1927)(1).


SOLD: BEDDOES ‘NEW CONCERT’ LUDWIG STYLE Banjo Uke (c.1980).


SOLD: DALLAS ‘D’ MODEL Banjo Uke (1938).


SOLD: GIBSON UB-4 Banjo Uke (1935).


SOLD: LUDWIG ‘DISPLAY MODEL’ Banjo Uke (1927).


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


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


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


SOLD: RON SPIERS Banjo Uke (c.1976).


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


SOLD: CLIFFORD ESSEX DE-LUXE Banjo Uke (c.1930).


SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 2M SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1927).


SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 1M SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1924).


SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. 000-28 Re-Imagined Acoustic Guitar (c.2018).


SOLD: MUSIMA Banjo Uke (c.2015).


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


SOLD: ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (Bottom Tension) (1973).


SOLD: GEORGE FORMBY OWNED ‘CHINESE DECORATED’ Banjo Uke.


SOLD: DALLAS ‘E’ MODEL Banjo Uke (c.1938).


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


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


SOLD: PRE-WAR ABBOTT ‘MONARCH’ Banjo Uke (c.1927) with Original Case.


SOLD: C. F. MARTIN & Co. STYLE 5K SOPRANO UKULELE (c.1928).


SOLD: JOHN GREY ‘ROY SMECK’

SUPER MODEL

Banjo Uke (c.1933).


SOLD: CARTWRIGHT Banjo Uke (Gibson UB-2/3 Style) (c.1995).


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


SOLD: LUDWIG ‘DISPLAY MODEL’ Banjo Uke (1927).


SOLD: LUDWIG Banjo Uke (1929).


SOLD: SLINGERLAND ‘MAY-BELL’ Banjo Uke (Model 024) (c.1927).


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


SOLD: GIBSON UB-5 Banjo Uke (1928).


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


SOLD: GEORGE FORMBY OWNED DOOR (From the ‘Chinese Room’ in his house ‘Beryldene’ in Little Singleton, Lancashire).


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


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


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


SOLD: GROVER Banjo Uke (1981).


SOLD: GIBSON UB-2 Banjo Uke (c.1928).


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