5 - Ukulele Builders, Luthiers and Manufactures: J

Hand built ukuleles made with both exotic and 'local' wood from Eastern Pennsylvania.

Also hand-built old time open back banjos.

My approach involves a strong focus on hand tool use. With hand tools the feel is immediate, giving me a direct connection with the raw materials. By using planes, chisels, scrapers, and files for crucial shaping and joining I am able to closely monitor the musicality of the result. My design work is highly individualistic and creative.

My aim is to build good sounding, playable and affordable instruments and effects for people to enjoy using and enhance their performances. My name is Rob Dick, and I’m Jupiter Creek Music. I’m a small volume builder of musical instruments working from my home workshop in the southern vales area of Adelaide, South Australia.

"Johnson Musical Instruments" has become the industry’s premier builder of high-quality, high-value musical instruments. We began crafting guitars and fretted instruments in 1993 and have continuously expanded our line of acoustics, electrics, resonators, folk instruments and amps ever since. Our dedication to preserving the best interests of our customers by bringing to market playable instruments at affordable prices has kept us a forerunner in the musical instrument community. We have a nationwide network of dealers who have supported our mission for almost two decades thanks to our great instruments, excellent reputation and great customer support.

Handmade Archtop Ukuleles designed and crafted by Toby Chennell on the south coast of England.