Two or three weeks ago I knew Ukulele only as an instrument that showed up in Hawaiian movies. Then a Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain video crossed my path. Good lord! What magic you people make. Thank you for the amazing experience.

The UOGB are all fantastic musicians - and they can sing as well!

I love these biographical videos, I love seeing where people came from and their stories. I had a plastic Ukelele from Woolworths as a small child end of the 50s and they say first love is the deepest but then, alas, in the early 60s I found my chords worked on a friend's guitar and I was lost forever it seems. Well after a lifetime as a guitar and keyboard player, I am now retired and I saw the Ukelele Orchestra on KZfaq (saw you live at Christmas in Guildford and loved it). Well I tried Ukelele but I just couldnt cope, my thumb didnt know what to do. Then I discovered the Yamaha Guitarlele, a tenor uke with two bass strings and magic happened. I even replaced my Hammond stage keyboard with a tiny Yamaha Reface CP piano and suddenly I was mobile again. The Orchestra has a lot to answer for - giggles

I will not wreck the surprise for others, but the sound of the uke at the end was wonderful, nothing like I imagined. It sounds so lively, like it's ready to burst. Thank you.

Thank you Richie! I loved the bluegrass on your IUke dulcimer☀️☀️☀️🙏🏻❣️

I enjoyed this so much, thank you. The World may be going to poo in a hurry but if nothing else the isolation has brought out the absolute best in artists and musicians, teachers and strummers, watchers and hummmmalongers. This level of access to those we admire and aspire to be like is unparalleled and so welcome. From dampest, SW France, I say a huge thank you to you Richie, your fellow UOGB bandmates and all the folks out there keeping our spirits up. Ta very much.

From New Zealand Thanks Richie. Loved the cameo from the cat😀

You Sir are one of those who could and would make any string sing lol for sure. And a good apple hahah . Thankyou thankyou I so enjoyed your video

very nice to see you all contributing to highly positive feelings during this time. Excellent!

How wonderful. The last bit just lifted my spirits right on up into a clean blue sky. Love you guys.

What an absolutely delightful end tune that was, thank you Richie!

Loved that last one. What a great big sound from such a dainty instrument! Greetings from Butte, Montana

Richie, it was so enjoyable spending a few moments with you. Love your ukes and your playing. Thanks!

Thank you so much for sharing your collection with us, and your time too! Stay well and sane!

British humour, a shave for every uke you play. Love it

The fingers were so fast, the beard flew off! Interesting video and great ukes.

Many thanks Richie for introducing us to your fine collection of “baris” - I haven’t come across steel-strung ones before, but they made a nice change! I own a Caramel CB402 baritone, and find it works best for fingerpicked songs (a la Leonard Cohen), which suits me down to the ground. Thanks again, and stay safe and well 👍

People say if one is a good musician, one can make anything sound good. You seriously made the little one sound okay!

I was wondering if we were going to hear a bit of you on Cajon. Lovely instruments in your collection. I am partial to my baritone as well. I do have the other suspects of the tribe, a concert, a tenor and a U-bass. Soprano is just too small for my hands. Your video and your playing~ Brilliant! Cheers from California.

An extremely enjoyable and informative 16 minutes, thank you Richie!

Thanks Richie stay safe.

The Mystery of the Vanishing Facial Foliage. (I'm sure it makes wearing a mask easier these days - my beard weirdly peeks out from below my mask). A lovely lineup of baritone ukes and terrific playing. Thank you!

Great video and some lovely ukes. That tune at the end with the little one was superb. Thanks Richie. BTW 10 years younger without the beard.

What a nice home-studio as it seems! Would love to have such a room and am still working on it. Great clip and nice to play along running wild with you!!! :-) Take care...CU soon!!!

Going to have to try a mid video shave in one of my next ones!! Great vid Richie!

Wow such bari love, I, a bari player and ended up getting a kala tenor guitar Chicago tuning because pono where charging a fortune for steel strung baris.i think at last count I have 22 guitars/ukes but I love my baris the best.great playing and thanks for entertaining us 🤟

That tune you wrote! Wonderful! Would LOVE to play a recording of that as I'm puttering around the house doing quieter chores alone - It transports me to places!

Richie lovely sounds from your ukulele's and like the rest of you guys! Very talented thank you on your demonstration loved it💖🎶😀😉

So nice to see the Baritone Uke's. I thought it was compulsory to have a beard with a Baritone Uke ... not shaving mine off!

What a wonderful collection! Thank you for walking us down Memory Lane.

thankyou that is wonderful...so talented. xoxoxo

You are the best thank you you I love your sense of humour actually the whole Orchestra is amazing

Fascinating video, thank you for sharing (some) of your collection.

Thank you. Loved the piece at the end.

wonderful - so interesting, well presented and just what we need at the moment, thank you.

Thanks Richie and all your fellow musicians for the wonderful music,that last little piece was great.🎼🎸

How delightful, thanks Richie

Thanks Richie, most illuminating

Razor sharp presentation !

Great stuff Richie. Really enjoying these vids

I'm so fascinated by the littles pieces you played in this video. And I love your little Kitty-bow

Lovely, thank you!

A year has gone by, and you folks are the best! This demo is genius! I picked the uke back up after this was made- after abandoning the instruments in favor of focusing on my lifelong love of guitar...SO GLAD I got back into it! It was fate- as I lucked into a LJ Williams made HiHi second hand, used, and mint for pennies on the dollar! Since then, I have amassed quite a little collection myself! That last instrument is of great interest to me, and as a suggestion- try out a Seagull Merlin mountain dulcimer at roughly $170 U.S.D... You would like it! Again, thanks 😊!

I had the pleasure of meeting you at Rob 's shop in Bournemouth. I tried to sell you a ukulele tuner.

They sound beautiful

Excellent Richie, loved your collection and playing! I have a Bushman baritone too, very rare apparently, when I spoke to them they encouraged me not to sell it, something to do with hens teeth!!! I drop tuned it to Bebe, sounds nice with a bottle neck!

Loved the video 👍🏻

Thank you for interesting information 💕

Very nice... thanks for sharing.

It'd be great to see jonty talk through his basses (or at least talk about the range of basses he's used in the orchestra) and his views on them all

Not a uke player, but thoroughly enjoyed this.

Very interesting video. I enjoy listing to Ukulele tones. Only wish I was dyslexic I love to learn to play.

I'm sure there great Ukuleles , but your obviously a bloody good player. you could make any Uku sound Great.

Loving this! Richie your beard is very distinguished, but I am jealous of your ukes👌

Nice one Richie . that must be the quickest shave in history 🤭

Thankyou, I lessen in memory of Wil.

We're still hoping for October if the walls come down

I didn't even know ukulele has steel strings. That is so interesting.

Cheers mate !

Really interesting video

I love how excited he got about the surface on the back. mmmmmmmmm

Salut 👋 from France 🇫🇷 les rosbifs..

I really like the sound of your Mele.

Very enjoyable Sir. Thanks for giving up your time to keep us all entertained. Long live the UOGB what sort of pick do you use please?

Brilliant. Didn't know much about baritones so now I'm enlightened. Just worked out tuning is the same as top four strings of the g-word - is that right? Loved the phased removal of facial hair!

Great stuff Richie. In my naivete I had never thought of anyone using steel strings. What sort are they please? The little instrument at the end reminds me of my Greek Badlamas. I tuned it as per the top three groups on a mandolin(!) (Seen y'all live three times btw)

Was I the only one trying to decipher the message coded in the sopranos in the background?

Iv'e got 1 of those from The Cavern,i got it from erm The Sage at Gateshead😳

Just had a thought - who the Uke Orchestra *hasn't* dropped their uke whilst on tour?

Great job! Out of interest, how much does a decent baritone ukulele cost? Or is that like asking 'how long are your pieces of string'?

I lost my harp in Sand Crab's Disco.

Oh, I have a question - at what point does a uke become so large that it's essentially a 4-string guitar? Obviously, I'm not a musician, but although I may have worded my question oddly, I am curious... Is it just having 4 strings that makes it a ukelele? ... because I know of 6-string, 12-string, and 7-string guitars.

wow never so anyone play slide on a Ukulele

What tuning?

A little like a primus jam

OMG What happened there where is the beard?

''A lot of strange things happened in Malmo, Sweden''. Especially the time the Swedes removed themselves from the place and turned it into a foreign hell hole. But they learned that from the British, probably.

terribly interesting, too bad I couldn't hear a word he said.