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Have you set up strings gcea or banjo strings thanks

Father Keith: I am interested in a banjo ukulele as well, could you please tell me the name brand of yours in the video?

Just learned to play this Scruggs style. This version is really good though.

Wish I found this earlier. Good job

The chords are G ..G7 A7..D E7 .. C with a Gdim. Somewhere

Very jolly kieth cant wait to learn it

Lovely

Great stuff Keith. Really beautiful.

I really love this - exactly what I have been searching for to play on my Firefly! Question - is this played on the video with a low G? What are the other strings? Thank you.

Love it.

Hi Keith, nice to hear from you again, hope you are all well, take care

Hi Keith, great to hear/see you again. Can we get in touch, please.

Fun tune 👍👏👏

Thanks so very much 👍👏👏

Love it! Learning this song on clawhammer. Thanks for sharing!

I’m glad you also got a good Banjo Uke Michael. The only thing I don’t like about them is the flat J hooks but I can’t fault the sound and playability.

Thank you for the video. I really liked your rendition of “Freight Train.” As to Chris’ remark previously, I just bought a (Chinese) Kmise banjo uke and the setup took less than 10 minutes. It was much less time than I’ve spent on U.S. made ukuleles. I enjoy my new instrument tremendously and wouldn’t hesitate to purchase from China again. I recommend Friendstore on eBay.

Hi Keith, could you get in touch please. dickedie@gmail.com

He's tuned slightly sharp of F# if you want to play along with the video .

I for one, don't have the money to spend on a high-end banjo uke, and appreciate your video & the time you took to review it? What brand is it?

Hi Keith, looks a lovely place, glad you enjoyed it, are you still in Sheffield

Amazing how the world has these little slices of heaven sprinkled around to be discovered. Nice to see you posting again. Blessings.

Sounds nice and bluesy. Did you get your Kmise banjolele's yet. I added spacers and opened my back plate slightly.. Some of the frets were high and needed a little dressing. Looking for your next video :-)

Very beautiful. I just realized you really are the clergy, I thought is was just a moniker. :-D

I'm like you and like to set up and tinker with my Ukuleles. I just bought a Light Maple colored Kmise concert banjolele and am waiting eagerly for it. It doesn't matter where it comes from as long as it's played. I like the dark stain look!

The old saying, put a sock in it.

YOU bka

Thank you Father Keith. That sounds better than my Firefly, even with the fishing line for your low G. Maybe I will change mine out too. I like your picking but the sound was not synchronized completely so it was hard for me to figure out how you were doing it. Thanks for a great version. You have a nice touch. I think I may be playing mine too loudly.

Thank u Father Keith for your YT on this BU. I have ordered one, but could use some pointers on how tight the vellum has to be and why you made an additional bridge . Another question, do banjoleles usually have tone rings ? The arm rest ,what or how did you make it ? I am self taught, and have a soprano and a baritone uke.

I'm thinking of buying one now

Hi. Nice rendition! I have just taken a gamble and bought a La Foley uke off Ebay: The price was good IF it's playable or easily fixable - the seller has a lot of excellent feedback but isn't a player so I'm biting my nails in anticipation... In case it doesn't turn out to be just a very expensive ornament, could you, or anyone else reading this who has experience of these lovely old instruments, recommend a particular type, tension or brand of string to suit it, please? Worth BMs have been my favourites with most other ukes I have owned, although these have all been recently made and from towards the lower end of the market, although my Ohana CK35 sounds gorgeous with a low G. Thanks.

Haha! Love it! George Formby meets Gangnam style! Who woulda' thought? :)

thanks. this is our aiersi brand banjolele .the best made in China,we would like to provide for all customers, find models from web www.aiersiguitar.com/category/banjolele-for-sale/

Sounds great. What make is it? Or from who on ebay did you get it?

You strum very well.

Blame the sock...lol

The famous J.G. Abbott was the Luthier who said George La Foley was the best. So that's something coming from Abbott.

George La Foley was a stringed instrument maker of London, England and was described by his peers as the best maker in Britain. His Guitars, Mandolins and Ukulele's were considered very good quality. He made these Ukes through the twenties and they stopped selling them in the early thirties. George Formby owed one. Not a lot of them left in good condition and they really are quality. Sounds beautiful.

Great stuff Keith, hope you are doing ok

ive been searching for this for years

Yes I didn't like the factory finish at all it was so rough. I used fine wet and dry followed by steak wool on the whole uke then polished with wax. The sticker was horrible as well so I rubber that off and refinished the peg head with a dark walnut stain. The uke has a nice silk finish now and has played in to sound as good as my Martin.

Did you remove the headstock logo or were some of these offered this way?

I like your teaching style, showing a bunch of different ways to play the parts

Hello "Fatherkeith", I've a La Foley uke which was passed on to me by my mother way back in the 40s in India...If one looks at Wiki one finds that it is not (according to them) a Soprano but a slightly large Concert..Scale length is 16 1/2 inches from nut to bridge. It once had 19 frets ( some are missing)and is approx. 12 inches from the nut to middle of the sound hole. Has makers name on a label inside and appears to be signed in red ink " Geo La Foley" also numbered in red ink either 8713 or 8715.As I said it was given to me by my mother during the years of WW2 . She was born in 1903 so fits in with the "Gay 20s Flappers" years when many young things played a uke. We flew out to India in 1940 as my father was an Indian army officer, so the La Foley must have come with us.....Of course it's never going to be sold but might be renovated somewhat as it's been well used over all these years..Unfortunately my Children are not particularly into Ukes etc. but it could well be passed onto one of my grandchildren.I'm still, at almost 82, trying to improve my strumming and have two ukes, one guitar, two five string Banjos, a Banjolele and a "Dulcilele" or is it a "Ukedulce"?Cheers Bob E...

Beautiful playing and sound . I'm not suprised you got hooked ! all the best .

I love this. You can rock an Avril song in Uke!!

i hope playing helped,

Note to Samantha Brunner - I have no reply option on your comment for some reason. It just says 'Linked Comment' against it. (Something to do with Google+ ?) I leaned this from a great website called Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook - look at www.scorpex.net/Uke

Soory to hear that you are in pain! Nicley played and a very nice song, i have a softspot for klezmer and jewish music (used to play clarinet in a klezmer/balkan band). Stay safe/ Kris

You have a wonderful style and that uke sounds great!