Inside Magic Fluke: 25+ Years of Family Craft Keeping the Ukulele Boom Alive | The Instrument Makers

Welcome to my channel "The Instrument Makers", a video project that celebrates the artistry of handcrafted musical instruments worldwide, showcasing the stories and techniques of talented craftspeople and luthiers to educate and inspire audiences. In this episode, we are in Sheffield, Massachusetts in the USA to visit the family-run Magic Fluke company, which has been focusing on building ukuleles for the past 25 years, and have since branced out to to many other amazing instruments. They aim to create accessible, locally-sourced, and beautiful instruments, and this philosophy led them to contribute to the "Third Revival" of the Ukulele in America. In the next episode, we're going to chat with Zack of Friendly Banjos, who created accessible beginner banjos, which are also made by the Magic Fluke team. #MagicFluke #ukulele #ukulelerevival #americanmusic #instrumentmakers #luthier ----------------- Magic Fluke Website: https://magicfluke.com/ The Instrument Makers Website: https://theinstrumentmakers.com/ Furniture of Ben Webb: https://www.bwebbfurniturestudio.com/ Evan Anderson's Music: https://evanandersonmusic.com/ --------------- TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 01:59 Meeting the Founders 06:28 Evolution into other instruments 08:48 Are you musicians? 09:47 Next Steps 11:03 Meeting the instruments 14:45 Trying the Bass and Cello 18:41 Chatting with Ben (an original fluke song) 23:22 Conclusion