Fishuku

Zebrawood (Hamster ?)

Fishuku is a range of fish shaped Ukuleles from Goldfish Guitars in Texas. They are fish shaped, (as are all of the Goldfish guitars offerings), with a fish shaped sound hole, (not all goldfish guitars have one of those), because of the Christian symbolism. Never mind the religion (I remember Alex though "I've seen a Christian worshipping a fish, there'd be no kissing if he had his wish" and that's my take), I think they look fun, which is why I got one. To start with I was getting the laminate mahogany because that was all they would ship to the UK, but I got them to upgrade and got a Zebrawood one which is very stripy and adds to its uniqueness, (I think this was the first Fishuku in the UK - they didn't offer the option of shipping to the UK at the time - They may have done later and the Chinese firm that actually makes the Ukuleles did start selling them without the Fishuku branding that also may have been imported?)

Yes it is laminate Zebrawood and it is quite quiet, possibly because of the high gloss finish, but it really does have a beautiful tone, (especially for a laminate). It is nicely made, (like most low mid range Chinese made Ukuleles it looks great from any distance but if you look closely its a bit "factory"), and beautifully grained; but personally I don't think it looks much like a fish, particularly when you look at it vertically. I think it looks more like a Hamster kind of cuddly cartoon rodent thing?