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Ukuleles · Weissenborns · Acoustics

Island instruments,
prairie roots.

Hawaiian-style ukuleles, hollow-neck Weissenborns and acoustic guitars, designed in Sturgeon County, Alberta and played from campfires to concert stages.

2011Founded in Alberta
40Instruments & accessories
$105Where the range starts
Twisted Original Weissenborn guitar
The Weissenborn

A hollow neck that sings on your lap.

Our Weissenborn-style slide guitars are among the most loved in Canada. The Twisted Original comes in laminate, solid-top or all-solid mahogany, with upgraded bracing, bone nut and saddle and Hawaiian rope binding.

The next run is being built. Get first word when it lands.
See all six Weissenborn models →
Played everywhere
In music videos, on stage, in TV and film, in classrooms and around the campfire.
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First uke

Tyro and Pioneer: real tone and a gig bag, from $105.

Stepping up

Solid tops, cutaways and pickups in the Switchback and Rock Roots.

Stage & studio

All-solid koa, cedar and spruce in the Koa 2.0 and Pro II line.

Classrooms

Ask about class sets and school pricing.

Jay SparrowPete LesperanceEd RingwaldMike TurnerTim WilliamsAlfie SmithElla CoyesCurrent SwellDouglas John CameronLiseth HorstenDenis TurbideMatt PotterGary Glewinski
Learn to play
How to play your Twisted Wood Ukulele eBook cover

Your first chords, on us.

Video tutorials, techniques and blog posts to get you playing your Twisted Wood. Want it all in one place? Grab the eBook.

How we give back

Instruments from trees. Trees back to the forest.

Our reforestation and carbon-offsetting work restores wildlife habitat, cleans soil, waterways and shorelines, and helps sequester carbon.

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