This is a question that comes up on a regular basis on the forums and ukulele groups. People want to be artistic with their instruments and decorate them to show off their personal flair.  Stickers, paint, ink, carving, etching and even wood burning are all methods people have asked about. The ukulele is a small acoustic instrument.  The instruments are designed to provide the optimal tones and sounds for the scale, size, shape, and tuning.  On high end instruments, the wood is carefully balanced, shaped, sanded, and braced to give it the distinctive tones that tell us “That’s an ukulele!” Anything you do to the instrument is going to affect that sound.  How dramatic a change depends on the quality of the instrument.  Your bright pink ukulele or the translucent green plastic uke you got for the beach are not going to be noticeably affected by putting a few stickers…

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