Giraffe

"Giraffe"
This is an unofficial term used to describe Ukuleles with disproportionately long necks.

The reason behind the creation of these types of Ukulele is to increase access to the higher frets for playing some difficult musical arrangements and solos. However for some people they are made more for the novelty value. Whatever the reason these are a post millennial invention with no history or tradition.

To be a Giraffe the neck must have at least 16 frets before it meets the body of the ukulele and is usually at least 2 scale sizes larger than the actual body size. Most commonly a Giraffe is a Tenor scale Super Soprano and the 2 most common examples are shown on this page, but there are examples of other sizes