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Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
I also have one made by Marshall Stapleton, that he sold through the Southern Ukulele Store, also a s/b baritone.
Connected to an amp, you can really drive them hard too!
You can buy a solid body nylon from Thomann for about £50 - I have one, it's really good for the money, but it's always going to sound like a nylon strung uke with a piezo.
Steel strung - there are a few of these around - Risa are around £500-£600, in either Les Paul, Strat or Tele style. Really good, but obviously a lot of cash. Flight do some at around £250 I think, and are apparently really good (the Risa ones are better, but at more than double the price of course - Risa are made in Europe, I believe, and the Flight ones are made in the far east, if that makes any difference).
There are also the Clearwater ones (Vorson outside the UK, I think), which are about £175 - also pretty decent, also made in the far east and so as with guitars, you'll see some more QC issues perhaps, but still decent instruments.
Then there are more custom made instruments - Brian Fanner in South Africa makes some amazing looking ukes for instance, at varying prices but more than the Risa ones.
I've not had the chance to play any of the steel strung ones, so all of my information is second hand and anecdotal. The fact that none of the above brands are up for sale second hand very often, and they aren't dirt cheap when they are, suggests that they are all pretty decent instruments.
https://www.etsy.com/shop/fannerguitarworks/
Personally I tend to think that ukes should have nylon strings - solid electric ones with steel strings are really more of a form of tenor guitar.
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Lots of ukes come with factory pickups, feedback isn't generally a major issue unless high gain is involved - sure there are some who want that sound but I can't imagine there are many!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/obm1cgc56svc0t1/uke.jpg?raw=1
From Bohemian Guitars (plenty dealers in the UK).
[1] With a not terribly expensive “Snail” brand electro-acoustic “concert” instrument I bought for 1 (one) song with my current band project but which has actually turned out to be a surprisingly satisfying and fun little instrument to have around the place…
[2] Which is where you’d normally expect to find the lowest pitch on a guitar-like instrument.