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Ko’olau CS Models – 3 Custom Orders

Most of the Ko'olau instruments that come through are custom orders and we often don't have time to document them, but each one is an amazing musical instrument. The woods, strings, and player just color the beautiful voicing that they have. This is 3 custom ordered CS model Ko'olaus that are just now ready to go out to their joyful ...
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Craig Chee & Sarah Maisel’s GHS “Artist Curated” Strings

These two incredible musicians have been working with the folks at GHS and designed these new string sets to best suite their style. Maybe you will like them too. They are available now at our store here GHS Artist Curated. Sarah's is a Low G tenor set with monofilament nylon strings and a fluorocarbon low G. Craig's set it actually ...
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Ukulele Restring Tutorial – 4 Bridges & 2 Headstocks

Many of you already restring your own ukulele, and of course there is more than one way to string a uke, but could there be beneficial techniques you are not aware of? Is it possible that they could improve your overall experience by minimizing issues like string slippage, breaks, or even potential intonation problems? Joel is a key member of ...
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A Visit from John Nash and a Tribute to Edgar Dang

Today a friend John Nash from the bay area stopped by our workshop. We had been in touch and wanted to meet and talk. Crazy thing happened today that affected both of us, our friend Edgar Dang of Aloha Warehouse in San Francisco passed away. John was telling me how he bought this Kanile'a from Edgar. I suggested we tribute ...
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A New Body Shape from DaSilva

This is a new design from Mike DaSilva with a wider lower bout. Who doesn't love a big bootie when it looks this good! I declare quilted maple king of figured wood! A very different tenor from DaSilva, bigger and more gorgeous than ever, And the sound.... Our sound samples are recorded for true reference and have no alteration or ...
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At the Listening Booth w/ Andreas David

Aloha friends! This is another video for the listening booth and we had the pleasure of recording a very cool musician from Berlin named Andreas David. What we're sampling is 4 similar models in Pono's Pro Classic line. These are all tenors. We have spruce rosewood, then cedar rosewood, then spruce mahogany, and finally cedar mahogany. So if you are ...

Ukulele at NAMM 2015- Day 4

I'll close up this years coverage of NAMM 2015 with some final videos and thoughts. I'll start by just mentioning that there's a new Misi pickup system that I thought was really cool but it's still in the works for ukulele I beleive. It's a whole different concept using capacitors in a similar way my Schoeps mics do when they ...
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Ukulele at NAMM 2015 – Day 3

Aloha and thanks for tuning in to our coverage of ukulele at NAMM 2015. When I get back to Hawaii I will be posting many more videos including a wonderful young Kamaka artist named Kayln Aolani, a video of Craig Chee and Sarah Maisel playing two DaSilva ukuleles we just picked up, and much more. It was a fun show ...
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Ukulele at NAMM 2015 – Day 2

Aloha friends. Thanks for tuning in to day 2 of our 2015 NAMM coverage. I am late releasing this because last night my internet went out and when I went to save, it disappeared! (face palm). I had no time to write it again until after today's session. But anyway, enough of my sad story and on to the good ...