Episode 13 – Tobias Elof

Tobias is an awesome uke player from Denmark. He's the only person I know of that actually majored in ukulele at his university. And as you can hear, he graduated with honors. He's a fun and fantastic musician playing all kinds of folk styles and now is creating his own style of meditational music with the ukulele. We pick his ...
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Kamaka

Kamaka is the most famous and longest standing ukulele company. In fact they are the oldest family run business in Hawaii. Samuel Kamaka was building ukuleles from just after turn of the 20th century. He wasn't fully satisfied with the tone he was getting so in 1910, Sam Sr. left Hawai‘i on a ship and headed to Europe to see ...
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I’iwi

Charlie Fukuba is a musician first and foremost and he builds for tone. His craftsmanship is excellent and the inlay is super cool, but we love I’iwi for the tone.

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Understanding Your Options

This is what we do every day, help people understand the different options available in the ukulele market. People come into the store that know nothing about ukulele we do our best to educate them and point them in the right direction. Emails and calls are often covering the various specifications of instruments and how they affect the sound and …

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Andrew Molina

Andrew is a Maui artist that stops by the workshop when he comes to Oahu. Often accompanied by Jay Molina, his dad, Andrew often goes for big classic rock and modern pop songs in his own uke instrumental way. He’s got some great originals too. Learn more about Andrew Molina at his website, http://andrewmolinaukulele.com/ This is an original piece from …

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Sarah Maisel & Craig Chee

Craig and Sarah are some of the best players and people you’ll find. Hopefully I”ll be adding videos here in the soon future! This duo always has a lot going on in the ukulele community from lessons and workshops to performances and even custom made ukulele accessories. Learn more about them at their website here – http://www.cheemaisel.com/ This one, from …

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Kris Fuchigami

Sheet music for this one is available here at the sheet music section. A classic originally done by Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. Covered by many singers since, but Kris does a beautiful instrumental version on his custom Kamaka tenor ukulele. Backed up by Keiko Fuchigami on piano, Kris brings a lot of emotion and wonderful dynamics. Check out …

Kapala

“Ka’ahele Ka’apuni” is an original off of the Kapala album, Legacy. Lopaka Ho’opi’i sings this one like no one else. Harmony and lead guitar is Zanuck Lindsey, who’s also co writer with Kimo Artis, who’s also on guitar. Kai Artis plays the Cedar/Macassar Pono Pro Classic tenor uke, and the solid rhythm section is Richard Heirakuji on the music man …

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Daniel Ho

Tia and Daniel are old friends that grew up together in Hawaii. They stopped by our hotel room at the music trade show NAMM 2017 and played a few songs for us. Daniel is playing his signature model Romero Creations Tiny Tenor. Another recoding from NAMM ’17. You know Jerome from Makaha Sons. Daniel… master of accompaniment, so musical, these …

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Larrivee Spruce Mahogany Soprano

Aloha, ladies and gentlemen! I am so excited to be back with another review not just because reviewing ukuleles is an absolute blast, but because of this uke in particular. This is the Larrivee Mahogany Soprano (with spruce top) and it is truly something else. The ukulele oozes class and has subtle touches that not only make it a great ...