Almost every week we get instruments from Kanile’a with tremendously beautiful Koa. These last a few days at the most on our website and then disappear . This instrument didn’t make it through the morning so I decided to post it here. Why? Because it’s insanely gorgeous! Radical Koa gives mind altering pleasure! You all know who Aldrine Guerrero is, right? He’s probably most …
4 Tenors from $500-$700
These ukes are fairly new models and they are my top choices for a tenor in this price range. You can sometimes find local builders in this price range but these are a notch above what I have seen. Heck, next floor up from some I have seen. When you lay down over 500 bucks you want a super musical …
KoAloha Custom Solid Body Tenor Electric!
This is a 7 piece neck-thru solid body tenor from the ever innovative KoAloha company. Not only is it the coolest thing I've ever seen but the sounds you can get are endless! KoAloha knocks this one out of the park. How's Corey's sample?
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New Pono Solid Body Tenor!
When I got into work this morning I saw a a new Ko’olau on my photo table. CE-2.. it looks like…Wait…it’s not a a Ko’olau…This is the new Pono Tenor electric! A chambered solid body electric and it’s so nice! I am truly ecstatic to see and hear the quality of this new TE model. These will sell for 649 …
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The other sounds -Percussion on your Ukulele –
This is one of three short lessons from Aaron Crowell. The other two are soon to come and cover more random techniques and ideas for your ukulele. This one is a latin rhythm and uses the frets to simulate the güiro, that scraper sound in latin rhythms. So give it a shot and give us some feedback. Easy, hard? (Or are …
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A New Breed of Ukulele Players
When ukulele first hit the scene about a hundred years ago it was a cool, hip thing to have. A San Fransisco music store advertisement from 1915 read: The Hawaiian Ukulele is the one musical instrument that everyone can play. It's inexpensive. It is easily carried about. It's melodious - it has a charm all it's own. It's a welcome ...
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New Gretsch Ukulele- Review and Sound Sample
If I were given a million dollars to buy more ukes for the store… I would mostly just explore more custom builders. Offering every affordable brand would be a disservice to your time, a roadblock to your musical accomplishments, an obstruction to your enjoyment. Too dramatic? LOL! Basically, certain models give a better value and that is what we focus on.
With that said, I’m here to tell you…this new ukulele line from Gretsch is
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Pepe Romero Cigar Box Uke Prototype!
This is the second of two prototype Cigar Box Ukuleles that Pepe Romero recently made. We know Pepe makes a phenomenal, mini classical guitar style, tenor ukulele. A regular Romero model is extremely rich in tone with a full spectrum of frequencies to enjoy. This is an entirely different voicing (of course).This is a tenor scale and Pepe built the ...
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Tutorial -Singto Numchok’s “Ukulele… I Love You” – with Print out
Download and Print from PDFChords and Words for – “Ukulele…I love you” This is a great addition to any ukulele songbook so feel free to print it out from the PDF above. The tabs are not notated because you dont just strum the chords once open. The strum rhythm you learn in the video is carried throughout the song. Have fun …
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A Visit from a Hawaiian Music Legend- Benny Chong!
Benny is a one-of-a-kind bee-boppin baritone jazz artist. Benny taught himself ukulele when he was a young kid but left it to be a professional guitarist for many years with Don Ho. One day he brought a baritone to the gig and at the end of the night Don told Benny, “Anytime you wanna play ukulele, it’s fine with me”…