Yeah, it looks like the Kamaka booth was the place to hang out!
Please share Ukulele news from NAMM
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Yeah, it looks like the Kamaka booth was the place to hang out!
experimentjon
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Thanks so much for sharing this link. The new Jake signature model looks amazing--far more ornate than the original release and a very compelling grail ukulele.
Now, I can only hope for one of two things--either it is "reasonably" priced so that I put my order down ASAP, or it is so out of range that I can't even think about buying it. If it's in the middle, there might be some thinking involved....
It looks similarly adorned like the Kamaka HF-3 D2l model so I would guess above 3k, plus a little extra for the signature.
Andrew talking to Joe Souza from Kanilea about expanding their line of slotted headstock models to all sizes, soundports, bevelled armrests, re-bracing, and their I'iwi model which will be auctioned for reforestation projects:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuXndYA2XVU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuXndYA2XVU
Ribbee giving a tour to some of the Ukulele booths, including Blackbird, Kamaka, Kanilea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kFfvj5K_A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2kFfvj5K_A
While Pono isn't at NAMM this year, they still have some exciting news to share: Their Octave Mandolins / Eight String Tenor Guitars have hit the stores, and they're going to make some flat top Mandolins / Mandolas based on their Ukulele shapes, I guess basically an Eight String Ukulele with steel strings (taken from the Pono Guitar website).
Pete F
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Were Collings there? wondering if they really have stopped making ukuleles?
UkeStuff
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The conventions I attend and present at are no comparison to NAMM (Texas would be the closest). That said, I am usually the one tuning up ukuleles as the stores that bring them have not. That said, ukuleles are just one of hundreds of items they bring along. I have also experienced the same situation at Guitar Center and regular music stores.
Mike from Uke Republic with Rigk Sauer from Risa, showing their new Fender Tele and Strato style solid body electric steel string ukes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLyyKj5sPx8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLyyKj5sPx8
Kremona showing a pickup that can be stuck to the top of the soundboard:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWOy8Db7O2g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWOy8Db7O2g
Where is the new CD being sold? I haven't seen it on his website.
Sorry to hijack the thread...
lfoo6952
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Hi Bill: the CD was an early release for those who contributed to his Kickstarter campaign. It will probably be released to the general public soon.
A perfect example of how limited the view is holding the phone upright, half of each person is in frame and look at all the black on both sides. If the person just turned it sideways and took 1/2 a step back, we all could see everything. (I'm not going to give up on this.)
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MARKbOC
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I could listen to Joe talk about ukes for hours on end without getting bored. You can tell how passionate he is about every aspect of Kanile'a's operations. pretty cool.
coolkayaker1
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And was Kamoa ukulele there? Sam Bonanno used to have a booth and a UU NAMM video of new offerings.
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Ukador
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Pepe Romero about his new Ukes
lfoo6952
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Pete: Collings had a booth but didn't show any ukes, only guitars. I was told by one of their distributors they rather spend their efforts on building guitars because it is more profitable and takes the same amount of time to build.
Coolkayaker: I didn't see Kamao there and neither were they listed on the exhibitors directory.
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A perfect example of how limited the view is holding the phone upright, half of each person is in frame and look at all the black on both sides. If the person just turned it sideways and took 1/2 a step back, we all could see everything. (I'm not going to give up on this.)
Depends. If you're watching on a computer.. that might be true. If you're watching on a phone or tablet, it's not.
Phones are becoming more and more people's window to the internet.
This yet again? You are persistent. That's for sure.
Have you ever heard the line "Beggars can't be choosers." ?
We should just be glad that some people are willing to make videos and share them. They don't have to make or share the videos. If you don't like the format, you don't have to watch them. What you're doing could actually discourage some people from even sharing.
That said, I'm not trying to pick a fight with you here. I've said what I wanted to say as politely as I know how, so I'll bow out of that part of the discussion now.
Thanks to those of you who are sharing the videos, information, etc. I'm thinking most here appreciate the effort.
thxs for all the videos and photos from everyone who took their time to post....
