melekala
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Searching for my next uke, I found UU today. I'm a lifetime musician who can't focus. I play fiddle, mandolin, accordion, banjo, and a few other instruments. I bought my first uke on ebay from Music Guy Mic in 2012. In my present uke search (for a solid koa concert, Hawaii-built, maybe with a little aloha inlay), I learned that MGM died in Oct 2013, and I also found this forum. I have 3 ukes if you count the UBASS, and am teaching my 4yo grandson to play uke. His dad shows great promise, too. I gave the grandson a $40 painted uke when he was a baby, but recently upgraded him to a Makala soprano because we all deserve something that stays in tune for >2 min. I just bought his dad an Islander solid acacia soprano for his birthday next week.
I live near Seattle, play a lot of bluegrass and folk, and go to a lot of festivals. I've taken my Islander soprano on some trips to Hawaii, which have become more frequent because the weather here has been lousy for ~7 months straight! I got to (bluegrass) jam with some locals on Maui last winter and hope to do that again. (I had a mandolin along on that trip.) Aloha has seeped into my brain on these visits. I heard Chad Takatsugi on Hawaiian Air's inflight channel and am learning Kanaka Waiolina (including the fiddle part; that's what hooked me).
That's probably enough for now!
Cara
I live near Seattle, play a lot of bluegrass and folk, and go to a lot of festivals. I've taken my Islander soprano on some trips to Hawaii, which have become more frequent because the weather here has been lousy for ~7 months straight! I got to (bluegrass) jam with some locals on Maui last winter and hope to do that again. (I had a mandolin along on that trip.) Aloha has seeped into my brain on these visits. I heard Chad Takatsugi on Hawaiian Air's inflight channel and am learning Kanaka Waiolina (including the fiddle part; that's what hooked me).
That's probably enough for now!
Cara