Luke El U
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It's been a long time coming. In late Spring of 2014, Dirk Wormhoudt from Southcoast Ukes sent me a few sets of the Machete strings for ukulele. They never arrived, due to problems on the Chinese side.
China is great on exporting, not always so great on importing. I was really bummed and pretty much gave up.
This Spring, Dirk contacted me and wanted to give it another shot. How thoughtful! I agreed, and sure enough our new method of delivery worked. I was so excited when the strings arrived a few weeks later, but was on my way to a European vacation with my family, so I set them aside until I returned to China.
Last night, I put a set on my KoAloha soprano and was blown away. They sound fantastic! Immediately, I pulled out my copy of Vasconcelos' "Collection of Pieces for Machete" edited by Manuel Morais and played through some of the pieces. What a joy to play these beautiful pieces in the original keys on an instrument with strings able to make the sound really come alive.
As soon as I can, I hope to record and post a few pieces with the guitar accompaniment.
Thanks again Dirk for going out of your way to help me realize a dream.
I highly recommend these strings for anyone with an interest in Machete music, open tunings, or just for an exciting new, higher pitched sound for their soprano ukuleles!
Sincerely,
Bill
China is great on exporting, not always so great on importing. I was really bummed and pretty much gave up.
This Spring, Dirk contacted me and wanted to give it another shot. How thoughtful! I agreed, and sure enough our new method of delivery worked. I was so excited when the strings arrived a few weeks later, but was on my way to a European vacation with my family, so I set them aside until I returned to China.
Last night, I put a set on my KoAloha soprano and was blown away. They sound fantastic! Immediately, I pulled out my copy of Vasconcelos' "Collection of Pieces for Machete" edited by Manuel Morais and played through some of the pieces. What a joy to play these beautiful pieces in the original keys on an instrument with strings able to make the sound really come alive.
As soon as I can, I hope to record and post a few pieces with the guitar accompaniment.
Thanks again Dirk for going out of your way to help me realize a dream.
I highly recommend these strings for anyone with an interest in Machete music, open tunings, or just for an exciting new, higher pitched sound for their soprano ukuleles!
Sincerely,
Bill