A one-year checkup for my MBU--and a gallery of workshop photos

Tonya · Nov 4, 2016

Salmon swim upstream back to their birthplace so, one year after taking ownership of my Moore Bettah Ukulele, I took it back to the land of its birth--and for a one-year checkup by Doctor Chuck.

I have the account and photos of it here.

There's also a gallery of MBU workshop photos here.

(Please, mods, shove this over to the self-promotion if you'd rather it be there)

Ukulele Eddie · Nov 4, 2016

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!

OhioBelle · Nov 4, 2016

Great story, great pictures, and gorgeous ukulele! Happy Birthday, Tonya's MBU!

Django · Nov 4, 2016

Seeing that beautiful instruments sitting on the rocks makes me cringe. Was that photo-shopped?

stevejfc · Nov 4, 2016

Great story and pictures Tonya.

Uncle Rod Higuchi · Nov 4, 2016

Thanks for sharing! I'm glad you had a wonderful time there!

hope to meet you sometime at the Ukulele Festival some July

keep uke'in' on that beautiful uke!

jer · Nov 4, 2016

Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading and seeing all that.

mkatz · Nov 5, 2016

Great story and well written Tonya! Thanks for posting it. It's got me thinking about a visit.

Mitch

DownUpDave · Nov 5, 2016

What a great way to celebrate a birthday. I sounds like all invoved had a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing your "Moore Bettah" adventure I really enjoyed it.

mm stan · Nov 5, 2016

Aloha Tonya, Glad you had a great time.. you coming to honolulu this time?

Doxuke · Nov 5, 2016

What an enjoyable way to start my day. Your writing style is wonderful and I enjoyed your blog very much. Thank you, Tonya!

wickedwahine11 · Nov 5, 2016

What a lovely write up and photos. Aren't Chuck and Bonnie the best? I am so honored to have gotten to know them and they are among the most welcoming folks I have ever known. So glad you had a wonderful time with them!

Moore Bettah Ukuleles · Nov 5, 2016

Django said:
Seeing that beautiful instruments sitting on the rocks makes me cringe. Was that photo-shopped?

Me too! Might be time for another check up soon.

Knowing Tonya though she takes extreme care of her ukuleles.

Tonya · Nov 5, 2016

Django said:
Seeing that beautiful instruments sitting on the rocks makes me cringe. Was that photo-shopped?

Nope, the ukulele was definitely on the rocks. And in the leaves beneath a kou tree, and on the sand, and resting on a straw mat, and perched above the waves and... My husband took a lot of pix--and I'd have to say it was a lot easier modeling my tenor ukulele than it is the toddler grandkids. But, you're right, Mark was pretty careful in placement (and I was happy that Madame Pele didn't choose to shake the earth during any of the poses).

If you really want to cringe, Django, here are more: http://s389.photobucket.com/user/Ukalady/slideshow/MBU_tenor_at_land_of_birth

Django · Nov 5, 2016

Tonya said:
Nope, the ukulele was definitely on the rocks. And in the leaves beneath a kou tree, and on the sand, and resting on a straw mat, and perched above the waves and... My husband took a lot of pix--and I'd have to say it was a lot easier modeling my tenor ukulele than it is the toddler grandkids. But, you're right, Mark was pretty careful in placement (and I was happy that Madame Pele didn't choose to shake the earth during any of the poses).

If you really want to cringe, Django, here are more: http://s389.photobucket.com/user/Ukalady/slideshow/MBU_tenor_at_land_of_birth

Nice photos, and thanks for posting. Still makes me cringe a little.

Tonya · Nov 5, 2016

Django said:
Still makes me cringe a little.

I'll 'fess up...I cringed a little, too

DownUpDave · Nov 6, 2016

Tonya said:
Nope, the ukulele was definitely on the rocks. And in the leaves beneath a kou tree, and on the sand, and resting on a straw mat, and perched above the waves and... My husband took a lot of pix--and I'd have to say it was a lot easier modeling my tenor ukulele than it is the toddler grandkids. But, you're right, Mark was pretty careful in placement (and I was happy that Madame Pele didn't choose to shake the earth during any of the poses).

If you really want to cringe, Django, here are more: http://s389.photobucket.com/user/Ukalady/slideshow/MBU_tenor_at_land_of_birth

Thank you Tonya for those extra photos. That is big time uke p*** right there. I didn't cringe so much as I swooned.........truely beautiful

Tonya · Nov 6, 2016

Yahoo--I just figured out how to add a "widget" to my site (bottom of each page) so readers can put their email in to get alerts when I post something new. I've two more posts planned specific to my Moore Bettah instruments as well as an exploration of a new (for me) ukulele learning experience. Subscribe and you'll know when I (finally!) get to them!

spongeuke · Nov 6, 2016

Tonya, You always wind up strumming in Paradise.

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