After my latest bout with UAS, I have found that in addition to getting some awesome ukes, there is an added benefit. Since I can no longer afford to eat, I fully expect to be able to drop the 10 extra pounds that I have packed on since last summer.(someone should pass this on to haolejohn when he comes back from his self imposed exile). A chronological explanation is in order.
In January, I purchased a ukelyptus Concert Fluke from MGM with pegheads after he got back from NAMM, with the intention of having it customized by a guy that has done some pinstriping on my pickup truck for me. It was shipped straight to Florida from Hawaii, and I just got it back here on the Cape. Until today, I hadn't seen what he had done to it. I had him paint a position dot at the 10th fret to match all of my other ukes. No name yet.
In the meantime, I was seriously looking at purchasing either a Pineapple Sunday, concert Sceptre, or perhaps the new Hapa concert from KoAloha. I even posted a couple of threads asking for advice from all of you regarding the differences and your preferences. When I called Brian at KoAloha to inquire about the Hapa concert, he told me that they had a Sceptre in the shop that was a second, and he would email me some pics. Wow, it was just gorgeous! The problem was that I was going to bid on this Pineapple Sunday that was on ebay that night. And lo and behold, I was the winning bidder! When I called Brian back the next day to tell him that I had won the PS, UAS reared its ugly head and I just couldn't say no. I told him that eating was overrated. In the end, I ended up paying less for the two KoAlohas than the retail of a new PS.
So now I am off to play my new ukes, but which one I don't know I have named my Pineapple Sunday Sweet Pea for her beautiful crystaline voice(thanks for the adjective George), and her velvety feel. And I am calling my Sceptre D'Artagnon, because he is young, brash, loud and swashbuckling. I need to live with my Fluke for a while before he or she gets a name.
In the meantime, enjoy the pics. Is anyone else besides me getting hungry?
In January, I purchased a ukelyptus Concert Fluke from MGM with pegheads after he got back from NAMM, with the intention of having it customized by a guy that has done some pinstriping on my pickup truck for me. It was shipped straight to Florida from Hawaii, and I just got it back here on the Cape. Until today, I hadn't seen what he had done to it. I had him paint a position dot at the 10th fret to match all of my other ukes. No name yet.
In the meantime, I was seriously looking at purchasing either a Pineapple Sunday, concert Sceptre, or perhaps the new Hapa concert from KoAloha. I even posted a couple of threads asking for advice from all of you regarding the differences and your preferences. When I called Brian at KoAloha to inquire about the Hapa concert, he told me that they had a Sceptre in the shop that was a second, and he would email me some pics. Wow, it was just gorgeous! The problem was that I was going to bid on this Pineapple Sunday that was on ebay that night. And lo and behold, I was the winning bidder! When I called Brian back the next day to tell him that I had won the PS, UAS reared its ugly head and I just couldn't say no. I told him that eating was overrated. In the end, I ended up paying less for the two KoAlohas than the retail of a new PS.
So now I am off to play my new ukes, but which one I don't know I have named my Pineapple Sunday Sweet Pea for her beautiful crystaline voice(thanks for the adjective George), and her velvety feel. And I am calling my Sceptre D'Artagnon, because he is young, brash, loud and swashbuckling. I need to live with my Fluke for a while before he or she gets a name.
In the meantime, enjoy the pics. Is anyone else besides me getting hungry?