ceviche
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I WANT!!!
Oh man! This didn't happen with guitars like it's happening with ukes. It's that sensation that borders on lust.
So I was down at Seattle's Dusty Strings Music, just to buy myself a thong for my KoAloha Soprano. No problem there, except I noticed they had one of those Kala Bass ukes. That was pretty cool--but not what triggered my first encounter with UAS. Up near the doorway going to the guitar room was a KAMAKA TENOR 8-STRING (HF-38)!!!:drool: All Koa body! Such sweet honey light all glowing like a pot of musical gold!:drool::drool::drool: Of course, I had to give it a spin. The sound was both like and unlike a uke. Strummed, it was full and expansive like I imagined a double course of strings would sound like. However, when plucked, it reminded me of either a harp, a dulcimer, or maybe even an Arabian oud. I don't know, but it was so exotic and elegant sounding there was no way I could escape the UAS virus. Now, I can't get that sound out of my head!
Kind of reminds me of this one time I was walking by this Middle Eastern restaurant on Long Beach's Pine Street. I could hear this exotic music swirling out the windows, so I turned to look if there might be a band inside. No, but what I did see was this belly dancer with long curly hair and a long slender waist that flexed and swayed like a drunk cobra. When you suddenly encounter things like that, they tend to get under your skin. That's what playing and hearing that Kamaka 8-string tenor was like. It got under my skin!
Now I'm wondering if I'm worthy enough to shell out the $1140.
BTW, any other builders of 8-string ukes out there?
Oh man! This didn't happen with guitars like it's happening with ukes. It's that sensation that borders on lust.
So I was down at Seattle's Dusty Strings Music, just to buy myself a thong for my KoAloha Soprano. No problem there, except I noticed they had one of those Kala Bass ukes. That was pretty cool--but not what triggered my first encounter with UAS. Up near the doorway going to the guitar room was a KAMAKA TENOR 8-STRING (HF-38)!!!:drool: All Koa body! Such sweet honey light all glowing like a pot of musical gold!:drool::drool::drool: Of course, I had to give it a spin. The sound was both like and unlike a uke. Strummed, it was full and expansive like I imagined a double course of strings would sound like. However, when plucked, it reminded me of either a harp, a dulcimer, or maybe even an Arabian oud. I don't know, but it was so exotic and elegant sounding there was no way I could escape the UAS virus. Now, I can't get that sound out of my head!
Kind of reminds me of this one time I was walking by this Middle Eastern restaurant on Long Beach's Pine Street. I could hear this exotic music swirling out the windows, so I turned to look if there might be a band inside. No, but what I did see was this belly dancer with long curly hair and a long slender waist that flexed and swayed like a drunk cobra. When you suddenly encounter things like that, they tend to get under your skin. That's what playing and hearing that Kamaka 8-string tenor was like. It got under my skin!
Now I'm wondering if I'm worthy enough to shell out the $1140.
BTW, any other builders of 8-string ukes out there?
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