Tahitian Ukulele

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Hi,

Here's a picture of my Tahitian Ukulele.
It's made of hard wood, with 8 strings made with fishing wire, a hole in the back for the resonance, 16 frets and a beautiful white pickgard.
Do you have any of those in Hawaii ?
Peace.
 

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thats what i call a nice ukulele! never seen them before but they look great :D
 
yep we have those here in hawaii. one of my woodshop teachers had that and he played in a band with other instruments too. it had a bright sound... i think.... if i recall correctly lol
 
Does anyone know of any quality on-line sites that sell Tahitian Ukuleles?
 
That's a cool lookin uke. Where did you get yours? tahiti?

In Tahiti. It was a present from my family.
It's made by a guy that sells them near the market place in Papeete.

tripl3thr33 : Yes it sounds really bright... somewhere between a uke and a mandolin.
Tahitians play it fast. It's amazing !!!
I'll try to send you a sound sample.
Peace !
 
i notice that theyre mostly 8 string. are they tuned like an 8 string? i remember in hawaii at the PCC, they used 30lb test fishing line (ive got a bunch of that) to string em up with. id also be interested in acquiring one if someone knew of a site to get one at. all i saw so far is just info and pictures (beautiful looking instruments).
 
i think polynesian heritage surf shop in clairemont might sell em. last time i was there they had one. not sure if it was for sale or just display. it's a really small shop attached to the dance studio of hula halau kaleo o'nalani. i think they're located at the corner of balboa and clairemont rd or something like that.
 
i notice that theyre mostly 8 string. are they tuned like an 8 string? i remember in hawaii at the PCC, they used 30lb test fishing line (ive got a bunch of that) to string em up with. id also be interested in acquiring one if someone knew of a site to get one at. all i saw so far is just info and pictures (beautiful looking instruments).

It's tuned in GCDA but with one octave up for the second & third strings.... considering that it's 4 doubled strings...

And yes it's 28 lbs wire... so if you buy a wind, you have strings for a decade !!!!
Peace & Ukes
 
i notice that theyre mostly 8 string. are they tuned like an 8 string? i remember in hawaii at the PCC, they used 30lb test fishing line (ive got a bunch of that) to string em up with. id also be interested in acquiring one if someone knew of a site to get one at. all i saw so far is just info and pictures (beautiful looking instruments).


I put together a document that has info about the Tahitian uke (where to buy, YouTube videos, etc). It was frustrating trying to find any information when I was looking. I thought this might be helpful for others. You can download it at:

http://files.meetup.com/158468/Tahitian_Ukulele_%26_Language_Doc.pdf

Gerald
 
Hi,

Here's a picture of my Tahitian Ukulele.
It's made of hard wood, with 8 strings made with fishing wire, a hole in the back for the resonance, 16 frets and a beautiful white pickgard.
Do you have any of those in Hawaii ?
Peace.

ONE WORD:

BEAUTIFUL!
 
I LOVE the tahitian banjo...

I've had bad luck w/ my different gauges of fishing line tho... so haven't touched it in a while...

check out Jerome Gray play Jonah Lomu! it's INSPIRING!!!
 
This is my NEW Tahitian uke

Just purchased this Tahitian uke made by KAPONO. made with kauri
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