SuzukHammer
Well-known member
- Joined
- Jul 2, 2010
- Messages
- 1,623
- Reaction score
- 1
Because of work and family commitments, I have had little time to play with my ukuleles. The wife let me know how she feels about the musical intruments. Ultimately, she knows it is a passion and it keeps me off the streets; so begrudgingly she lets me dabble in my music fascination.
I sent her and our 1 year old back to her home country ahead of our vacation and so now its me alone in a big house with just tv and a big stash of 20+ ukuleles.
I just spent 3 hours playing all of them. Wow!! I am a lucky man.
There are only a few that I consider beaters - ukes that are fine but don't really get my blood going. I will leave those out for easy access to play.
A couple more of them need some work to get them back to player condition.
Here are the ukes that really made my heart palpitate (in no particular order)
- 2 Kanileas - The Aldrine Guerrero and a K-1-C that I handpicked,
- a King Tenor - ohhhhhhhh,
- a Santa Cruz concert,
- a Martin 3M (which I bought almost a year ago and left in the shipping box until now FFS),
- a Howlett Uklectic,
- a Kiwaya Soprano
- a couple of Koalohas including a Sceptre and a concert
There are other ukes; but, I'm gonna try spending time with each of these ones this weekend. I may not want to travel anywhere for vacation if I get too attached to these things.
The point is - I feel lucky to have multiple outstanding ukes. I have been playing one uke almost exclusively and it was so nice to hear different tones. I feel reinvigored to play as much as I can. Its like living in a ukulele store.
EDIT: I need to add that a Kelli Soprano also had a ringing echoing sound to it. It and my Gstring Hawaiian Style soprano are loud little guys.
I sent her and our 1 year old back to her home country ahead of our vacation and so now its me alone in a big house with just tv and a big stash of 20+ ukuleles.
I just spent 3 hours playing all of them. Wow!! I am a lucky man.
There are only a few that I consider beaters - ukes that are fine but don't really get my blood going. I will leave those out for easy access to play.
A couple more of them need some work to get them back to player condition.
Here are the ukes that really made my heart palpitate (in no particular order)
- 2 Kanileas - The Aldrine Guerrero and a K-1-C that I handpicked,
- a King Tenor - ohhhhhhhh,
- a Santa Cruz concert,
- a Martin 3M (which I bought almost a year ago and left in the shipping box until now FFS),
- a Howlett Uklectic,
- a Kiwaya Soprano
- a couple of Koalohas including a Sceptre and a concert
There are other ukes; but, I'm gonna try spending time with each of these ones this weekend. I may not want to travel anywhere for vacation if I get too attached to these things.
The point is - I feel lucky to have multiple outstanding ukes. I have been playing one uke almost exclusively and it was so nice to hear different tones. I feel reinvigored to play as much as I can. Its like living in a ukulele store.
EDIT: I need to add that a Kelli Soprano also had a ringing echoing sound to it. It and my Gstring Hawaiian Style soprano are loud little guys.
Last edited: