I just gave one of my Makala Dolphins to a guy named Francisco, who's a server at my favorite Mexican restaurant. Details to follow...
Thats an awesome story Steedy. Viva la Margaritas!
I have a local customer who comes in and gets Dolphins to play at work, take to the park , etc. and then when someone walks up and shows sincere interest he gives them a ukulele. Ya know I've never met a tuba player that did that. Ukulele players are the coolest!!!
I think so many have been introduced to ukulele because of the Dolphin. Oh and everyone probably knows that the Sharks are coming in very soon.
Here's the story: I have this favorite Mexican restaurant that I frequent, uh frequently. The manager knows me, the servers know me, and the regulars at the bar know me. Whenever I go in, they show me to my favorite booth in front of a TV on the wall and bring me the remote control, while they mix one of my special margaritas (large, top shelf, no salt, easy on the juice, heavy on the tequila). Plus, the food is great and reasonably priced.
I was eating there not long ago, and Francisco was practicing his guitar during his break time, so we started talking about music and I was telling him about playing ukulele and how easy and fun it is. He said he'd like to learn and I said I'd bring him a uke the next time I came in.
So the following Friday night, me and the woman and one of the grand-daughters went to dinner there, and I brought along a light blue Dolphin for Francisco. (I've got a half-dozen of them because for a while I went through a phase of trying to find the perfect Dolphin, but that's another story.) I picked the blue Dolphin to give away, because it has good intonation and plays nicely. I also included a Snark tuner and the little starter booklet that comes with Kala ukes. I played a couple of quick tunes for Francisco. He really liked when I did a little fingerpicking on the uke. Francisco seemed happy with his new uke, and said he will practice and learn to play it.
The best part is Francisco bought me two margaritas in return. Heck, I might bring him another uke next week!