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SF bay area. Here's the forecast for the week.

Today's 77F and RH 55% in the garden. I wish all the uke jams around here just meet outside.

I've never playing a vintage Kamaka soprano. So, I can only say that what I post relates to the new Kamakas.

The sound is just how I imagine a uke should sound like. There's a certain sound that I associate with the uke: warm, mellow, punchy with a bit of shimmer and some clarity. Although we hear/interpret sounds a bit differently, see if you hear it in the strummed Kamaka soprano. It is a perfect...

Sorry, no. Not the same.

I normally don't travel with my ukulele because I don't get much chance to play it. However, when I do, I just take the uke that I normally play. Ukes are so small that I don't see the point of a travel uke (I had a Kala travel soprano before, and it was useless because I still just take my...

If you've not played a Kamaka soprano and you are a soprano player. You should check it out.

Haven't replaced a tuner battery yet actually. For ukulele, I mostly tune by ear; it's faster than using a tuner. Only 3 strings to tune (against whatever C string is) and most of the time they are already in tune.

At least since Jan of last year: https://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/index.php?threads/snark-tuner-improvement.148487/ I'm glad to report that my Snark tuner is still working well.

Title translation: "Don't ask me == Ukulele cover"

I only use hardcases for my ukes because they are pretty small and convenient. I carry my ukes around a lot; and hardcases are actually faster access and easier to store. This is totally different than guitars, where I prefer gig bags for carrying them to places because those hardcases are...

Inflation just makes everything (well, the affected things) more expensive. So, a previous $1k uke now cost $1k + inflation. If that previous uke was considered high-end, then it's still considered high-end. So, inflation doesn't have much to do with high-end definitiion. What is high-end...

An easy way to mearsure is to put your index finger over the fretboard. Don't apply too much pressure that your flesh deforms under your finger. Remove your finger and measure the arc and chord lengths. That'll get you the radius. If you need a refresher, here...

I think if I have the ukes I like, then it's all good. It doesn't matter what other people's uke collections contain.

Back then home broadband was pretty expensive; I think mine was $150/mon for DSL with 128kbps down stream and 64kbps up (my company paid for it otherwise I wouldn't have it). It was the days of CLECs. Prices quickly fell; being $75/mon around 2000/2002 time frame with cable becoming cheaper and...