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Thanks to all for the input and suggestions. We ventured out of our Covid bubble to do some shopping and I stopped by a small local independent music store. All they had was some $7 piece of junk and a SNARK. So I bought a Snark. Previous one lasted 6 years, Meh. I fingerpick melodies and...

My Super Snark suffered catastrophic plastic fatigue this evening. The clip shattered into pieces

I poked my head into a small music store a few days ago. Never been in it and thought I’d check it out. Saw a cutaway Tenor. Can’t remember the brand. Gave it a strum and SURPRISE! It was a small, Tenor size guitar. And I though, I could restring this as a low G/ high G Tenor. But what about the...

I often read discussions about the need for humidifiers. I live in California. Summer heat will often hit the 90

I have always enjoyed the Key of C using gCEA tuning. Easy to play and easy to finger pick tunes. The key of A, I find, is great for playing 12 bar blues Now I’m leaning towards D minor. There are three songs I’ve learned in that key that I roll from one to the the next Black Magic Woman...

On advice from here, I ordered a mini amp through Sweetwater. It was back ordered. I was told it should arrive within 2 weeks, one week from today It arrived there yesterday at noon, and I began tracking it. Today, 24 hours later, it was in Indianapolis main post office. It is: In transit...

After 8 or ten years (more?), My faithful Honeytone is dying. Cycles LOUD soft LOUD soft - and it is not the battery I have a weight limitation, so lugging this, my Uke, iPad Songbook and music stand, is about all I can carry. And the Honeytone clips to my belt - hands free strolling minstrel...

40 or 50 years ago, out here in California, Jim Lange had a morning radio program on KSFO. Every Friday his opening song was Thank God It’s Friday At about 100 BPM, a nice, slow, bluesy tune ************** I’ve got the weekend off Thank God it’s Friday I’ve made a list of things to do Wine...

I see how to imbed URL and Video and photos. I don’t see how to attach a PDF. I thought I found a way, but was told there was a size limit of 18k, or 185k. I’m missing something, more than a few fried brain cells Thanks

I’ve stated before I play free style 12 bar blues with a group of Harp and Guitar players. I played clarinet(s) for nine years , piano for 8 or nine years and saxaphones for 4 years. Hence, I tend NOT to sing when I Uke. But I think I terms of ‘keyboard’ progression. Different from hopping...

I’m off to Berkeley this Saturday to attend Peter Luongo’s Seminar. He always has a segment or song that utilizes a pick. I prefer using my fingers and their tips or the back of my inter/nail. Unfortunately, I just can’t keep my nails strong enough to grow them out. Using a pick always feels...

I spent a decade in R&D, so I’m always thinking ‘outside the box’ I’ve installed a strap button on in my Kala Acoustic/ Electric, but I wonder if anyone makes a strap button that plugs into the pickup for when I’m NOT playing Electric. Perhaps I’m just too California ‘New Age’, but to me, a...

Now, I readily admit that I have a completely warped sense of humor. And I have been thinking of creating a montage of songs to play at a wedding reception, should I ever be asked to do so. Songs like the Beatles YESTERDAY With lyrics that I can sing to the newlyweds “Yesterday, all my...

I live in California where we recycle EVERYTHING. Recently, there has been a Flame War on my neighborhood site regarding the environment, gasoline guzzling RV’s, red meat eaters, ‘plastic micro-beads’.... I just changed the 3 year-old nylon strings on my Kala Tenor to Worth Brown BT’s. (And...

Most of my ukuleles are tenors. I’ve been noodling around thinking that my next one would be: Acoustic/electric cutaway with an upper sound hole (to hear in group playing) and a radiused neck. I also considered buying a mandolin and twinking and moving strings around to make it play CGEA But...

As I find my self traveling through a new town, I look for a Music Store that might carry ukuleles. Most often, either they don’t or their selection is limited — although sometimes ‘eclectic’ is a better description. Here are the ones I’ve come across in North California: The Strum Shop...

There are 5 or six groups I play with. Some meet weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or some where in between. Most of the times, while there may be a teaching/learning segments or portions, everyone simply slams on the strings. However, I found a group (shameless promotion- Blues Jam at Berkeley...

As I slowly start to venture more deeply into involvement in this site.. I wonder what I need to do to have my profile photo attach to my postings? Also, I know that it requires 100 posts to become Senior I believe it requires 50 to lose Junior If so, is it permissible to simply create dozens...

I listened to a player and their ukulele produced a very warm sound. They told me they were using Worth Brown strings on their tenor. While they preferred a brighter sound, I want the deeper, warmest sound possible for my Spruce top Kala Tenor. Are there any recommendations, other than Worth...