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Today, 04:21 PM
Baseball by Sam Baker
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Today, 08:24 AM
Thanks for that. Have you heard the parody of David Mallet's song called
The Anti-Gardening Song
Slug by slug, weed by weed
Boy this...
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Today, 02:32 AM
Trying to decide which one to buy if you have never played them is like deciding if you like beef or pork better but have never eaten them.
But...
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Yesterday, 05:39 PM
If you are comfortable with longer scale, and want a lower, deeper tone then yes, it is worth it. Go for it.
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Yesterday, 09:10 AM
The Circle Game by Joni Mitchell
Here's a tune from a fellow Canuck. The only time I ever saw Joni live she was still Joni Anderson and it was at...
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03-03-2021, 10:36 PM
All of my low G tenors have a wound G and C string. Depending on the instrument they might be Thomastik CF30 with CF27, Fremont Soloist with...
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03-03-2021, 04:50 AM
There is this.
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03-02-2021, 10:40 PM
The Mya Moe could not have gone to a nicer guy. Scott is very enthusiastic and has fallen hard for the baritone ukulele. It is always a treat to meet...
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03-02-2021, 09:29 AM
One of the first songs I learned to accompany on the guitar, from a Burl Ives songbook, in the early days of the Great Folk Scare, was Jack Of...
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03-02-2021, 08:36 AM
There's the old saying:
Dogs think of people as family.
Cats think of people as staff.
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03-01-2021, 01:31 PM
Congratulations that is a beautiful looking instrument. I will second the recommendation for the tenor guitar sub-forum at Mandolin Cafe. Great bunch...
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03-01-2021, 01:00 PM
If you really do want it bad enough you can adapt. I know where you are coming from.......a guitar to soprano is a big difference. But it just takes...
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03-01-2021, 08:09 AM
David Hurd has some good experimental tension data.
https://ukuleles.com/ukuleles/strings/
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03-01-2021, 06:44 AM
I rarely play a uke without a strap, fastened at the butt and either the heel or headstock. With the strap, my ukes will remain in place when I...
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03-01-2021, 06:33 AM
I have never taken that inference from the term "Reentrant". The instrument is tuned that way because it sounds good that way. There are not many...
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03-01-2021, 04:32 AM
Congrats! Recently I went back to look at my first post on these forums. Such a great time and I wish I could go back when I first got it. Don't take...
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02-28-2021, 12:22 PM
Actually, Elmore's solo on Shake Your Money Maker is very different.
I think it's really cool to hear slide ukulele and your two verses were quite...
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02-28-2021, 12:12 PM
The first song that popped into my head was Only A Pawn In Their Game by Bob Dylan. I gave it a shot, but I hated the results. I hope someone else...
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02-27-2021, 08:08 PM
Really nice Joseph.
I recall an interview with Frank Zappa in Guitar Player magazine a few decades ago. He was asked about his favourite players...
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02-27-2021, 06:57 AM
Thanks Joko,
On Christmas day, 1993, my cousin Gerry Milo lost his battle with AIDS at Casey House, a hospice for AIDS patients. Maggie and I have...
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02-26-2021, 08:37 PM
I've looked on Facebook, but can't find it. II found a Ukulele Underground group, but not a SOTU group. Could someone post a link?
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02-26-2021, 08:04 AM
I have a number of banjos and banjoleles and never lie the bridge down. I do have a pencil mark on the heads to facilitate getting the bridge in the...
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02-25-2021, 08:49 PM
If you listened to Loudon's second song, Men, and, especially if you are also a guitar player, you may have noticed that he used a Shubb capo to...
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02-24-2021, 01:34 PM
My Favourite Picture Of You - Guy Clark
I guess I shoulda taken the mint outa my mouth.
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02-22-2021, 05:57 PM
Natalie Wood by Peterborough, Ontario singer/songwriter Cris Cuddy
"Got a picture of a girl, never gonna fall for me."
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02-22-2021, 11:07 AM
Thank you John and plunker. For some reasons ...I kept receiving comment from the same person suggesting some porno sites. Within minutes it get...
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02-22-2021, 07:46 AM
Maybe look up the more common name, breadfruit wood.
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02-21-2021, 04:21 AM
While these days my photography is digital, using my phone, there was a time when I had a darkroom and spent a lot of time with film. I still have...
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02-21-2021, 12:31 AM
As Dohle said above anytime you increase diameter you increase tension. Soprano are the smallest diameter, then concert then tenor. Baritone are...
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02-20-2021, 04:06 PM
Super idea. When are we allowed to post Steve?
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About DownUpDave
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- Current stable of ukes.
Sopranos: Islander AS-4, Kala KA-SSLNG spruce top super soprano, Enya X1 pineapple
Concerts : Kamaka HF2-L, Blackbear ULO, Korala plastic uke
Tenors: LFDM spruce & amazon rosewood, I'iwi redwood & walnut, Ko'olau spruce & myrtle, Webber spruce & cocobolo, Blackbird Farallon with radius fretboard sound port and string through bridge, Kimo koa top maple back and side
Baritone: LfdM spruce and bocote. Kamaka HF-4 - 100th anniversary , Mya Moe spruce & cocbolo, Giannini mahogany
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- Pickering, ON, Canada
- Interests:
- Golfing, fishing, camping, canoeing, skiing cycling anything outdoors
- Occupation:
- Sales rep.
Currently enjoying these ukuleles : *LdfM tenor, *LfdM 19" super tenor. *LfdM baritone, *I'iwi tenor , *Koolau tenor, *Webber tenor, *Kimo tenor, *Kimo super concert, *Mya Moe baritone, *Kamaka baritone, *Gianinni baritone, *Fred Shields walnut pineapple super soprano, *Kala super soprano, *Loprinzi super soprano, *Black bear ULO concert , *Enya X1 concert, *Enya X1 pineapple soprano, *Enya Nova *Gretsch tenor, *Korala plastic concert
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