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0000 steel wool, go slowly to just knock off the gloss

He goes from 3rd fret to 5th, then 10th to 9th.

Oh, and fingering all 4 strings without barre chords, cramming all fingers across one fret? Yikes!

Saw this tutorial video of Satin Doll by James Hill. Very cool, 12 jazz chords with only 2 chord shapes. Holy crap, I could actually play a cool jazz standard? I'm hoping to learn this one, but for...

Hi Vic, I have the KAT3 tenor, all solid mahogany, 12 fret with peg bridge, modeled after old Martin tenors. I like it a lot, sweet tone, plays very easily. I use it as my primary reentrant tenor. ...

How about a Reboxing video, when you dislike the uke, and pack it to send back? I looked, but couldn't find any! ;)

Was shocked to see 16% humidity today in my house. About the driest I've seen indoors here in MA. We have forced hot air heat, the norm is 25-35% in winter, which is still pretty dry. So, in-case...

No affiliation, but if anyone is interested in this one, solid spruce top, the seller did this video

https://youtu.be/3QM35eE2sOw

Yeah, get one from your birth year, then from a parent's birth year! ;)

That one sounds great, GLWS!

Great theme...I need to get away!

I assume that some lucky soul(s) at Martin get to take the original Konter uke out of its glass case and play it occasionally. I wonder how it sounds, and how often they do that?

On the video, I like how they showed the process of painting the new ukes black, a black grain filler I assume, which makes the grain pop and fills the pores. Then they buffed off the black prior to...

Vaccine rollout seems to problematic here in Mass. My sister has been an ICU nurse at a major Boston hospital, working on COVID since last Spring. They never even got tested until recently, and...

So true. I always find it interesting when some folks, who play longer scale linear ukes, sometimes even tuned down, find any reentrant uke to be plinky, toy-like or grating. Then there's the...

For me, it was #1, had an extra/under-used tenor here, so I strung it baritone. It was a fun experiment, and it is getting played much more now.

Sweetwater has em....

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SilverSnark--snark-silver-snark-clip-on-chromatic-tuner

Anyone recognize this one? Looks cool for the price, but looks can be deceiving. Very few details, it is listed as Unbranded.
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Saw this new Rob Collins soprano posted on FB yesterday. Looked on his web page, and it appears to be for sale. Great opportunity to snag a cool handmade soprano....

There's probably not much you can do to improve the sound of a high quality uke like yours, short of string experiment, but some things I've heard of folks trying are:
1) shaving/scalloping down...

I had that same problem on a uke once. I loosened the strings, and checked the saddle. It seemed that the saddle slot was wider than the original saddle, not sure why, but think that the uke had...

They really didn't usurp the word peghead, as the actual spelling of the product is Peghed

Never heard of it either, but found this, in link below. To me, it appears to be a special type of laminate.
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Maybe try the 3-pack of low G Fremonts from Lucy's Ukes on eBay, one wound, 1 Blackline, 1 clear, a bit of variety. I'm still working on the Soloist, but will be trying one of the other 2 soon.

The logo looks ok to me. But man, those uber long Pegheds look hideous on there. At least they could have used the shorter version, like Magic Fluke does. The back facing geared tuners look even...

Was that the "Cubbington Pear" mentioned here? https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-54618144