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I hear tracks from Ho's Beatles CD nearly every time I visit Ala Moana Shopping Center! I noticed his Beatles CD is sold out on his website. Lots of books but no Beatles arrangements for sale. The...

I saw Pepe's custom Tiny Tenor with a side port on his FB page (koa). He indicated it was a special order shipping to HMS. So Pepe thinks it okay on that design. It was expensive...
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Excellent playing and beautiful tone!

You may need to get the frets leveled. A truss rod is used to adjust neck relief in the middle of the neck, i.e., around the 7th fret, and doesn't make much difference on the first few frets.

Much of Nicolas de Angelis recordings appear to be easy listening pop music played on nylon string guitar, rather than classical guitar music. You might find lead sheet and/or piano arrangements and...

I've used D'addario capos for years and there are no marks on any of my instruments, but I always remove after playing. I suspect Ms Bean is right about the UV exposure causing gradual darkening of...

One thing about the Romero Replica tenor design is it has "reverse fan bracing" on the back, thereby causing the back to act as a secondary soundboard. If you hold the back against your belly, you...

Yes, some heavy rain here on Oahu the past couple days. Sad to see that area of Haleiwa flooding. A grand pain for all involved. Looks like the Ukulele Site retail store avoided the worse of it.

Mahalo for listening!

I've played both in various tone woods and have to say the biggest difference in sound revolved around the wood combinations rather than the body style. I preferred the all mahogany grand tenor over...

Intonation problems are most pronounced in the upper positions. If you don't use the low G above the 7th fret you probably won't notice if intonation is a wee bit off.

I've seen older Kanile’a with unstained rosewood fingerboards, resulting in a lighter brown hue. The new Oha series have brown fingerboards as well.

Most early guitars—Renaissance and Baroque—were strung reentrant. And strumming was rasgueado using multiple fingers in both down and up strokes.

I can't answer your question directly but, heck, you can multi-track on an iPad with GargageBand, so audio recording isn't that demanding of a modern computer just as long you're not mixing more than...

I installed the Waverly snakewood button on my doghair and it's really nice, albeit I wish the screw was inset a bit deeper.
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I have a set on my Douglas Ching classical guitar with custom cat ears and engravings. Amazing workmanship but, yeah, you can buy a nice instrument for the price of these heads.

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I'm working remotely at home and able to practice 2 or 3 times daily. After 10 months, my repertoire and playing skill have grown considerably in the solo classical guitar realm. Ukulele, not so...

If I already had an instrument or two with a pickup, I'd pass. It's extra clutter and might rattle when played acoustically. Of course if you mainly play amped up or are a pedalboard junkie, you'll...

That normally means "make offer."

I already have more than I can play so, unless one jumps out and bites me on the arse, zero new ukuleles and guitars shall be purchased in 2021. Well, I wouldn't mind a Baroque guitar since I sold my...

I have the Baritone 6 and have tried all sorts of strings and tunings on it. The best stock strings I've used are the Pepe Romero UG1:

1 = .021" | 2 = .026" | 3 = .0315" | 4 = .0275" | 5 = .034" |...

Pretty sure "what you see is what you get" here at UU. One thing I like about UU we are not beholden to social media behavior and get to write actual comments like your parents did on AOL in the...

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Makes sense due to the increased overhead due to the COVID thing. With over 30% of the Hawaii's working population unemployed, small businesses are stuck with rapidly increasing employment...

I had a tenor with spruce top and mahogany back and sides. Top notch workmanship and almost too beautiful. I had a of love-hate relationship with it and ended up trading it in for a Kala Elite Koa 1...