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    5 string experiment question

    I have a concert ukulele that I have strung up with "high d" baritone tuning, using all fluorocarbon strings. So dGBE. I am trying to get a little bit of more traditional high sound so I have tried different tunings, including dgBE and dGbE. Anyways, I've come to the conclusion the best idea...
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    Underwater Ukulele Playing Comparison

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    Coolest ever FREE tuner for android: Pitchlab

    I thought Datuner was great until someone showed me this tuner app yesterday. It's got all the geekiest technical crap I could ever want, and it's free! Too many feature to list, but just using it as a plain old ukulele tuner it's got the coolest graphic interface I've ever seen. Here's a...
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    Power Ukes Update: Slack Key, Banjo and Blues Style on the Power Uke

    Aloha, I am still making and selling the Power Ukes. I've recently got great video of some amazing musicians jamming on the Power Uke. The first clip is of Moses Kahumoku, who happened to come into Just Ukes, where I work in downtown Kona. Moses is a legendary Hawaiian slack key guitar...
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    Power Ukulele Players Sampler

    Aloha ukulele lovers, Here's an update on the Power Ukulele, a new kind of ukulele I invented and assemble here in Kona. It's got a built-in speaker and amplifier. I am still making them and selling them. I work at Just Ukes in downtown Kona, so you can come in and check them out in person...
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    Grand Wizard of Ukulele Science

    Went out on my bicycle for more beer, and to get away from my weird jack daniels, redneck roommates. Ended up at Kona Brew Pub, the best beer and pizza within 2000 miles. Sat alone by the bar reading and drinking beer, surrounded mostly by tourists, I felt quite alone. After reading the whole...
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    Power Ukulele Jamming Pt. 2--The Master

    Power Ukulele jamming Pt 2. In my previous post a kindly officer at the Kona airport takes a moment to check out the Power Ukulele. He was so excited after trying it out that he arranged for me to meet his friend, an amazing player, and have him give the Power Ukulele a try on their break...
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    Power Ukulele Jamming at Kona Airport

    Hi, I've got a little video of the Power Uke in action. What is a Power Ukulele, you may ask? (Old fashioned, acoustic purists, please avert your eyes and ears now) I took a name brand ukulele with good intonation and decent quality, and married it with a name brand mini-amplifier, with equally...
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    full moon taimane gardner encounter

    Hi, it's been a while since I've posted here, I drive a cab in Kona, for the Four Seasons hotel. Thursday evening, after waiting for 5 hours in the hotel parking lot with no rides, I got a call to pull up to the lobby and give someone a ride into town. I pulled up and two pretty ladies got...
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    koa kalane ukulele in kona kmart

    has anyone heard anything about these ukus? i just bought a gorgeous tenor ukulele at the kona kmart. it's solid acacia of some kind, but claims to be solid acacia koa. anyways, the quality and setup is definitely top notch, for $199! holy cow! it appears to have almost the same measurements and...
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    fishing line ukulele string recipe

    does anybody know the recipe for using fluorocarbon fishing line for ukulele strings? from reading on the forum at fleamarketmusic.com it seems that the most common line to use is seaguar, but what pound test and which model of line specifically? i am looking to string up concert and soprano...
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    Vintage Luna Ukulele--history, details? etc?

    Hi, I just bought a Luna brand ukulele off Craigslist, it's obviously a pretty old soprano, maybe from the 1950's era. It says manufactured by Luna Music Company Ltd, Tokyo, Japan, No. 103 on the label inside. Does anybody know anything about this brand? And what the No. 103 means? It's a great...
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