Steveperrywriter
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I have been much favored by the ukulele gods -- I now own a handful of outstanding instruments, all better than I deserve.
At the risk of being considered a heretic, I have too many.
My feeling is, if I am going to keep an expensive musical instrument, I need to play it. Once I get past a certain number, that is going be iffy.
Maybe that's just me.
So, here's the deal ...
I am going to offer a contest. The winner will get one of my flock, and it's a honey of a player:
Made by Woodley White, on the Big Island, it is an all-koa, 14-to-the-body tenor, now strung low-G, an Ukulele Pu’uwai. I think it is probably a Spanish Cedar neck, ebony fretboard, and rosewood binding, some kind of blue wood purfling, paua shell rosette and fretboard markers, including side dots, and a little stylized-heart inlay in the ebony-veneer headstock. Bone nut and saddle, Gilbert-style bridge, with Grover closed-back tuners.
This is not a new axe, it was made in 2010, and I got it in 2013. It has been well-cared for, but it has a few dings and scratches. Sometimes the bass string rattles, and probably fiddling with that nut slot wouldn't hurt. It has opened up, and it sounds great. I expect I might could get a grand for it, given that the current basic model runs about $2500.
Comes with a K&K Twin pick-up. And a hardshell case.
Ideally, this would go to a dedicated player who is better than his or her current instrument, but who can't afford the step up. That might happen, might not.
Why would I give away an ukulele that I could easily sell?
Like I said, I have been favored, and I feel as if I should pay it forward. The uke is too good to spend its days in a case in the closet. Got to be somebody out there who will appreciate it.
The Contest: With a Little Help From My Friends
Play a Beatle song. One that was performed by (any, or all of,) the Beatles while they were still recording as the Beatles. You have about three hundred from which to choose.
You can sing along, or keep it instrumental, but it's just you and your ukulele. No overdubs, no doubling tracks, no back-up singers, no other instrumentalists. You can adjust your mike and EQ it a little, but if that is the first thing anybody notices, it's too much. One person, one ukulele, one song, simple. You can play it in your bedroom, or on a seashore, or a mountain top, wherever, doesn't matter.
Anybody can enter, working pro or newbie. One entry per player, submissions limited to two weeks, beginning on February 1st, and ending at midnight, U.S. West Coast time, on Valentine's Day. You have a few days to think about what you want to do, time to practice and get a clean recording.
Post your video or a link to it here, starting on February 1st, 2016. Do it to entertain people, and make us feel the music. Age, sex, race, nationality, none of that matters -- the one who moves me the most wins.
Good luck.
At the risk of being considered a heretic, I have too many.
My feeling is, if I am going to keep an expensive musical instrument, I need to play it. Once I get past a certain number, that is going be iffy.
Maybe that's just me.
So, here's the deal ...
I am going to offer a contest. The winner will get one of my flock, and it's a honey of a player:
Made by Woodley White, on the Big Island, it is an all-koa, 14-to-the-body tenor, now strung low-G, an Ukulele Pu’uwai. I think it is probably a Spanish Cedar neck, ebony fretboard, and rosewood binding, some kind of blue wood purfling, paua shell rosette and fretboard markers, including side dots, and a little stylized-heart inlay in the ebony-veneer headstock. Bone nut and saddle, Gilbert-style bridge, with Grover closed-back tuners.
This is not a new axe, it was made in 2010, and I got it in 2013. It has been well-cared for, but it has a few dings and scratches. Sometimes the bass string rattles, and probably fiddling with that nut slot wouldn't hurt. It has opened up, and it sounds great. I expect I might could get a grand for it, given that the current basic model runs about $2500.
Comes with a K&K Twin pick-up. And a hardshell case.
Ideally, this would go to a dedicated player who is better than his or her current instrument, but who can't afford the step up. That might happen, might not.
Why would I give away an ukulele that I could easily sell?
Like I said, I have been favored, and I feel as if I should pay it forward. The uke is too good to spend its days in a case in the closet. Got to be somebody out there who will appreciate it.
The Contest: With a Little Help From My Friends
Play a Beatle song. One that was performed by (any, or all of,) the Beatles while they were still recording as the Beatles. You have about three hundred from which to choose.
You can sing along, or keep it instrumental, but it's just you and your ukulele. No overdubs, no doubling tracks, no back-up singers, no other instrumentalists. You can adjust your mike and EQ it a little, but if that is the first thing anybody notices, it's too much. One person, one ukulele, one song, simple. You can play it in your bedroom, or on a seashore, or a mountain top, wherever, doesn't matter.
Anybody can enter, working pro or newbie. One entry per player, submissions limited to two weeks, beginning on February 1st, and ending at midnight, U.S. West Coast time, on Valentine's Day. You have a few days to think about what you want to do, time to practice and get a clean recording.
Post your video or a link to it here, starting on February 1st, 2016. Do it to entertain people, and make us feel the music. Age, sex, race, nationality, none of that matters -- the one who moves me the most wins.
Good luck.
