NoKaOi
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Hey all-
lurked here for a bit. Been a guitar player for decades & decades & am back 'n forth between the east bay & Maui all the time. Lamely, I waited 'til about trip #30 to pick up a Uke & start jammin' like Jake! (in my dreams.. ; )
My 15 y/o nephew just won the annual Maui Ukulele competition at the Hula Grill & won a good stack of dough & an amazing custom KoAloha presented to him personally by KoAloha Master luthier, Paul Okami! We teach each other tricks & licks when I'm on island (me: guitar / picking technique, him: reggae/uke moves..) , as I spend lots & lots of time on Maui, although it's never ever enuff!
Looking forward to learning more & adding to my stringed instrument collection, which consists of lots & lots of electric (from vintage Les Pauls to custom "metal" Jacksons, Ibanez etc) & acoustic guitars ... & now, an all solid mahogany tenor acoustic/electric Kala & a custom Koa concert, pieced together by Miles Stephens on the Big island (Kona).
I recently ordered a Bruce Wei (the Ebay dude from Taiwan) Acacia/Koa tenor, that I'm looking forward to "electrifying" with either an LR Baggs or mi-si system, after I rout the nut a bit for a low bass (likely "G") string. I occasionally plug a little 4-stringer into my "POD" hooked up to a sub & small PA speakers, or even occasionally play through my giant Marshall or my Mesa Boogie Dual rectifier with flanger & some delay, which my nice, peaceful neighbors must absolutely dig!
Planning on attending the soon upcoming (Sunday, April 7th) "NorCal Ukulele Festival" in Hayward, so hoping some members will be rolling out to shaka in person!
Be well..
Sean (aka "NKO" )
lurked here for a bit. Been a guitar player for decades & decades & am back 'n forth between the east bay & Maui all the time. Lamely, I waited 'til about trip #30 to pick up a Uke & start jammin' like Jake! (in my dreams.. ; )
My 15 y/o nephew just won the annual Maui Ukulele competition at the Hula Grill & won a good stack of dough & an amazing custom KoAloha presented to him personally by KoAloha Master luthier, Paul Okami! We teach each other tricks & licks when I'm on island (me: guitar / picking technique, him: reggae/uke moves..) , as I spend lots & lots of time on Maui, although it's never ever enuff!
Looking forward to learning more & adding to my stringed instrument collection, which consists of lots & lots of electric (from vintage Les Pauls to custom "metal" Jacksons, Ibanez etc) & acoustic guitars ... & now, an all solid mahogany tenor acoustic/electric Kala & a custom Koa concert, pieced together by Miles Stephens on the Big island (Kona).
I recently ordered a Bruce Wei (the Ebay dude from Taiwan) Acacia/Koa tenor, that I'm looking forward to "electrifying" with either an LR Baggs or mi-si system, after I rout the nut a bit for a low bass (likely "G") string. I occasionally plug a little 4-stringer into my "POD" hooked up to a sub & small PA speakers, or even occasionally play through my giant Marshall or my Mesa Boogie Dual rectifier with flanger & some delay, which my nice, peaceful neighbors must absolutely dig!
Planning on attending the soon upcoming (Sunday, April 7th) "NorCal Ukulele Festival" in Hayward, so hoping some members will be rolling out to shaka in person!
Be well..
Sean (aka "NKO" )
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