Show us your ukes!
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. Some members would need a satellite to pull that off with their collections 
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Jan D
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Dang, ricfreak … your family portraits are always visually amazing! How long did it take you to set up everything for this year’s photo?
LOL..... taking uke photos are easier compared to guitars. This new pic took me approximately 2 hours. It's a good workout for me as well
I definitely agree with this! Wow!
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ricfreak, I’m going to show your family portrait to my wife. Might take some of the heat off if you know what I mean!!!
Hope it helps!
I've had a username here for a while but never posted. My father mentioned he had an old uke that my grandfather had picked up at some point. It's an 8-string with a sticker that matches the SammoS company in this article https://www.leavingthisworld.com/samuel-c-osborn-mfg-co-1916-1922-sammo-sammos-labeled-instruments/ I can't really find any other images of 8-strings by the company, just a few old auctions for standard ones, so I figured it would be an interesting share here.
I did a very light cleaning, but it will probably need more TLC along the way (also it's currently not strung with a high C since I didn't have the string for that.)
I did a very light cleaning, but it will probably need more TLC along the way (also it's currently not strung with a high C since I didn't have the string for that.)
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This would make a great computer/phone background!Family Portrait 2023
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Figured I’d share my Uke family.
The lanikai concert was my first one and I purchased it new from guitar city. Didn’t know anything about uke’s but it sounded pretty. The Luna was gifted to me. It has a low g and I believe worth brown strings. I know Luna isn’t popular sometimes but I enjoy the sound this uke makes. Just wish it was smoother around the edges.
Then I ordered a gen one populele. Fun instrument but haven’t used it much.
Then there’s my enya concert ukulele. Very nice travel ukulele. A polycarbonate ukulele. Makes it pretty sturdy. Great tone and keeps tune well.
Then there’s the mystery I assume vintage uke I picked up this past weekend and then some various cheaper uke’s I’ve rescued from thrift stores. I no longer own the waterman.
The lanikai concert was my first one and I purchased it new from guitar city. Didn’t know anything about uke’s but it sounded pretty. The Luna was gifted to me. It has a low g and I believe worth brown strings. I know Luna isn’t popular sometimes but I enjoy the sound this uke makes. Just wish it was smoother around the edges.
Then I ordered a gen one populele. Fun instrument but haven’t used it much.
Then there’s my enya concert ukulele. Very nice travel ukulele. A polycarbonate ukulele. Makes it pretty sturdy. Great tone and keeps tune well.
Then there’s the mystery I assume vintage uke I picked up this past weekend and then some various cheaper uke’s I’ve rescued from thrift stores. I no longer own the waterman.
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Thanks for doing that! What a great little ukulele family!!!
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Thanks so much! I enjoy sharing! <3
UkelearWeapon
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Wow that’s chaos haha
Family Portrait 2023
Wow that’s chaos haha
direnzo
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Woooooowwwwwww 0_0Family Portrait 2023
direnzo
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This is my main uke, which I'm saying goodbye to. I have a cheaper Kala 6-string that works well enough.
I'm not a good enough uke player to justify an $1000 uke, so that money went toward a high end acoustic that I'll play every day.
I will miss her though. Never had a uke with perfection action and tone until this Kamaka. And the long neck helps a lot!
She'll be listed for sale here at some point but I've got to get some posts under my belt first.
Next time I'll post my Kala
I'm not a good enough uke player to justify an $1000 uke, so that money went toward a high end acoustic that I'll play every day.
I will miss her though. Never had a uke with perfection action and tone until this Kamaka. And the long neck helps a lot!
She'll be listed for sale here at some point but I've got to get some posts under my belt first.
Next time I'll post my Kala
Aw! That's so sad! I don't agree that you're "not good enough", BUT I don't suggest to second guess motivations and needs behind a sale or purchase.
direnzo
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It's a tough choice for sure, but I just write 90% of my songs on a $200 acoustic and I've outgrown it. In any case, I'm trading one legacy instrument for another, so it's not a bad deal
A bad one was when I pawned my beautiful deering banjo for $400, rent money, years ago. That was a tougher one
My new guitar is on its way from Marseilles, currently on a plane flying over the ocean and will be here Thursday!
Uuuunnnhhhh. That is awful.
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A friend of mine recently found a beautiful Deering banjo in a Philadelphia dumpster, as an apartment that was being gutted. It cleaned up real nice!
Needless to say, I was gutted too. I have a feeling one will find its way to me when the time is right.
