Earlier this month, I had the tough choice of picking 4 winners for my Play It Forward Video contest. Now that they’ve all received their prizes, I asked them to send me a picture and some info about themselves. I thought it would be fun to share with everyone else, so here goes…
Here’s the latest news about my custom Boat Paddle ukulele being built by Jerry Hoffmann…
I received an email from Jerry yesterday with the following update and question…
This continues my custom ukulele adventure that started in Part 1.
My custom Boat Paddle concert sized ukulele was ordered on December 19th, 2007 and I received the following info from Jerry this week that work is underway…
I remember late last year when I began my ukulele adventure, I read about this weird condition called UAS (Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome). I thought it was crazy; who needs more than one ukulele? Certainly not I… Um… Yeah… It’s only been five months and I already have five ukes with two customs in [...]
I had some fun this past Saturday. I attended my first ukulele class, which was led by Geoff Davis of the Blue Stone Folk School of Noblesville, Indiana. Including myself, there were 8 students in attendance. I had an exhausting 7 minute drive to the studio where the class was held, but one person drove [...]
There are many ways that a person can tune a ukulele. It can be tuned by ear, tuned to itself using harmonics, tuned using a pitch pipe, tuned using a digital tuner like the Intelli IMT-500 or eNote and even tuned with the help of a PDA or smartphone. That’s right, you can use the [...]
Here are the entries for the Play it forward video contest to win one of three FLEA ukulele packages.
More info about the contest is located here.
1. Chris Kaiser – Ukulele Chord Progression instruction
2. Arvin Reyes (NukeDOC) – Strap button install video
3. Dominic Pieranunzio (Dominator) – George Harrison’s Something (part 1)
Dominic Pieranunzio [...]
No, I’m not asking about your favorite chromatic tuner that helps you get your ukulele to sing a perfect my dog has fleas. I’m asking about the actual tuning machines inserted into the headstock of your instrument. Maybe you prefer open or enclosed ‘ear’ style geared tuners. Or perhaps you are a traditionalist and don’t [...]
Why do I love the ukulele? Let me count the ways…
1. Ukuleles take up less space than a standard sized guitar. Below you see the case for my Collings OOO2H in the background and my Pono concert sized ukulele in the foreground. The Collings is a small body guitar, so as you can see, you [...]