Ooh! Watching this is giving me UAS too! That sounds lovely Derek. What a beautiful sounding uke. You must be really happy with it. Are you going to the Melbourne Uke Festival? Would be great to catch up with you there.
The only thing sizzling around here is the summer barbeque!
I used to own a Larrivee parlor guitar and it was a gorgeous instrument.
I have heard that they are fairly particular about the wood they use on their instruments so this uke seemed like the next best thing to owning one made by Larrivee.
ThX
palinkasp91 1 year ago
Hi! What's the name of the song that you play at 1:29? Pls. answer!
palinkasp91 1 year ago
@palinkasp91 I am playing my own very simple chord melody arrangement of the Hawaiian tune Aloha Oe.
I worked it out by ear and from memory so it is not very accurate.
I have seen various websites with chords and tab for the song.
I don't have any tab or chords written for my version, I just kind of play it by ear when I pick the uke up and it changes slightly every time.
phillipsderek 1 year ago
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palinkasp91 1 year ago
nice! do you know where kala ukuleles are made in?
and how are they compared to other brands?
ukeandgtr 2 years ago
Cheers!
I'm pretty sure Kala are made in China (I could be wrong though)
The few that I have played seemed like great value for money.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
Ooh! Watching this is giving me UAS too! That sounds lovely Derek. What a beautiful sounding uke. You must be really happy with it. Are you going to the Melbourne Uke Festival? Would be great to catch up with you there.
fourteentwelve 2 years ago
Thankyou Michelle!
I am really pleased with it.
I can't make it to Melbourne unfortunately.
I hope you have a great time.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
The only thing sizzling around here is the summer barbeque!
I used to own a Larrivee parlor guitar and it was a gorgeous instrument.
I have heard that they are fairly particular about the wood they use on their instruments so this uke seemed like the next best thing to owning one made by Larrivee.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
Sweet..... some ukes do like more tension on them strings!
UkesterBrown 2 years ago
Thankyou!
This uke seems to fit that category.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
Sounds great! Looks nice too!
deach69 2 years ago
Cheers Deach!
It's a lovely little instrument. I'm very impressed with the build quality too.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
sounds great in D .
okvolleyball 2 years ago
Thanks Stephen.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
sounds nice!
ukeshale 2 years ago
Cheers Shane!
phillipsderek 2 years ago
beautiful sounding instrument!
looks nice, too!
worschd21 2 years ago
Thankyou!
I'm really pleased with it.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
sounds rad.
:) i wish i can play a soprano
nemoAUS 2 years ago
Cheers!
After seeing your playing skills on video I'm sure you could play anything you put your mind to.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
Sounds great (looks great) Derek :D
kennymelodica 2 years ago
Thanks Ken
She's a little beauty!
phillipsderek 2 years ago
Sounds beautiful, and I'm sure your right about D tuning.
KenMiddletonUkulele 2 years ago
Thanks Ken.
I'm growing to like D tuning lately, and it seems to suit this uke perfectly.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
sound wonderful the way you play it -- real koa?
LStrachey 2 years ago
Thanks Michael.
It has a solid koa body with a one piece top and back.
phillipsderek 2 years ago
one of the cool things about UAS is being able to have ukes dedicated for different tunings. the uke sounds great Derek!
russbuss415 2 years ago
Cheers Russ!
Any excuse will do to justify another uke, right?
phillipsderek 2 years ago