Penelope the Pineapple Ukulele

[DakotaMarie94]

Heyy, is the pineapple more awkward to hold than the standard? is there anything worse about the pineapple in your opinion?(:(:

[ihavenotea]

@DakotaMarie94, I don't find the pineapple more difficult to hold. The fret board on that uke is amazing. I don't care for the sound board, though (the print is a plastic coating and it really dampens the sound).

[sharkbaitstudios]

i'm so pumped to get this.

[sharkbaitstudios]

i think i might get this one. it's a nice one? what kind of tuner is that too?

[ihavenotea]

@sharkbaitstudios , I have enjoyed that uke quite a bit over the last several month. The action and fretboard are magnificent. The sound quality is pretty good, but I think it suffers slightly from the pineapple print laminate. Kala makes great ukuleles and this is no exception.

As to the tuner, it is some cheap $20 tuner one of my local shops carries. Can't recall the brand ("FZone" or something like that).

[fatfingers75]

Beautiful ukulele man!

[tonybuchnz]

Nice one! Lovely complex chord structure there.

[ihavenotea]

One of these days I will need to sit and break down the chord progressions used in that piece and really understand them.

For now I just parrot them.

[tonybuchnz]

I'm a full time musician, mostly teaching these days, so I sort of get all that theory stuff, although I'm self taught. It's not such a mystery once you crack it! There's a YouTube video of me doing "I'll See You In My Dreams' if you fancy it. Search for tonybuchnz Keep pickin'

[ihavenotea]

Thanks. I will have to look that up later.

Yeah I can usually follow the structure of simple things like folk songs. Stuff like this requires me to sit down and write things out and look stuff up. Super fun learning experience, though.

I am just happy my ear is starting to develop where I can play three chord songs by ear.

[UkesterBrown]

Jeez- I didn't know there was a prize for that!!! Just kidding- I'm really glad you won and your son is quite an artist!

[ihavenotea]

Thank you.

It was marvelous to win, as I have no "uke money" and it was fantastic to get a new ukulele.

[mctrmt]

Sweet!

I wonder what would happen if you crossed a dolphin and a pineapple?

[UkesterBrown]

The dolphin would have diarrhea.... hahahaha

[ctrymaus]

Cool! I love your son's picture!!!

[ihavenotea]

He has been drawing some cool pictures lately.

[CoffeeMate11]

Big Smiles on my faces. Glad she arrived safely! Your son draws better than I do....I'm serious, he does.

[ihavenotea]

Well, your handwriting is better than his. And mine.

[jmmquah]

Congrats! Its sounding good already!

[ihavenotea]

Thanks!

[russbuss415]

congrats dude! nice artwork as well.

[ihavenotea]

Thanks, Russ!

[okvolleyball]

sweett uke nice job on the song .

[ihavenotea]

Thanks!

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Congratulations!

[ihavenotea]

Thanks, Yopps.

[kc8afw]

That is wickid awesome, dude. Well deserved win. I thought the picture looked just like the uke.

[ihavenotea]

Thanks.

He did uncannily well with his picture.

[unclejeff64]

awesome!

[ihavenotea]

Very Awesome. Thanks.

[mugambismonkey]

Congratulations! It sounds nice!

[ihavenotea]

Kala makes nice instruments. I have the dolphin bridge makala they make (and we got my daughter a pink one!) all of them are very playable and sound great, especially given their price point.

This Pineapple model is marvelous and even easier to play.

[urbanesupreme]

yay new uke! and the drawing is too cute!

[ihavenotea]

Thanks. I love the uke. My son will be happy to hear that his art was popular.

[ken6675]

congratulations gregory that uke is beautiful and sounds great.

cheers buddy

[ihavenotea]

Thanks!

Now I just gotta learn how to play. *grins*

[deach69]

Congrats!

[ihavenotea]

Thanks! I am having a blast with it.

[TheCoffeeJunkee]

Glad she arrived safe and sound!.... Have fun with her, she is a great player and we enjoyed her a great deal. BTW, that's some awesome art work from your son!

[ihavenotea]

Thanks so much again. It is a beautiful ukulele and the best one I have. The case was a WONDERFUL surprise and much needed.

It has been fun watching my son start drawing... for a long time he didn't even try, and now he draws all sorts of stuff.

[boozelele]

Congrats man, you deserved it, your video kicked ass. I had one of those Kala pineapples for a while...they are fun!!!! They play and sound great.

[deach69]

So much fun you gave it away. bcsi.

[boozelele]

oh that's right, you had one too! What happened to yours? dcsi2.

[deach69]

Some hippie was begging for hooch.  I tried to enrich his life instead of adding to the pain. I obviously failed. dsi indeed.

[ihavenotea]

It is the best uke I have! (not that the makala dolphin is bad in any way)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

Congratulations.

[ihavenotea]

Thanks.

[Kendensuki]

So awesome dude!! Congrats! beaute of a uke! :D

[ihavenotea]

Thanks! I had much fun with it last night.

[DonfromMT]

Well deserved! Congrats, Gregory! (Great picture, Noah!)

[ihavenotea]

Thanks! I am having much fun with it. It plays wonderfully well.

[deejflat]

that's tight it looks like a pineapple. Congrats on your awesome price

[ihavenotea]

Thanks. Yeah, most pineapple ukulele's simply have the shape. This one has the character.