Author: Magda
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Picking Up the Leolani
Those of us willing to fork over a big bucks for a wonderful sounding ukulele sometimes forget that an instrument doesn’t need to cost a lot of money to sound great. This modified Leolani Tenor ukulele “fits that bill.” I discovered this gem while watching the Hawaii Music Supply podcast on YouTube. The channel is…
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The Orange Lion Roars
Just in time for Halloween… the mighty, orange, LION roars. About 4-ish years ago I saw this instrument being sold online. By the shape, I guessed it was made by aNueNue since it has the distinctive “Bird” design. The website where I first saw it was a small independent dealer and I never saw it…
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Tuning up Tuners… Pegs… Machines?
As promised, I am going to walk you through the simple process of changing ukulele tuners, also called tuning pegs, also called machine heads. Basically, the pegs on the head of the ukulele where you tie one end of each string and wind it until it’s in tune. You know what I mean… As I…
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Muradian/Kamoa/KoAloha-Custom Concert
In my last post, I shared my DIY woodburning ukulele project. The inspiration for that came after I purchased this masterpiece of pyrography in the form of a concert ukulele. This was a collaboration between Koaloha and pyrographer Dino Muradian. I purchased it from Hawaiian Music Supply (theukulelesite.com) after listening to a demo on their…
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Every Ukulele Tells a Story
Several years ago I became interested in pyrography on ukuleles. I had already purchased a couple of ukuleles with burned tops (more on those is separate posts) and thought I would give it a try. I had no pretense that my woodburning work would meet or exceed the work of professional pyrography artists, but the…
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Don’t Uke Fret
Several years ago I saw a post on Beau Hannam’s website showing a fretless ukulele that he made. Since then, I have contemplated having one made but I wasn’t sure if I wanted to invest in something that I had no experience with. The demos for fretless ukuleles are few and far between. Recently, I…
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Holey Uke!
Have you ever had one of those days when all you want to do is scroll through ukulele tonewood websites? Same here. One day… I think it was a few days before we would learn that Covid would send our world topsy-turvy, I discovered Alaska Specialty Woods. At the time, they carried a great deal…