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hg
Aloha
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 Posted - 10/21/2004 : 1:28:11 PM
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Keith -
I'm new to the uke scene - I play regularly with Ron Saul in a Thursday lunchtime jam, though he's on bass and I'm on flute, and we're generally outnumbered by guitars. On weekend mornings, a couple of surfers (Kevin & Mike(?)) are generally found playing in the parking lot at the Pismo Pier, and they welcome others. Dorian Michael plays uke on at least one of his albums, and I just discovered a shop in Cayucos called "Alternate Tunings" dedicated to ukes, plus "Lightning Joe's Guitar Heaven" in Arroyo Grande has a pretty good collection. Next time I see them, I'll ask Kevin and Ron what else is going on.
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howard,
i checked your members page and see you're at SLO. we head up that way a few times a year, and i like visiting blue note music. it seems like there's some good acoustic guitar activity there, and with rs saul building some great sopranos, i wondered if there was any hawaiian music in the area. what's going on up there?
[note to moderator andy - sorry for posting this here - i just wanted to have this in a place that i thought howard would see. howard, it might be good to reply to this under the "kanikapila" forum]
aloha,
keith
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marzullo
`Olu`olu
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Posted - 10/21/2004 : 5:34:07 PM
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howard,
what fun! i just got dorian michel's alternate tuning book (i should write a review here - it's a great book for slack key folks), it would be great to meet him. and, jamming at pismo sounds like a blast.
so what do you think of ron saul's ukes? i've played only a few - at blue note music - and thought that they were among the best i've played. they seemed very responsive and projected a lot, especially for a soprano. and, using local wood was a great idea. i'm glad he doesn't make tenors, because then i'd be poorer and have less wall space.
aloha,
keith
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hg
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/21/2004 : 7:14:57 PM
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Earlier this year, Ron showed me one of his ukes when he was installing a guitar pickup for me, and the construction looked really nice, but I didn't know how to evaluate the sound - I'll have to give them another try, though my main interest now is tenors. Dorian recorded on one of Ron's ukes - he is such a versatile musician.
Let me know when you're headed back this way - I should have a better idea of what the SLO scene is by then ...
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ToeBone
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/22/2004 : 10:23:54 AM
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Howard,
I glad that you found Alternate Tunings. The shop just opened a couple of weeks ago. I have been doing business with owner, Mike Atkins, for about a year now. Real nice fellow. He stocks Worth fluorocarbon strings and those nice Datt cases (among other things, of course). I'm looking forward to a trip down to Morro Bay and visiting his shop in the next month or so.
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hg
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 10/23/2004 : 2:42:32 PM
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| I just found out from Mike Atkins that there's a uke club meeting here in SLO at Chili Peppers Restaurant on Broad Street next Wednesday (10/27) from 7-9pm. I'll plan to be there. |
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