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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
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 Posted - 06/27/2005 : 04:08:50 AM
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Aloha to everyone,
What a great site! Where I live, on the North Coast of Ca, there aren't too many uke or slack key players...but I know they are just waiting for someone else to play with. I build
ukuleles and surfboards out of my little shop in Fort Bragg, called North Pacific Surf Shop,
my ukes are the North Pacific label. 707 961 0314
I got into building 5 years ago, with encouragement from David Hurd, of Kawika Ukuleles in Hilo. I have played guitar most of my life, my Dad being a guitar player from way back.
We used to buid classical guitars when I was a teenager, also way back there!!
I grew up on Oahu, in the late 40's through the 60's, out in the country in Haleiwa. It WAS
true paradise then. I need to get back for a family reunion soon.
Anyway, I look forward to checking in to the Taropatch now and then, thanks for keeping
Aloha alive! - Paul Kraus
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2005 : 05:35:16 AM
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Welcome, Paul! This is the best site for talking about Hawaiian music and slack key. Everyone shares aloha here and none of the spiteful sniping you find on some forums.
Please feel free to post pictures of some of your ukes, we'd like to see them.
Many here will agree that the Hawaii you grew up in is pretty much gone, but there's still aloha spirit and good music to hear and play. E komo mai!
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Pupule
USA
4551 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2005 : 09:07:26 AM
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Hi Paul,
Welcome to the 'patch. Thanks for dropping in. A hui hou! |
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slkho
`Olu`olu
740 Posts |
Posted - 06/27/2005 : 12:45:14 PM
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Aloha Paul,
Welcome to the TP.
Such a little guitar! Oops!, that's a ukulele.
-slkho |
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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 3:42:05 PM
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| Such fun too! |
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hapakid
Luna Ho`omalu
USA
1533 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 7:45:19 PM
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And we need to warn you that slkho is a wiseguy. Relentless good fun.
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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 05:15:39 AM
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slkho
`Olu`olu
740 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 1:20:42 PM
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Aloha Paul,
Where exactly in NoCal are you? What is BalsaBoy?
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 4:34:34 PM
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Yes - and are there any other questions you would like to float?
But remember... No dull or "wooden" responses allowed here!...
...and no "light" comments either!
We here all "stick" to the "grain" of truth, and none of us ever make any puns... or "snap" judgements either...
(yeah, ...right) 
You are most welcome to join in!...
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Mahope Kākou...
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Michael Arago
Aloha
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 06/29/2005 : 4:51:55 PM
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Eh Brudda Paul,
Where you been brah! Not alot of us kine guys up here, especially in Fort Bragg, but we do exist. I like to get together wid you for some kanikapila. Kind of tied up until after the KMUD Luau, but after that, you like jam, I'm there. Maybe I bring my I bring my uke strumming buddy from Philo, Dennis Hudson, a founding member of that notorious, semi legendary Anderson Valley quartet " the Ukeholics ", who recently wowed the crowd at the Wild Iris Festival with their version of " Knights in White Satin ', complete with dry ice induced fog. Anyway I'm in the phone book, or find me the way everybody else does, at Harvest Market. Good to see someone else from the North Coast posting on this great site.
Aloha,
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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
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Posted - 06/30/2005 : 06:16:24 AM
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| Mahalo to all for this warm welcome..(more than I get in Hawaii!!!). Michael, I'll stop by and make a time to jam, or come by my shop. Sikho, I shape balsa surfboards, in da kine old style, learned from one of the masters, OLE, who I worked for back in the dim past of the 60's. For years I supplied balsawood to shapers in Hawaii and Calif, I went to S.America and cut my own wood, and imported. What an adventure, but I'm no longer doing that, too many projects! thus, BalsaBoy. A hui hou, Paul |
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slkho
`Olu`olu
740 Posts |
Posted - 06/30/2005 : 2:07:09 PM
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...where, in NoCal?
-slkho |
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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 06:01:20 AM
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[quote]Originally posted by slkho
...where, in NoCal?
-slkho
My shop is in Fort Bragg, on the coast about 125 miles north of S.F. Where are you?
Aloha,
Paul |
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cmdrpiffle
`Olu`olu
USA
553 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 10:49:27 AM
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Paul,
Aloha and welcome. I'm in Ft. Bragg every Sept for Winesong!. I'll have to pay you shop a visit when we come up there.
Lawrence.....have you been missing your meds?
mike |
my Poodle is smarter than your honor student |
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slkho
`Olu`olu
740 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 12:22:06 PM
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Aloha Paul,
...San Marcos. (San Diego county)
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BalsaBoy
Aloha
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 07/01/2005 : 4:50:07 PM
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[quote]Originally posted by cmdrpiffle
Paul,
Aloha and welcome. I'm in Ft. Bragg every Sept for Winesong!. I'll have to pay you shop a visit when we come up there.
Lawrence.....have you been missing your meds?
mike
Mike,
Thanks for your Aloha, I'd be pleased to see you when you're up this way, I'm always ready to stop work and jam. My shop address is 1250 N Main St. Fort Bragg, right next to the
`North-O-Town' mini storage. Phone 707 961 0314
is it possible to post .jpg photos on the site? - Paul |
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