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markwitz
`Olu`olu
USA
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 Posted - 06/27/2007 : 7:19:35 PM
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Got a message from The Ukulele Club Of Santa Cruz informing the members that James Hill will be at their next monthly meeting. In addition to being a Ukulele virtuoso, Hill has a slide ukulele played like a Lap Steel Quitar.
Check out the video of him playing his version of "Oh! Susanna".
www.ukulelejames.com
Custom Beltona Slide `Ukulele
In the fall of 2005 James approached New Zealand-based Steve Evans of Beltona Resonator Instruments about building a customized, one-of-a-kind slide `ukulele. Evans' interest was piqued and the two communicated by email as the design took shape. The uke was built using Evans' existing resonator body moulds but has a custom-built square neck, raised action, and a fretless fingerboard (the lines are inlaid wood strips).
Hear James' Beltona slide uke.
The experiment worked beautifully and James spent the next year learning to play the new uke, trying different tunings and techniques, and arranging repertoire for the instrument. The sustained, lyrical sound of the Beltona is a wonderful complement to the conventional `ukulele sound. Top #9650;
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"The music of the Hawaiians, the most fascinating in the world, is still in my ears and
haunts me sleeping and waking."
Mark Twain |
Edited by - markwitz on 06/27/2007 7:39:05 PM |
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thumbstruck
Ahonui
USA
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Posted - 06/28/2007 : 03:08:10 AM
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| Back in the early '80s, I saw a picture of Martin Mull playing ukulele on his lap with a bar, sort of as a gag, but the sound on his album wasn't bad. |
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