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Location: big island | Ya wanna see a pretty tenor ukulele? Check out my Les Rietfors uke in my gallery. Les passed away almost a year ago but his talent lives on in wonderful sounding instruments. |
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Location: ranson,wva | nice!!! look spensive!!!!!! how does it sound/play?? jason |
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Location: big island | whoa brother...you are up late! it's almost 10:30 pm here so it's close to 3:30 am at your house.
it is the best sounding/easiest playing ukulele i have ever played and i have played plenty. volume, sustain and clarity galore! paid only $700 in 2002. went up in market value to around $1000 just before Les passed away. now it's probably worth $1800 or so. doesn't matter cuz it ain't for sale! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Jason, Nice choice. I have owned every size Jenny and they are great ukes for the money. Congratulations.
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Location: ranson,wva | thanks dave. im still undeiceded on the woods tho..koa,spruce,mahog...im leaning to the koa tho...jason |
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Location: GA USA | You know, though, Jason... You could record the song and send the file to Dave to add the uke, then buy a res if you're so inclined. |
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Location: ranson,wva | i was thinking about that but i got a good deal on a jenny here localy. koa with hard bushman tweed case for $450.00 out the door. but my recording rig took a dump so im out of comission for a while. but i still have a digital recorder that has a line in for a mike and runs to the desk top via usb..i could use that...jason
there's just one problme with haveing dave do the uke part..none of my song is in writing....its in my head..when i put it on paper it dosnt come out right...its mostly just finger picked single chords buit the way i group them it sounds good when you add words...its nothing that gonna make it to the next cd..just a dossier of my progress...jason |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by johnny cash 83:
there's just one problme with haveing dave do the uke part.. Jason, evidence shows there may be more than one problem... |
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Location: Bluffton, SC | He's right, Jason. More like a cornucopia. |
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Location: ranson,wva | at least it would cover up my crappy playing..lol jason |
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Location: closely held secret | Originally posted by Weaser P:
He's right, Jason. More like a cornucopia. Am I gonna have to call a moderator? |
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Location: GA USA | Wait... you spelled "dossier" right?
By the way, last night I discovered that "Turning Japanese" is great on uke. |
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Location: ranson,wva | does that fact that a can spell dossier suprise you jas?? lol a alot of times i typ so fast i hit the wrong keys and my spelling gets messed up... im gonna pick mine up tomorow...jason |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Nothing about Jason will ever surprise me. |
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Location: ranson,wva | david,coming from you i will take that as a compliment.(perfect english as well) jason |
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Location: GA USA | It doesn't surprise me that you can. Just that you did. :) |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | If one of jason's posts didn't have any misspellings, we would have to suspect an imposter. I just try to use small words that I can spell. I'm especially good at the 4 letter ones, but the moderators frown on that here. That's one of the benefits of a Catholic grade school. The nuns taught us spelling and grammar and then the other kids taught us the 4 letter words at recess. |
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Location: Lakewood, Ohio | I recently watched Roy Sokumas new ukulele video where he tours the major Hawaiian ukulele manufacturers including Kamaka, Koaloha, G-string and Koolou. He interviews Sonny D who opines that while Koa is prettier, Honduras Mahogony ukes have the best sound. Sonny D's are handmade and relatively rare, they occasionally show up on EBAY. I have a Bushman mahogony pinaplle and a Bushman koa soprano. The koa has alot of sharp tone bark. I prefer Kelii ukes for the money, although Kelii necks tend to be wider than most. For not much more, Koaloha's are my favorites. |
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Location: big island | my father-in-law and sonny d are cousins. he has a few of sonny's very first ukuleles. one of them is currently in my possession as i am reattaching the bridge for him. sonny's early ukes are heavy and somewhat unbalanced with a fair tone. he has certainly become a better luthier over the years, however, in my opinion, his recent ukes on eBay are considerably overpriced. koa does have a sharper tone than mahogany and usually not as much volume. my tenor koa uke from les rietfors has a deeper body
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