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Location: Phoenix AZ | You probably get sick of hearing from me about Martin guitars and about Ukuleles. Sorry. But I have to boast a little. Here's my latest aquisition. Martin T-1 tenor ukulele. This is an extremely sweet one. Dave
MARTIN TENOR UKE |
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Location: closely held secret | What a cute little 4 stringed guitar! ;)
Very nice, Dave, congrats! |
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Location: Orange County, California | Originally posted by Tupperware:
You probably get sick of hearing from me about Martin guitars and about Ukuleles. Did you even read this before you hit post?! Don't get me wrong the UKE is gorgeous, but this thread should be titled "how to make fun of Witko 101" :p :D :p :D
"cute little 4 stringed guitar" will barely get you a grade in this class John.... |
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Location: closely held secret | I was just chumming... |
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Location: SoCal | You know, it's nice that Witko found a guitar his size...... |
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Location: Orange County, California | Oh, this is going to be good. Class, Professor Moody just demonstrated the "Parallel volume effectuation technique". Very nice. Who's next?? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Where's the crank?
(luv tortoise shell binding) |
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| I have always wondered what you guy's would do if they came out with a 5 string UKE??
Bet there'd be a lot of head scratching going on in the acoustic room that day!
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Location: Cicero, NY | I know everything is sold separately these days but by any chance did you get the official Ken luau outfit to go along with that?
(That really is a beauty, Dave - congrats.) |
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Location: south east Michigan | I like that one, too.
If I every have a wood box anything, it will probably be a uke. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Northcountry:
I have always wondered what you guy's would do if they came out with a 5 string UKE??
How would you tune a 5-string uke? "My-Damn-Dog-Has-Fleas"?
I've owned 6- and 8-string ukes. Actually took an 8-string and ditched the duplicate strings turning it into a 4 string wideneck.
You guys can laugh and poke fun all you want. All I know is that when I play the uke it makes me smile. Makes others smile as well, but probably for a different reason.
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Location: closely held secret | Makes some people fall to their knees and swoon.
Why do birds suddenly appear? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Dave,
I have always tried to laugh WITH you!
That is a very nice instrument and will provide enviable collectability well past what our misunderstood Ovations will get.
If you had six strings and wanted to set up an electric Uke-like instrument with a 19.125 inch scale what would you do?
I am considering DD-GG-B-E.
Another route is to stuff eight tuners in the peghead and go mando or uke with four double courses.
Any ideas? |
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Location: Central Florida | I'm not really into ukes, but that one looks cool. Love the tortise binding. Congrats, Dave! :) |
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Location: Round Rock, TX | Very nice. That has actually made me seriously consider getting a uke (although I still wanna know where that blue and white one can be purchased). |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Dave, you must be awfully good to your wife. What do you do to make her smile? I assume she doesn't smile when you play the uke. Laugh, maybe. |
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Location: big island | dave,
there are ukuleles and then there are "ooooooo"kuleles. your new martin is the latter. there is something special about a mahogany tenor martin. it has a voice all its own. i foolishly sold my T-1 about 4 years ago. iz took his tenor martin everywhere.
congrats! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by MWoody:
If you had six strings and wanted to set up an electric Uke-like instrument with a 19.125 inch scale what would you do?
I would string it D-GG-B-EE. Octave the G's and unison the E's |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Thanks Dave.
You may get a package in a month to do a review.
Is the D a low D or a high D? |
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Location: closely held secret | Just stop. I cannot believe you all let this picture go by without a single comment.
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Location: Orange County, California | You HAD to be there.... ;) :D ;) :D |
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Location: closely held secret | Maybe that's the problem... the ones that weren't there don't know, and the ones that were there don't remember. |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Sorry, Waskel, but I feel it would be in extreme poor taste to make fun of Cliff for throwing himself in front of the train pleading to Dave "For the love of God and everything good, please put that thing away and stop the agony."
Dave, on the other hand and being the good guy he is, finished his rendition of "Oops, I Did It Again" and put it away.
Case closed. |
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Location: closely held secret | Since when did you recognize poor taste, Weas? |
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Location: Cicero, NY | Schroeder explained it to me last year very shortly after my performance. |
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