Aloha Kona Bob and Kona Shirley.. Mahalo for the great info. I am saving my pennies to go to the Ukulele Guild Expo. Dr. Yasui was in Dallas last month, and I...
Hi Joyce and Beverly! Well, this is wonderful news. Please touch base with me as you get closer to Kona. It would be great to meet you when the ship comes into...
Hi Konabob, My dad (Bob Brown) lives in Waikoloa Village - maybe you know him? He's an amateur ukulele builder. I've been trying for 20 years to get him to...
Hi Debbie, I may have met him (The Big Island is still an island, after all), but I can't remember for sure. If I run into him, I will nudge him to make you...
LOL Just think of the Good Rev as your warm up act. ;-) Just keep your head up and you will dazzle them with your warm smile. Howdy to Shirley. Listen -...
I've taken it to try to play Sixteen Tons--but the only chords I can find i don't know yet--They are from Rise Up Singing Can any one point me towards easier?...
Hi Jim, Yes on the guitar I start with Em, on the uke I do it in Dm. Not sure why but it seems to work better in Dm. Go figure. Regards, Don Jim Ravoira wrote:...
Re: chords to Sixteen Tons Remember that now that you have the chords to "Sixteen Tons" you've pretty much also go "Stray Cat Strut" and "Hit The Road Jack". ...
Hi folks - as a lame excuse for my absence in group discussions of late take a peek at www.novascotiacanada.ca where you will find that uke stuff - including...
... And this just in... http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5452337 If You Tell My Boss I Wrote This, I Will Deny It June 5, 2006 · No one in...
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 5, 2006 CONTACT: JIM D'VILLE 503-661-5099 Columbia River Gorge Ukulele Festival June 25, 2006 Westside Elementary School 3685 Belmont Drive...
Seal Beach Music Sells these on Ebay for around $75.00 to $100.00 including shipping. They are made by harmonia and the Mahogony is a veneer. Here is a link...
I have one of these. I put Aquila low G strings on it and it sounds great. I have no complaints, and it has the magic f-holes which are not found very often....
Hey all, I'm new to the group. I have a baritone uke, and a few songs I printed off the net that I was able to find (which wasn't much). Everything seems to be...
... Welcome Kat! Most baritone ukes are tuned like a guitar with only four strings. This makes life wonderful because we can use guitar tabs and ignore the two...
Hi, Try, http://www.chordie.com/ Tons of songs tabs as well as a way to select your tuning: guitar, banjo, C-Uke, D-Uke, baritone Uke & Banjo. Rob Carignan ...
Hey Kat Seems like you already received some good links, but here's one more. Jim Beloff has added a Baritone book to his other Ukulele books called......
Wow! Thanks everyone for their responses. Hopefully a couple of the sites help me. Looks like I'll end up having to actually buy a book of some sort though. So...
... Hi. Nice collection of links you posted. You've been busy! Thanks. Noted under luthiers, R.L. Saul. He plays bass in our surf band, "The Dentures". Check...
A new acoustic/electric Baritone uke. That brings to uhm....six ukes total. There used to be a saying .."You can't be too rich or too thin." Mine is.."You...
Hi ... Just thought I would check in. Just been around for a few days and I see that there is a wealth of information available here. I'm a 75 year old musical...
I just won an auction for a baritone Koa Lanikai uke. I have only been playing a few months and I have a concert uke. I saw that no one had bid on the...
Aquila makes a set of AEGC strings that will make the Bari chord like the smaller ukes. I use them on my Bari and chord it like a regular uke. Try it, you'll...
Gloria, even if you tune the baritone the normal baritone way - DGBE rather than GCEA - you won't necessarily have to unlearn everything. All your chord shapes...