Sound Samples

I am not a player and I think that a good player can make any instrument sound good so here are two small samples of just basic notes, recorded with a good microphone.  The playback on good headphones or speakers is better than computer speakers.

#67 – spalted tamarind & redwood tenor

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RyfukyhbOxuNci_8fFA0k_VviVZBCJjx/view?usp=sharing

#73 – mango & aromatic cedar tenor

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QG3uc6UjDV0DoZyF3I_MniaH2GtfKghf/view?usp=sharing

 

Ty Olopai playing a high-G concert in my carport

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NF-RTl0A_wz0QkVdwtn2WROyvi1lc_td/view?usp=sharing

 

Nice playing on a custom ukulele

https://youtu.be/rc4nZgjMY5M

 

#49 – concert  “Roxy’s Waltz” played by Lisa S.

Roxy’s Waltz

#32 – XL tenor, 19 inch scale, casuarina back & sides, redwood top.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_nJkCjjzeY&feature=youtu.be

 

A little guilele comparison of my #47 to two others

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76crFe1B8sc

 

 

I was a vendor at a ukulele festival.  A fellow named Glen Hirabayashi from the Aloha Boys who was one of the instructors and performers came by and played a couple of my ukuleles. He really seemed to like them, he came back 3 times. Here are two videos, the beginning of a piece he played, and the end.  There actually two different instruments.  Both with casuarina back and sides and redwood tops, but one has a standard 17″ scale, and the other is a custom 19″ scale model. The 17″ scale instrument (the ‘beginning’) has a streaky redwood top, and the 19″ scale (the ending) has a clear curly redwood top. Glen played the same thing on both so one can compare the sound.

Glen Hirabayashi – begining

Glen Hirabayashi – end

 

Here are some small ukulele sound samples.  Simple video recordings with my phone, but it should give you a sense of what the instruments are about.

A friend playing Soldier’s Joy” on the “Tribute to Martin” ukulele:

Soldier’s Joy

Here is Soldier’s Joy on a redwood topped uke (high G):

Soldier’s Joy – redwood

Here are the same two instruments, with a different tune.  First the “Tribute to Martin”:

Tribute to Martin

Then there is the redwood topped uke, which is strung with a high G string:

redwood

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