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the low-end, starter uke category. Oscar Scmidt has been making serious efforts to bring you better quality ukuleles Greetings and Salutations to all What I love about interviewing starting with moving their ukulele enthusiasts around the performers and recording artists manufacturing to Indonesia world. This is the fourth issue of is that it is a learning experience and choosing better pickups ukulele player and we are for me. I enjoy getting to know and materials to make even thrilled to bring it to you. each and every one of them. their low-end ukes better than There are stories of the road ever before. Now, they are Some of the features in this issue and lots of interesting offering higher quality, solid have taken as much as three anecdotes from the stage and wood ukes and we are looking months to put together due to studio. Not all of those details forward to reviewing those in logistics, touring musicians, CD make it into the publication, but future issues. In this issue, debuts, and other factors. We the ones that are important however, we the review the are happy to bring you issue certainly will and we hope that, OU2e, one of the industry's four, the ukulele reviews, articles in the end, you feel as though biggest selling ukes ever. and interviews. you know a little more about those artists we spotlight. Keep those club listings coming. It took some time working with We know there's a world of Michael Bloom and ukulele There are more ukulele reviews ukulele players out there. We virtuoso, Jake Shimabukuro to and lots of things happening in want to hear from you. bring you his feature and I sat the world of ukulele. We bring with Victoria Vox for about four you another Ohana review. This or five hours to bring you her time around, it is the Vita Uke story and interview. reproduction. It's a value-priced ukulele that packs a punch. p2. Jake Shimabukuro We have two CD reviews this p6. Jake CD 'Live' Review time around, first is Jake's new We have another Kala Ukulele p7. Victoria Vox "Live" album. This is twenty tracks give-a-way. Thanks Mike Upton p11. Ohana CPK-70 review in all, but, there are some of Kala Ukulele for the Archtop p12. Dave Talsma - Luthier surprises for his listeners. If you Tenor uke. Even if you don't play p14. Play Well With Others love Jake previous and consider jazz uke, this little Kala tenor will p15. 'Serpentine' CD Review yourself a fan of his music, this have you jazzed. It sounds great p16. Oscar Schmidt OU2e one is a must-have. and the built-in pickup will help p17. Ohana BK-32 Baritone recording and gigging p19. Why Digital Recording? Our second CD review is Snake musicians get the most from p20. Kala KA-JTE/M Suspenders 'Serpentine'. These their performances. p22. Kala Uke Give-A-Way guys are terrific and I am sure p30. Green Uke Question? that you will enjoy it. We have a pleasant surprise in
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