Hi Alex You did a great job with those ukuleles The balance of resonance and articulation is wonderful. The full rich tonal quality puts these ukuleles in class of instruments people will want to add to their permanent collections and keep as family heirlooms. The side fret markers on both sides are a much appreciated touch for us lefties I also really like the unique front fret markers. Thanks for sharing the story behind these two masterpieces.🙂
As always thank you for sharing, congratulations to another successful and amazing instrument!! I've been lucky enough to own a couple of the instruments you helped design in particular the Manako - these instruments don't disappoint and I'm sure this one is on another level! 😀
Hi Sarah, Thank you for the compliment. There are no tutorials on my patreon that you can't see here and try for free on RUclips. There are tabs to those tutorials on my patreon though to accompany videos. I have 2 courses on my website ukeswith.com, one of them is a baritone course where I teach Georgia on my mind. The songs in the video are all my own songs except for Georgia on my mind. 🙂
Love these videos. One question, you say you’ve owed a dozen Kanile’a ukes. How long do you keep one, why do you sell it( assuming you do) and why? Really curious. I think of Kanile’a as a generational instrument and would want to keep it and pass it down.
I work with ukuleles every day and don't have an unlimited budget. I also believe in owning few instruments at one time so I bond with one for a long time. I've had 2 Kanile'a concerts... the first was satin and the second was gloss, both Koa. I had a GL6 in Koa for a while then sold it when I left a band... got another a few years later I had a K1 baritone that was great. I sold it at some point between the two GL6 guitaleles. I had a K-1 tenor around 2014 that I sold for a koaloha then a kstp slotted one for a bit which I sold for an imua. Then we did the manako thing and I've had a Tenor and baritone one of them... the baritone got sold when I got the manu hu. Not quite a dozen but a fair old journey with the brand. Edit: totally forgot about 2 other old Kanile'as I briefly owned 😆
I shifted to making courses as I had so many enquiries for students. It got overwhelming. In my baritone course is a 10 minute lesson on that subject for what it's worth? I recommend looking up 4stringboy on Instagram who is much better at that kind of thing than il ever be and he has about 2 years of free lessons on Instagram and patreon that can satisfy your itch
Hi Alex
You did a great job with those ukuleles
The balance of resonance and articulation is wonderful.
The full rich tonal quality puts these ukuleles in class of instruments people will want to add to their permanent collections and keep as family heirlooms.
The side fret markers on both sides are a much appreciated touch for us lefties
I also really like the unique front fret markers.
Thanks for sharing the story behind these two masterpieces.🙂
Great video! Only just caught it!
As always thank you for sharing, congratulations to another successful and amazing instrument!! I've been lucky enough to own a couple of the instruments you helped design in particular the Manako - these instruments don't disappoint and I'm sure this one is on another level! 😀
What a great ukulele , love the baritone ukulele
Really like the rear facing tuners. You don’t see these on a Kanile’a, looks and sounds great.
Beautiful all around!
Fabulous 👏👏👏
Wonderful!
awesome
Hi Alex. You are my favourite ukulele player. On your patreon page do you do tutorials with tabs? Also what is the song you just played?
Hi Sarah,
Thank you for the compliment. There are no tutorials on my patreon that you can't see here and try for free on RUclips. There are tabs to those tutorials on my patreon though to accompany videos.
I have 2 courses on my website ukeswith.com, one of them is a baritone course where I teach Georgia on my mind.
The songs in the video are all my own songs except for Georgia on my mind. 🙂
Love these videos. One question, you say you’ve owed a dozen Kanile’a ukes. How long do you keep one, why do you sell it( assuming you do) and why? Really curious. I think of Kanile’a as a generational instrument and would want to keep it and pass it down.
I work with ukuleles every day and don't have an unlimited budget. I also believe in owning few instruments at one time so I bond with one for a long time.
I've had 2 Kanile'a concerts... the first was satin and the second was gloss, both Koa.
I had a GL6 in Koa for a while then sold it when I left a band... got another a few years later
I had a K1 baritone that was great. I sold it at some point between the two GL6 guitaleles.
I had a K-1 tenor around 2014 that I sold for a koaloha then a kstp slotted one for a bit which I sold for an imua.
Then we did the manako thing and I've had a Tenor and baritone one of them... the baritone got sold when I got the manu hu.
Not quite a dozen but a fair old journey with the brand.
Edit: totally forgot about 2 other old Kanile'as I briefly owned 😆
Curious: is that a 19” or 20”scale? Looks like a 19- which is the size I love. Stunning uke!
It's a 20' scale. Sorry 😅
@@UkesWithAlex still one of the sweetest baritones I’ve seen.
still waiting on that fingerstyle mixed with strumming tutorial you talked about a year ago
I shifted to making courses as I had so many enquiries for students. It got overwhelming.
In my baritone course is a 10 minute lesson on that subject for what it's worth?
I recommend looking up 4stringboy on Instagram who is much better at that kind of thing than il ever be and he has about 2 years of free lessons on Instagram and patreon that can satisfy your itch
may i know what is the G string use in these uke?
I'm mainly featuring a baritone tuner DGBE with ukes with Alex strings.
The Tenor in the first sound sample has a Fremont Soloist fitted
Just one thing, though. Hummingbirds were never native to Hawaii, so they didn't become extinct there.👍
Thats a totally valid point!