Abe's Ukulele Podcast

I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a day at the Ashokan Uke Fest in Olivebridge, NY.

It was a beautiful place filled with lots of wonderful music-making. This episode is one of a few that I will release featuring instructors from the Ashokan Uke Fest.

Every time I attend a festival, I plan to wander and talk to as many people as possible. But every time I get too nervous and want to just relax and go with the flow.

So in these episodes it's just chats with great players/teachers. There's tons of great insight in these here episodes.

Here are the relevant links

Gerald's website

Ashokan Uke Fest

Hive ukuleles

Fremont polished low G

Here's another polished wound string I love to use, but it's for C on tenor.

Planet Waves Ukulele Capo

Personally, I love Sarah Maisel's straps. Hug straps are pretty cool, too. There are a lot to choose from.

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Here’s where you can find my music

Intro and outro music is by Blue Dot Sessions

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Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special number 2.

Mim sells and sets up ukuleles in Floyd, Virginia, USA.

She's also a great entertainer and puts a lot of thought into the way an ukulele feels when you play it.

I think that's the biggest factor in deciding which uke to buy.

Mim's website is here: https://www.mimsukes.com

Learn more about the Soiree and the club that runs it here:

http://alleghenyukes.com

http://ukulelesoiree.com

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Allegheny Ukulele Soiree Special number 1.

This was a short chat I had with Mike Holzer. It was early Sunday morning, the last day of the festival.

We sat down with my phone between us since we didn't have much time, hence the not-as-great audio.

The Soiree is great festival.

Learn more about the Soiree and the club that runs it here:

http://alleghenyukes.com

http://ukulelesoiree.com

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Today's episode is all about ukulele, as usual, but also guitarlele, or the kīkū, not as usual.

Terry Carter was my guest. He's a great teacher and performer from California, USA.

Terry's got a brand new course on the guitarlele. You should definitely check it out if you're interested in this sweet new instrument.

For 20% off any course or membership at Uke Like the Pros, use the coupon SPECIAL20.

He's got a baritone ukulele course coming out soon!

ukelikethepros.com/courses

The paddle boarding ukulele class I mentioned is Paddle and Strum

Terry's 5 common ukulele mistakes video

I hope you enjoyed this show.

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https://ukepodcast.com is the official podcast website.

https://ukuleleabe.com to hear my music.

Paul Hemmings' website is here.

Duke on Uke

Paul's Bach Cello Suite arrangement

The Sgt. Peppers album can be heard here.

Paul's latest album

Play jazz, kids.

Note: I'm so sorry if the music is too loud! I'm having too much fun listening to my new intro music.

This is officially December's episode.

It's more of a personal resolution as well as a challenge to all uke players

Here's my uke wishlist

I'd love to hear from you! What's on your uke wishlist?

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With the hope of new gear on the horizon for many ukulele players, I wanted to take this chance to cover some pedals that every player should know about.

I go over what I think are the essential pedals to be aware of.

Do you use any pedals? Let me know which ones are your favorites!

Reverb is my first stop when looking for new gear to buy

Here’s the video of Jake Shimabukuro breaking down his pedalboard

Equipboard is where you can see what famous players are using on their pedalboards.

The LR Baggs preamp pedal is popular with ukulele players because of it’s versatility and functionality.

Fishman also makes a similar pedal.

Just in case you need to see a bunch of tuners, here ya go.

For some extra info on preamps, pickups, and effects loops, check out this blog post

Sweetwater article on compressor pedals

The Ernie Ball MVP is a solid volume pedal.

A few overdrive/distortion/fuzz pedals worth looking at

EHX Soul Food

The Boss DD-3 and TC Electronic Hall of Fame are really solid pedals for reverb and delay.

The Ditto Looper is a great, simple starter looper.

Something like the JamMan Stereo or the RC-300 are more elaborate and give you a lot more power.

Lehle Acouswitch Junior is a preamp and switcher, as well as the Radial Tonebone

The Play Acoustic is a good multi-effects pedal, and includes vocal effects like harmonies. It’s got reverb, delay, chorus, and a looper built-in.

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I caught up with James Hill again in August. We talked about the new Ukulele Hot Springs he put together and tons of other uke things.

Uncle Zac's chord charts can be found here

James Hill's website for music

and for all of his teaching initiatives.

Ukulele Hot Springs

Here's an Ukulele Magazine article on the Hot Springs.

James Hill playing Jimi Hendrix on the uke

James' newest book "Duets for One"

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