Aloha Les! (Page 1/1)
williegoat FEB 13, 12:33 PM
I picked up an Epiphone Les Paul.....



Wait a minute....one...two...three...four...something's not quite right here...

one...two...three...four...



Hmm........a Les Paul Ukulele?



Why yes! When I saw it, I just couldn't help myself. I had to have it!

I will post a sound clip once I figure out what to do with it.

Aloha!


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blazin' FEB 13, 01:08 PM
Hmmm, I had no idea they made such a thing.. That's a nice looking little unit, it'd look great hanging on the wall next to the other guitars I don't play anymore 🙃
olejoedad FEB 13, 01:08 PM
Sweet!
Nice find!
williegoat FEB 14, 06:44 PM
Here is a brief 33 second sound clip:
Sage FEB 14, 08:55 PM
That's cooler than catsh*t!

Is it a saprano, concert, tenor, baritone?

Very nice find.

HAGO!
williegoat FEB 14, 08:58 PM

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Originally posted by Sage:

That's cooler than catsh*t!

Is it a saprano, concert, tenor, baritone?

Very nice find.

HAGO!


Thank you!
It is a Concert, 15" scale length.
Fats FEB 14, 11:17 PM
That sounds amazing.
maryjane FEB 15, 12:52 AM
Is that Santa Catalina?
Are you Don Ho?
williegoat FEB 15, 03:45 AM

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Originally posted by maryjane:

Is that Santa Catalina?



It is essentially the same chord progression, though what I had in the back of my mind were two songs from the '30s; "Blue Moon" and "Heart and Soul". But it wasn't really meant to be any particular song, just a quick and easy pairing of the Uke and C6 Steel.

Both instruments have similar tuning. The Uke is G-C-E-A and C6 tuning on a 6-string steel is C-E-G-A-C-E. If you strum the open strings on either instrument, you get a C6 or Am7, depending on what key you are in. A minor is the relative minor of C major, so they share all of the same notes. That is what makes the familiar Hawaiian sound.

Interestingly enough, C6 is the common tuning for Western Swing as well, and there is a reason for that. The steel guitar came to Western music as a direct result of the popularity of Hawaiian music in the 1920s. Most pedal steels have two necks because one is tuned to E9 for Country and the other is C6 for Western.

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Sage FEB 15, 08:07 AM

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I had in the back of my mind were two songs from the '30s; "Blue Moon" and "Heart and Soul"



I got more of a sense of "Blue Moon"...but could definately hear hints of both.

Gee.....I woulda thought you might do "Ukulele Lady".....LOL!

Sounds great!

HAGO!