Nalu Ukulele Company

Leah Dawson and her Nalu

OK...here are some of the things we love at Nalu:

1. Ukuleles, duh (specifically, our ukuleles...but all ukuleles in fact).
2. The ocean (you know...the whole Nalu thing)
3. Musicians (every single one of you...thanks for making the world a better place), and...
4. Leah Dawson - surfer/artist/musician

So you can imagine how excited and proud we were when Leah sent us this this GoPro-sponsored video she just made. As far as we're concerned, considering our list of the things we love, it's just about perfect.

Congrats, Leah. Thanks for the inspiring message.

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Brian Vasquez @ NAMM

We were looking back through some footage we shot at NAMM this year and were flabbergasted - absolutely flabbergasted - that we took some video of the fantastic Brian Pi'ikea Vasquez performing in our booth...but never posted it. And if that wasn't shameful enough, he was accompanied by the amazing Rick Jitchaku. And we still managed to not post it. So here is=t is. And it's something to behold.

As we look back on NAMM, it's visits to our booth by friends like Brian and Rick (and Jason and Sarah and...), performances like the one in this video and the great feedback we get from dealers and customers that keep us coming back. So, for now, see you next year. Enjoy the video.

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Sarah Maisel @ Nalu

NAMM is very fulfilling for all of us at Nalu because we get to hear some absolutely fantastic musicians play these ukes that we are so proud of in the first place. I don't mean to be repetitive...but thank you again to everyone who stopped by and saw us at NAMM.

In this video, sit back, be amazed and be thoroughly entertained by the wonderful Sarah Maisel playing Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore."  

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Jason Arimoto @ Nalu

Jason Arimoto @ Nalu

All we can say is WOW and thank you again to Jason for helping to make NAMM 2012 so special for all of us at Nalu (and everybody lucky enough to hear him).

Mahalo.

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NAMM 2012 Continues

Man...do we love NAMM. First off, thanks to everybody who has been stopping by. It has been great fun. To all of the dealers, distributors and business partners who stopped by, your feedback and encouragement is unbelievably supportive. To the performers who stopped by...wow. You know that we say daily that our first goal is always to make ukes that sound great. But, man oh man, put a uke in the hands of a true musician and you make our ukuleles sound even better. Some of the folks that have stopped by include Aldrine Guerrero from Ukulele Underground (photo, left), seen here playing one of Nalu's new prototype ukes (this one a spruce top, rosewood back and sides, w/maple bindings and fretboard). Others stopping by to chat and/or play included Rick Jitchaku (photo, left center), Jason Arimoto (photo, center), Brian Vasquez & Rick Jitchaku (photo, right center) and Sarah Maisel (photo, right).

Make sure you stop by tomorrow to see us at Booth 1500, Hall E.

Thanks for a great NAMM so far.

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NAMM 2012: Day One

Well, Day One at NAMM is behind us and it was fantastic as usual. Nalu always loves coming to NAMM. We meet old friends, make new ones and get to tell more folks about our incredible ukes. Today was no exception as our friends from Ukulele Underground stopped by to chat (Above left and left center: Aldrine Guerrero and Aaron Nakamura). Aldrine and company have one the truly great uke sites out there and have been great friends of Nalu. Such great friends, in fact, we don't even mind him bringing his brand new "Aldrine Guerrero" model uke with him, made for him by Joe Souza and Kanilea. It's a beautiful instrument and even has his caricature on the fretboard.

Also, on Day One, our very own Rick Rasay ran into Hawaiian singer-songwriter, Justin Young (above: right center). While Justin is an accomplished musician, we weren't surprised to hear that Rick just happened to "bump into" Justin near Justin's girlfriend, Colby Callait, who was hanging out at the Shure booth (above: right). I suspect we now know where to find Rick when he's not in our booth.

So...on to Day Two. Don't forget to stop by and see us, our ukes and our new strings in Booth 1500, Hall E.

Mahalo. 

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Now Signing West Coast Dealers

Beginning at NAMM, Nalu Ukulele will begin signing dealers in California, Oregon and Washington. If you are interested, please visit the Dealers page on our Website, download our Dealer Application and send it back in.

We'd love to have you be a part of the Nalu family of dealers.

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Wicked Great Strings

One of the things we pride ourselves in at Nalu is research. With each of our ukes, we go through several prototypes to find just the right combination of woods, nuts, components and more.

We recently decided that we owed it to our ukes to be just as thorough when it comes to the strings that go on them. So we worked with some of the great string companies and have developed our very first and very own set of strings, our Nalu Tenor Titaniums. You'll be able to stop by our NAMM booth (E, #1500) and take a look. We're coming out with Tenor strings first, and will follow with strings for all other sizes very shortly.

So stop by. We're really excited to bring you these strings. They even make our ukes sound better.

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Nalu Goes to NAMM 2012

Mahalo...

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