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Topic: are Duke Ching cd's available? |
Scott Thomas
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Posted 13 Jul 2005 8:13 pm |
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| I've seen references to Duke Ching's recordings here, but I haven't been able to find any information on where to buy them. Does anyone know if he has music currently for sale and where I can get it? Thanks! |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 14 Jul 2005 2:42 am
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You may have to buy directly from Duke himself. That's where I got mines. Check HSGA's e-mail directory for his address.
www.hsga.org |
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Gerald Ross
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Don Kona Woods
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Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 14 Jul 2005 5:45 pm
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Scott,
You will enjoy all of Duke's CD's.
He plays a four necked - Fender Stringmaster. On each song he will use at least 3 out of 4 necks. His tunings are Bll, E13, C6, and ?
Duke is the nephew of the great and legendary Hawaiian steel guitarist, Jules Ah See. I'm sure that Duke got a lot of his inspiration from his uncle.
Gerald, I'm sick that I could not make Winchester this year. My first miss in 18 years. I'm sure it was a rip-roaring time.
Aloha,
Don |
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Scott Thomas
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Posted 14 Jul 2005 8:47 pm
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Thanks Derrick and Gerald for the email info. I'll follow up on that. Hey Gerald, what a coincidence! I appreciate your mentioning this to Duke. Nothing like having a man there on the scene.
Don, that is so intersting about the family connection with Jules Ah See. I've heard good things about Duke Ching's music. I play a triple neck Stringmaster, and confess that I'm hoping to cop a few of his ideas about switching necks! 
Mahalo,
Scott |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 3:48 am
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Don,
Duke plays a triple necked stringmaster, not a quad. 
C13th on the inner neck followed by a E13 and B11.
Here's Duke showing me his stuff on all three necks.
 [This message was edited by Derrick Mau on 15 July 2005 at 04:49 AM.] [This message was edited by Derrick Mau on 15 July 2005 at 04:53 AM.] [This message was edited by Derrick Mau on 15 July 2005 at 04:55 AM.] |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 11:02 am
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| Derrick, thanks for posting that photo. I got to hear duke at last year's Cerritos Uke Fest. By the way, Duke's stringmaster is a triple neck, but all three necks are 6-string necks. |
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George Keoki Lake
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Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 11:25 am
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| Hey guys...Duke has played a quad for many years...(I have pics of him doing so). Perhaps he has changed to a triple lately, however my bets are that he still owns a Fender Stringmaster Quad. [This message was edited by George Keoki Lake on 15 July 2005 at 12:25 PM.] |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 12:54 pm
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The steel (short scale) that you see here in the picture was just purchased by Duke. He's been using a triple neck long scale Stringmaster (8 stringer) for quite sometime. Duke said John Tipka did some work on the electronics.
If he does have a quad, he must have stopped using it long ago due to the weight.
Incidentally, Jules used Magnatone, and not Fenders. |
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 2:15 pm
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 15 Jul 2005 7:34 pm
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Keoki, you are correct. Duke does have a quad Fender Stringmaster.
Duke has numerous Fender Stringmasters, including the triple-neck which Derrick has posted.
These posts reminded me that Duke said that he stopped carrying the quad to conventions because it was just too heavy to transport. That stopped a few years ago. When? I do not remember.
So on these posts everybody is right.
Aloha,
Don |
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