Posted By Peter on August 21, 2010
I love it when I hear back from satisfied and happy customers. Magnus wrote to me about picking up a Kala U-Bass while his parents were visiting Hawaii. I am glad we were able to work it out. He looks happy with his U-Bass here in Sweden. Awesome video Magnus! Thanks for sending!
Posted By Peter on July 1, 2010
Jake is such a nice and humble guy. I am always thrilled to see him come by the store. He picked up a Genz Benz Shuttle 10″ to fill out the low end for his acoustic amp when playing his Ukulele. I think he was stoked on the sound and how light the unit was. I’m glad we had what he needed! Chee!
He dropped off a bunch of copies of his new Single “Go For Broke” – The song is dedicated to the Nisei WWII soldiers – the most decorated group in military history. You can download it at his website (http://www.jakeshimabukuro.com/?t=goforbroke) for free.
Jake! You making Allen and me (maybe just me) look fat man!
Posted By Chris on June 16, 2010
A customer of ours has posted a story about how he bought a Kala U-Bass from us. He posted it on the Talk Bass forums. Here’s an excerpt of what he had to say and some pictures.
It played great, and sounded fantastic, with a real woody, organic tone that evoked an upright more than anything else. It took a little getting used to the sticky strings and the short scale, but it was an absolute gas to play, I had a huge smile on my face the whole time and within 10 to 15 minutes almost every one of the music store staff and more than a few of the customers, each and every one with the same big smile, had passed by to look at it and comment on how great it sounded and how cool it looked, with all that fat bassiness flowing out of what is after all and for all intents purposes and appearances AN UKULELE!!!!
Posted By Peter on June 9, 2010
Working hard...
It is my pleasure to tell you that we have an in-house guitar tech again. Cedric Pascua is a veteran to guitar setups. When our general manager, Chris, told me that Cedric was his go to guitar tech for years, I knew we had a great new hire on our hands (Chris is very picky about his gear). You will also see Cedric helping us on the sales floor at the King St. store when we are busy. He is knowledgeable about musical instruments in general, and he is particularly well versed in amps and pedals.
Please welcome Cedric to our store!
Cedric’s Schedule:
Monday: 10am-7pm
Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: 10am-7pm
Thursday: 10am-7pm
Friday: 10am-7pm
Saturday: 11:30 – 5pm
Posted By Brandon on May 15, 2010
We now carry Luna Guitars here at Easy Music! Come down and check out the Mini Neo, Henna Acoustic Bass and Fauna Dragon at our King street location. Also check out the Fauna Phoenix at our Pearl City location!
In respected order: Neo Mini, Henna Acoustic Bass, Fauna Dragon and Fauna Phoenix
Posted By Peter on April 15, 2010
This is Steve Jones Killing it on the Ubass at the Steve Jones and Von Baron drum and bass clinic we are holding right now. The clinic is going great! I was shocked to hear how the Ubass sounds. I was sitting in my office when he started playing it, and I thought he had bust out his upright, but when I went to check it out, I saw it was the Kala Ubass…It sounds so sick! Forget lugging around your upright any longer!
I used my iphone to record this so the picture quality is not the best, but the mic sounds pretty good because I used the Blue Mikey on the iphone while recording the video. I did not know you could do that until yesterday. You can set the gain level on it so that it doesn’t clip like the stock mic would. It recorded in stereo as well too…It is the perfect accessory for someone that owns an iphone…..Okay…enough sounding like a salesman. Don’t miss our clinics! They kick butt! Thanks Steve and Von Baron!
Posted By Peter on February 25, 2010
We just got the Jamhub in recently. It is awesome! You can play with 6 other people on the tourbus! Everyone can have their own mic, own line or guitar in, and each person can monitor everyone else at their desired sound level. This unit also has built in effects and a recorder (to SD card) if you want to record your jam session/practice, which makes it a great practice evaluation tool.
The products range from 299 for their most basic package up to about 699 for the one we have on this video. Hawaii is a tough place to find a good place to practice and rehearse. A jamhub solves that problem. When introducing yourself to the neighbors gets you introduced to your neighborhood policeman, GET A JAMHUB!!!! The Pearl City store should have one of these set up soon as well! Check it out. Jam on it with your friends.
Posted By Randall on February 17, 2010
Come on down to Easy Music Center Pearl City and check out our Dean Upright Bass! This bass plays very smoothly. In addition to a great sounding piezo pickup, it also comes with a case that holds both the stand and the bass! How cool is that!?! So now when you get to the gig, there’s no need to mic up, or hook up a pick-up to the bass. Just plug in and be heard! Then, break it all down neatly and conveniently with just one case! I’ve also included a list of features to satiate those with a hunger for gear specs, like myself! Come check it out!!