WOW! I  played a few of these fantastic ukuleles at Folklife. I had heard about them on the net. Seeing them and playing them confirmed the fact, that they are well made and sound great. He builds with woods harvested in a sustainable manner. His own personal 8 string tenor was impressive. Hand built ukes right here in the maritime Northwest.
Al Hirsch

Hello Zac,
 I truly love my Oceana Ukulele. My wife can tell you just how many I played before I decided on one. There were quite a number of "expensive" and a few "cheapies"  that I played that sounded pretty good. But each time I passed, the one I already owned sounded better or just as well.  My wife noticed your booth at Cerritos before I saw it and she called me over. I played a couple other ukuleles you had displayed before I played your C-124. Although I didn't play it long, it got under my skin somehow. We went into the auditorium to see our club members perform but my mind was on the uke. After the show we stopped by and I played it a bit more but your booth was busy and I really didn't have the money at the time. I left... but I had your card. I think I waited a couple days before I called and had you hold it...the rest is history.
The band, the Jug or Nots is booked to play at the 100 year celebration of Scouting. There will be over 20,000 people attending on October 16th. I'll be up there jammin' with my Oceana Uke in front of my biggest audience, ever!  I'll send pictures and clips from that event. We're also booked at the 2010 International Jug Band Festival in Sutter Creek, CA in September. If you google search "Jug or Nots" we come up first and has links to a bunch of video clips. There's a close up of me playing on our version of "White Wash Station" played at Kulak's Woodshed. I'm the big guy...white beard. Don't miss our fan favorite "Spiderman" from our gig at the Steel Pit in Tujunga, CA.We also have a site on MySpace that should be easily accessed Thanks again, Uncle Dave of the Jug or Nots, a fan of Oceana Ukulele's

say hey, i got da Supa-Uke home...90.7dBthat is 'bluegrass loud' my friends, aka KILLER ;-)way cool great workmanship and quality of sound.super well balanced with no barking/wolf notes.i am sooo happy with this monster axe, luv ya baby.
DaDawg

I was at the Northern California Wine Country Ukulele Festival, I spent quite a bit of time talking to the guys in the Oceana both. They were one of about 20 fine luthiers. They had something the called a Supa’lele which was a five fret short beautiful guitar ADGCEA. My ukulele buddy Bob “DaDawg” (see the coment above)  from Santa Cruz swiped it up into his collection without much hesitation!
I thought that the rosette designs were quite beautiful and perhaps they have an Equadorian flair. See the Oceana site gallery. The fronts were quite thin and the polish was much like my DaSilva ukulele. And the prices were a bit lower that other custom luthiers.
HumbleUker

See this interveiw with Ukehunt: Interveiw
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Camilia Jade and Mike Antone came an played at our booth at Folklife. They have a great band with a great sound ... check it out! www.satellitebynight.com
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A good read! 06/14/2010
 

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This link will send you to an interview I did last year with Ukulelehunt.com. While I now live in the North West  it is still very relevant!
 Interview with Ukehunt 
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John Moen from "Uku The Mighty" came looking for us at Northwest Folklife to try out Oceana Ukuleles. even thought there is a lot of background noise this video is a nice listen!                        check out the Uku the Mighty 
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While we were at the Northwest Folklife festival in Seattle I had the priviledge of meeting Colin Vance, he is an incredible Banjo Luthier!  After admiring each others work we both went home with a new instrument to enjoy! My new fretless banjo has been crazy fun, and Colin tells me he is loving his new Oceana ukulele!
If you are in the market for a banjo, please do not mess around and get one from Colin Vance www.vancebanjos.com
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Colin and myself loving life and our new instruments!
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At the Northwest FolkLife Little John's instruments really jumped out at me. I recommend them for those unfortunate people who truly can't play but love music! check them out at BROOMS
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Ukulele Bart has a new DVD and he plays an Oceana Ukulele!
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The Los Angeles Times calls Ukulele Bartt a "Modern-Day Master." Bartt was honored as "Teacher of the Year" in the 40,000-teacher Los Angeles Unified School District, America's second-largest district. He's been awarded a commendation from the mayor of Los Angeles.He performs and teaches around the world, and now he's teaching YOU! bartt.net
Notice the really good Uke he is holding on his right.... OCEANA.

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Oceana Ukuleles will have a booth at the 39th Annual Folk Life Festival at the Seattle Center May 28th through the 31st! Look for us at the Founders Court. We will have a great collection of Ukes and other instruments to show you!
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The Langley Ukulele Ensemble from Canada was at the Gorge Uke Camp and they brought a lot of enthusiasm with them. Some of the younger kids loved hanging out in my booth playing all my ukuleles. One gifted musician loved my 8 stringed uke and made it sing so sweet! Their motto is "Enriching lives through music" and they do so every where they go.  www.langleyukes.com
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