Electric Guitar Review

I recently spent some down-time on the Big Island of Hawaii and discovered that just about everywhere you go you overhear snippets of the talented Jake Shimabukuro playing his incredibly guitar-like ukulele.

His work is technically absolutely stunning, if a tad bit cheesy (in my book) – overdriven ukulele leads with hammer-ons, the whole bit. A little too much schtick for my taste.

But that said, this guy is a true ukulele virtuoso to be sure, and my friends over at CybersMusic have unearthed a clip of Mr. Shimabukuro playing George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” that is freakin’ brilliant.

If God played the ukulele it would sound something like this…

And while you’re at it, check out Ukulelia – the world’s preminent Ukulele Blog… nice!