Paganini ordering strings
Paganini asked for thin “e” strings… and got 70-72!
Read MoreBosko and Honey are two ukulele virtuoso players from Australia whom in 2008 toured the world with their project Ukulele Safari. Basically they were able to spend one year around the globe hosted from the network of ukulele players that they knew through their youtube channel. A great couple.
They visited Vicenza participating to the first ukulele festival there, sharing the stage with James Hill and Paul Moore. On the next day they visited Aquila Strings company, and here is the video about this visit.
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