ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 19 Jun 2008 10:18 pm

My good buddy Jody Carver suggested I give this venerable ditty a whirl.
Written in 1915 by G. H. Stover and Henry Kalmai

Gibson Console Grande T-8, 47 Fender Pro Amp.
E6 tuning - hi2lo G# E C# B G# E C# A
Maybe it should be called E6/AMaj7 tuning . .

The backup band consists of acoustic guitar, ukulele and bass.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=m9XlsFSGfjI

"One kahua wiki wiki"
one - sand
kahua - place or location
wiki wiki - quickly

Todd Weger · Post by **Todd Weger** » 20 Jun 2008 4:33 am

Nice, Rick. I've always liked that tune a lot. Plus, the tone of that Gibson thru that old Fender sounds really sweet. What guitar, bass and uke rigs are you using? I'm most particularly interested in the uke. Nice tone.

Mahalo!

Post by **Brad Bechtel** » 20 Jun 2008 7:03 am

Rick Alexander wrote:"One kahua wiki wiki"
one - sand
kahua - place or location
wiki wiki - quickly

It's "Honi kaua wikiwiki", roughly translated as "kiss me, quickly". Makes a lot more sense.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 20 Jun 2008 7:37 am

"kiss me, quickly". Makes a lot more sense.

Thanks Brad -
Golly, and I thought I was singing about a quickie on the beach!
Well, one thing leads to another . .

Thanks Todd! Okay - the guitar is a Taylor 714CE, the bass is a 79 Fender P Bass into a Galleon Krueger Backline 115, and the ukulele is a 1950 Martin.

Rick Collins · Post by **Rick Collins** » 20 Jun 2008 7:49 am

I like most of the up-beat Hawaiian songs Rick, and that's a good one __ great job too. Single string work on that Gibson fits well to that tune.

"Don't Sing Aloha When You Go" and "That's The Hawaiian In Me" are two of my favorites also.

Bobbe Seymour · Post by **Bobbe Seymour** » 20 Jun 2008 8:55 am

Don't Say Aloha hen you go ha!

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 20 Jun 2008 9:30 am

Was the You Tube pulled ? Won't come up for me.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 20 Jun 2008 11:52 am

Thanks Rick C!
Those are 2 good tunes you mentioned, I should give them a go.
I can always use more snappy tunes in my repertoire . .

Hey Bobbe - okay buddy, I'll just say "later dude"!

Keoki, it's still there.
Sometimes YouTube acts funny.
If you try again in a little while it'll probably come up.
OR - if you go to http://youtube.com/rickalexander47 you'll see the thumbnail link to this video.
Just click on it, hopefully that should work.

Gary Boyett · Post by **Gary Boyett** » 20 Jun 2008 4:19 pm

Great job Ricky! I don't know why that shirt reminded me of this:

Benny say's:

Keep em coming.

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 20 Jun 2008 4:50 pm

Hey Keoki Lake, how many years have I been suggesting that you switch over from steam to electricity and you'll be able to view YOUTUBES!!!!!

Geo Rout

Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 20 Jun 2008 5:01 pm

Nice job Rick, Love your studio with all the vintage stuff. Fantastic.

Andy Sandoval · Post by **Andy Sandoval** » 20 Jun 2008 6:50 pm

Man! I wish I could play like that much less sing and play at the same time. Good job Rick.

BTW, the Gibson sounds awesome.

Jeff Strouse · Post by **Jeff Strouse** » 20 Jun 2008 11:04 pm

Sounds great, Rick!

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 21 Jun 2008 7:42 am

Thanks G-man!
Benny Hill is my hero, he sure knew how to put on a show.
We need some hot chicks for our videos!

Thanks Will - come and visit sometime.

Thank you Andy, it's kinda like walking and chewing gum at the same time - only a bit more difficult.

Thanks Jeff!
We need to do another video before we go to St Louis . .

Keoki, have you been able to see the video yet?

George Keoki Lake · Post by **George Keoki Lake** » 21 Jun 2008 11:34 am

George Keoki Lake wrote:Was the You Tube pulled ? Won't come up for me.

OK, got it now. Really great and on a rare triple neck GIBSON! Beautiful guitar.

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 22 Jun 2008 5:37 am

Don Kona Woods · Post by **Don Kona Woods** » 22 Jun 2008 8:27 pm

Nice job, Rick and I like the looks and sound of that
Gibson.

Aloha pal,

Don

Gerald Ross · Post by **Gerald Ross** » 23 Jun 2008 7:12 am

Nice job Rick!

Your E6 tuning is a C6 moved up 2 steps. I like it.

What string gauges are you using to get this tuning?

Rick Alexander · Post by **Rick Alexander** » 23 Jun 2008 8:54 am

Mahalo Don!

Thanks Gerald - the gauges I use for E6 are:
[tab]
G# - .012
E - .015
C# - .018
B - .022
G# - .024
E - .030
C# - .036
A - .042
[/tab]

The gauges are very close to high C6 tuning, so a high C6 set will do the trick.
This tuning is the one Don Helms uses.

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