Thanks Mark, I will check out these sites. I was lucky enough to have been in Hawaii for 2 weeks in September of this year. I bought my uke directly from G-String. I saw a lot of good players including the groups "Kapena" "Mannalua" and Jake Shimabukuro. What an incredible time we had! Such good music, excellent weather, friendly people, beautiful scenery and very tasty food. We cant wait to go back, but it will likely be years before we can afford it.You are very fortunate to live there. What do you do for a living in Hawaii? PS We have about a foot of snow in Toronto,with a forecast high of about -10 c. U.B.