Welcome to No Guitar is Safe, everyone. Thanks for listening. You know, there are two different

kinds of people in this world, people who have not yet heard of Jake Shimabukuro, and people

who have had their minds completely blown by Jake Shimabukuro. He's that good, I tell you. Wow. Check it out,

though. I got to really sincerely thank Audio Technica for presenting today's episode with Jake.

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No, guitar is safe.

Hey there, welcome to 2017.

It's the first episode of the year.

No Guitar is Safe podcast.

Before we get started, can we all please rise for the national anthem played on a ukulele.

That anthem played on a ukulele. That is Jake Shima Bukuro, the Jimmy Hendrix of the ukulele.

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