this thing is so RIDICULOUSLY high pitched!!!

INTRODUCING, the "crow" styled, three string slide ukulele!!!

i know, it's the same open tuning, A, that i used but it's much higher than i expected!!
hahaha
alright, well i meant to build something this evening, and i did. it's fully playable,but i'm not sure i'll play it very much..

it's a perfect sample instrument to show how my build method works though..

thanks for watching, have a great day!!!

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Comment by Crow on June 2, 2010 at 10:49am
@bigb

lol man i never liked musicals. in fact, about thirty seconds in to the sweeny todd movie, the intro had clearly finished.. and.. they were still singing.. "wait.. is this... a musical??" i asked. she didn't tell me it was a fxcking musical! ooh i was pissed! LOL i enjoyed the movie anyways..

to answer your question, i once bumped into a video of a huge samoan (hawiian) guy named.. hold on, have to cut and paste it...
here it is...

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

anyway this HUGE fat hawiian guy singing "somewhere over the rainbow / it's a wonderful world" with a ukulele.. here. he was apparently a big deal, very well loved, big guy, big heart, and he died. all of hawaii mourned him, and threw a HUGE memorial canoe/surfboard wake for him, and carried his ashes halfway along the coast of the island, letting his ashes out to sea a little at a time, singing together and crying. there were throngs of people all along the beach for miles. he left a real impression.

any how, here's the link. something in me changed when i heard this the first time. maybe you'll see what i mean...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPWN7SiAmaM

ever since i learned about this guy, the song kind of stayed with me...

i think they also used it at the end of "meet joe black"
Comment by Brian " BigB " Saunders on June 2, 2010 at 7:38am
How just off the top of your head do you know the words to Somewhere Over The Rainbow? LOL I gotta build me one of those LOL
Comment by Willardj on May 26, 2010 at 5:41am
nice crow...tiny tim would be proud of you...
Comment by Jason Nelms on May 26, 2010 at 3:04am
Heh, I ride a Stella scooter myself.
Comment by Brian " BigB " Saunders on May 25, 2010 at 9:46pm
Dude, you're nuckin futs LOL That little thing is sweet!
Comment by bemuzic on May 25, 2010 at 9:35pm
necessity is the mother of invention: -)...are you allowed to play at work???
Comment by Ice Bob on May 25, 2010 at 5:45pm
way to go Crow ukers rule
Comment by Crow on May 25, 2010 at 3:45pm
@bruce
what? really? thanks!!
i think it needs to be tuned different or something though... i'll iron it out...
Comment by Bruce on May 25, 2010 at 3:19pm
Holy-friggin'-awesome!

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