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"YAMA-UKE"

"YAMA-UKE" Baritone Ukekele. My first Ukelele build. Built this for a friends 60th birthday. Body is a metal side panel from a mid-70's Yamaha RS100 motorcycle.
Neck is Iroko and the fretboard is walnut. The pick up is a 8K toaster mini-humbucker with volume and tone knobs. I inserted a 1962 sixpence to commemorate the year my friend was born. The build provided a few challenges due to the uneven shape of the "body" but all came out good in the end
He loves it and can't put it down... mission accomplished.

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Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on August 6, 2022 at 2:40am: Haha, These 2-stroke Uke's can shift a bit, thanks

Comment by Order99 on August 5, 2022 at 11:50am: Wow.Than Uke looks fast standing still...

Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on August 1, 2022 at 8:13pm: Thank you for the "Likes" guys.

Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on August 1, 2022 at 8:12pm: Thanks Andries. Glad you like it.

Comment by A.D.EKER on August 1, 2022 at 12:57am: Nice One ! Ambrose ! Sparly Blue ! that el suit U ! Fuzzz it up and it will purrr like a two stroke Kitten!

Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on July 31, 2022 at 5:24am: Thanks Kyle.

Comment by Poorness Studios on July 30, 2022 at 3:38pm: That looks great Ambrose.

Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on July 29, 2022 at 11:06pm: Thanks BrianQ. He is, lol

Comment by Bob "Ambrose" Negus on July 29, 2022 at 11:01pm: Haha, you know your 2-stroke motorbikes Unc J. I never thought of that. It maybe could sound like a 2-stroke put through a suitable FX pedal lol

Comment by Uncle John on July 29, 2022 at 4:32am: Does it sound at all like a 2 stroke? And do you have to mix the oil and gas?

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