Solid body Ukulele with handwound pickup

Technically this isn't a ukulele because it uses steel strings and a magnetic pickup, but it is uke sized and I play and tune it like one. I made it from yew wood (yew-kulele). Made with hand tools except for a drill, I used a chisel to cut the cavities and neck pocket rather than a router (because I don't own one). I wound the pickup myself on a sewing machine. Here I demonstrate the pickup's sound when played with fingers and with a pick.

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Comment by Jim Mitchell on October 30, 2010 at 4:57am: Man I'll say.... you can play, great job all the way around....

Comment by olds sleeper on October 30, 2010 at 4:33am: great playing and killer uke!!! nice job man.

Comment by Frank Posey on October 29, 2010 at 12:14pm: The valvetronix, at least the VT15 and up has a small tube and preamp that goes in to the 15 watt solid state amp, hence the warm tube sound. I also like the speakers, what ever they put in them, the little DA5 6in. does not vibrate, unlike the Roland cube and has a three position switch that regulats the power output in the back.

Comment by Frank Posey on October 29, 2010 at 12:05pm: cooler than a uke, and gets as loud as you want, nice picking on your part too.

Comment by Fergus Morris on October 29, 2010 at 10:04am: Impressively observant of you to tell it was a Valvetronix. I like that amp very much.

Comment by colin mcgrath on October 29, 2010 at 9:13am: i dig that yew'k!

Comment by Randy Webb on October 29, 2010 at 8:31am: Absolutely fantastic playing and sound from that pickup.
BTW. the Valvetronix amp is the only non tube-only amp Ive ever owned that I kept.

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