Ukulele Guy

So, being someone who plays ukulele, you are used to being happy and the center of attention, right?  I mean, let's face it, people count on us to play the clown a little bit, right?  If you ever saw me play, you'd know it was true.  Seeing a big guy playing this tiny little instrument just brings a smile to your face.

Now... imagine if that ukulele was decorated to look like a frog.  Huzzah!

NEW!! Stagg Frog Ukulele w/Gig Bag Case

Hmm... that thumbnail is freaking tiny!   Sorry about that, but if you look at "Stagg Frog Ukulele with Gig Bag" you'll see the whole deal.  I did some searching on the Internet and the only other one of these that I saw was on a site that I didn't know much about.  Besides, everyone has an ebay account, right?

Anyway, here's some more information from the auction:

Traditional soprano Ukulele w/ Frog graphic top, in black nylon gigbag - Top: nato - Back & Sides: nato - Neck & Headstock: nato - Fingerboard & Bridge: nato - Tuners: geared pegs w/ "antique white" plastic knobs - Scale length: 349 mm, (13.74 in.) - Fingerboard Dim. 177 mm (7 in.), 12 frets - Neck & Head: 300 mm (12 in.) - Body: 240 mm, (9.3 in.)- Total length: 540 mm, (21.25 in.) - Finish: Frog design.

Now get out there and make a fool of yourself! But, for god's sake, do it tastefully.

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So... you have some ukuleles (Wait, you do have some ukuleles, right?  If not, correct that problem and get a ukulele already!).  Anyway, you have ukuleles, but you need somewhere to put them when you aren't playing them.  I mean.. you can't play all three of them at once, right?  Well, sounds like you need to buy this Hand carved ukulele wall mount on ebay.

HAND CARVED UKULELE WALL MOUNT / HANGER, HOLDS 3

I currently have something like that in my office and it holds up to 5 guitars/ukes.  But, I can tell you right now that it cost me more than $30.  Plus.... my poor thumbs!  (damn you, hammer!).  Here's some notes from the auction:

Welcome!! This piece is carved out of Select Pine and stained brown. It measures 24" x 5-1/2" x 3/4" thick. The black pegs (3/4" soft foam rubber over steel) have 1-1/2" clearance and are 3" long. I will supply two 2" screws to secure the holder *additional hardware may be needed for your application* Thanks for looking, and if you like unique carvings and I'm sure you do, please be sure to check out my other auctions & store inventory. Thank you.

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Bird1001, on Twitter, told me where you can get those Flying V Ukuleles.  I must not have been looking very hard.  Check out this black one!

Mahalo U-40BK Flying V style Black Ukulele with Gig Bag

The price is definitely right at $41.97! I did a quick look for Mahalo Ukulele Flying V on ebay and they were all at least $20 more than that.

Gah!  There are only 2 in stock?!  Why the hell am I telling you about them?!  Mine, mine, mine!

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Wow!  I've never seen, nor heard of, one of these before.  Take a gander:

Vintage Surfer Swagerty Singing Treholipee Ukulele

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Treholipee Ukulele.  From the auction notes:

Being sold out of local estate is a vintage Swagerty Surfer Ukulele. Called a "The Singing Treholipee". Made in San Clemente, CA, licensed by Don Gardner. From the 1960's, these Ukulele's were used by Surfers. The long headstocks were stuck in the sand while they were surfing. Measures approximately 47" in length. It is in very good condition, except that it is missing one tuning paddle and one tuning paddle is broken off. Please see pictures. Sold "As Shown". I have seen replacements paddles sold on Ebay. Will make a wonderful addition to any collection!

Here are some more pictures:

Vintage Surfer Swagerty Singing Treholipee Ukulele - Soundholes

Vintage Surfer Swagerty Singing Treholipee Ukulele - Rad Logo

It sounds like this particular Treholipee Uke could use some love, but it's still freaking gorgeous!  I searched through past ebay auction data (check out http://easypriceguide.com to see how) and based on the past 90 days of eBay data, Treholipee Ukes sell for about $186 (on average).  So, it sounds like this auction might be worth watching more closely.

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Mel Bay Fun with the Ukulele

I was looking for something cheap and ukulele-related on ebay.  You know, just something fun that announced to the world how much I love my ukuleles and I bumped into this auction:

NEW Ukulele case Hero decal

Yup, that's a Ukulele Hero Decal.  That thing would look sweet on yer Ukulele case, right?  Or, maybe your guitar case, so the other punk rock kids know that you are secretly rocking the ukulele behind their back.  Or.. heck, it'd look sweet on your car, right?  Anyway, it's only $2.99 with free shipping!

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Has anybody picked one of these up yet? For $49.99 it seems like a pretty great deal, especially considering that you get a gig bag with it as well.  snixxx, on Twitter was asking me about it and I told him that I'd do some research.

I'm half-tempted to just buy one and then write about it.  I love my Lanikai but I wouldn't mind "seeing other people", as it were.  So, if someone can get me interested in this uke, then I'm going to go for it.

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Holy smokes, that is a pretty Ukulele!  It looks like something that Les Paul would play if he were still with us (and he was rocking a Ukulele).  I'm reading the auction notes and it looks like this is a brand new design.  That makes sense, because I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.  It comes with a custom-made black canvas hardshell case as well.  Dang.

The price is really reasonble.  You could easily spend $240 on another Ukulele, but I'd be surprised if you could get one as beautiful and as well-made as this little number.

I know I told everyone it was my birthday last week, when I was asking  all to buy me the $30,000 Tiple Ukulele.  Well.. I was lying.  BUT now it really is my birthday.   Gimme this beautiful uke!

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So, I was wading through ebay once again and then I got a goofy idea to sort the auctions based on price with the highest price at the top of the list.  Before I clicked to sort, I was trying to play a little guessing game with myself as to how high the price of the most expensive item would be.  I guessed $4,800.  As it turns out, I suck at that particular game because what was at the top was JOHN D'ANGELICO Guitar maker 1930-40's Tiple Ukulele.

JOHN D'ANGELICO Guitar maker 1930-40's Tiple Ukulele

Holy crud!  $29,999?!  Ahh.. wait, though.  Free Shipping!  So, it balances out, right?  Heh.  Reading the description of the tiple ukulele, you see that it sounds like the guy doesn't really want to sell it as much as he wants to talk about it.  But, that's fine by me because Tiple Ukuleles is something I know very little about.  I really do want to get my hands on one, though.  A 10-string ukulele?!  Why wouldn't you want that.

I've always had questions about how the strings are arranged and the auction answered that question for me:

"This tiple by D'Angelico has the first string doubled in unison, the second and third having three strings with the middle tuned a octive down from the others. and the forth in octave low then high."

Anyway, even if you don't have $30k burning a hole in your pocket, the auction is a good read.  Also, if you do have $30k burning a hole in your pocket, did I mention that today is my birthday!   Ok, it isn't really my birthday, but with Thanksgiving coming up, I'm sure you were wondering what you could get for me, right?

JOHN D'ANGELICO Guitar maker 1930-40's Tiple Ukulele

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Lou Barlow Interview

So, I was reading a Lou Barlow Interview at Clash Music and I felt like I could share it here.  I know this one is stretching it a little bit, but when I read the following, I had to post this:

“In the beginning I thought the scale of the songs I was writing didn't fit with dinosaur - two chord songs written on ukelele. J was composing epics and seemed annoyed by me so I didn't feel comfortable bringing things to him and subjecting myself to ridicule”

Oh man!  I would kill to have been a fly on that wall of those old Dinosaur Jr. Practices.  Watching Lou Barlow trying to explain to J Mascis how some little ukulele song could totally work.  Heh.

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It was only a matter of time until we had this "You got peanut butter in my chocolate" moment.  Robots and ukeleles together at last!  I'm super psyched on this video and it makes me happy to see young kids

a) Rocking ukuleles
b) writing original songs
c) digging on robots

Also, can we talk about the robot costume?  It's freaking adorable!  What's that? Am I crying? Maybe a little. None of your business, okay? From BoingBoing we have "Robots Are Taking Over the World (but ukeleles will save us)."

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