It's madness, I tell you!

flatfiver · Post by **flatfiver** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 10:18 pm

I've been bitten by the ukulele bug.

I want one of those little guys real bad! Is it just me, or does it seem like there's been a recent resurgence of uke-a-mania? Anybody around here play one?

Post by **sookwinder** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:06 am

I know george harrison was a huge fan of the uke and a great player.

he said the main problem being a uke fan/player was when ever he went to anybodies house with one (for a dinner party) no body else had one. so he had to play alone... in the end he started taking 2 ukes with him where ever he went.

chrisjedijane · Post by **chrisjedijane** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:48 am

a friend of mine wrote a musical called "hippos in the shower" pretty much completely on uke. I played bass and accordion in the band and had a small part as a Marine Biologist in it - it was pretty weird, but good fun.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 3:47 pm

The Magnetic Fields rock the uke, so I reckon it's all good.

NoFi · Post by **NoFi** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:17 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zS7SPs1hc

That guy knows how to use one...

And i think he may have something to do with a resurgence of the uke mania.

burker · Post by **burker** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 5:26 pm

I love ukes, but mine got smashed.... I've been tempted to get a nice old one though (something not made of plywood.)

Ive also seriously considered attempting to make a Ukemaster (tiny jazzmaster style electric uke), precision bass pickups would be just to perfect!

pullover · Post by **pullover** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:24 am

This guy, Jacob Borshard, plays the uke pretty well. He's got 2 full albums on his site, some of it's a little, "eh," but I think it works quite well. I found him from the other forum a long time ago. One of his friends posted a song he wrote about the fender custom colors.

http://www.creebobby.com/

http://www.creebobby.com/fendercustomcolors.html

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:02 am

Sounds like John Vanderslice.

Maggieo · Post by **Maggieo** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:09 am

StevenO wrote: Sounds like John Vanderslice.

Yeah he kinda does! But John would add some cello and a mellotron and a couple of layers of guitar....

StevenO · Post by **StevenO** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:19 am

Typical...

Post by **i love sharin foo** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:03 pm

NoFi wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-zS7SPs1hc

That guy knows how to use one... And i think he may have something to do with a resurgence of the uke mania.

Right around 1:50 or so in that video really reminds me of Jeff Buckley.

Pretty impressive if you ask me.

Justin

fuzzjunkie · Post by **fuzzjunkie** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:35 pm

i've rocked an ud before and i really want a bozouki...does that count...i've been learning middle eastern scales!

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