Poor Man's Fluke?

Ahnko Honu · Apr 10, 2009

Anyone here have one of these?
http://shop.compassmusicsales.com/Vineyard-UKT-55-Boat-Paddle-Ukulele_p_107.html

How about one of these?
http://shop.compassmusicsales.com/Vineyard-UCV-55_p_36.html

I like funky shapes but wonder how they sound?

UkuLeLesReggAe · Apr 10, 2009

i dont like it, prob sound the same :S i dno

Bassukuguy · Apr 10, 2009

The V looks like a debadged Mahalo but the color is off and has a different bridge. the first one reminds me of some they used to have on ebay it was some Fauxtalian name like Silmatini or something to the like. though i do love ukes that are shaped "different" i also want them to sound good.

Bassukuguy · Apr 10, 2009

ahhh HA! i found it. thus proving i have no life at all...

http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOWOUT-UKULELE-HAWAIIAN-NEW-CHERRY-WOOD-FREE-BAG_W0QQitemZ220389902898QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item220389902898&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A4|65%3A15|39%3A1|240%3A1318

and it was a Santini...

but i believe both of the above ukes are Vinyards, correct?

Ahnko Honu · Apr 10, 2009

You are thinking of the Santini sold by USA Music Supply on eBay, they look cool but I hear the action is so high they are almost unplayable out of the box.
http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOWOUT-UKULELE...photoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262

Ahnko Honu · Apr 10, 2009

Great minds think alike, either that or we both need to get a life.

Bassukuguy · Apr 10, 2009

lol very true sir.

though if im going for strange ukulele... this wins, and i want one so bad

UkuLeLesReggAe · Apr 10, 2009

Bassukuguy said:
ahhh HA! i found it. thus proving i have no life at all...

LOL!!
:smileybounce:

UkuLeLesReggAe · Apr 10, 2009

Bassukuguy said:
lol very true sir.

though if im going for strange ukulele... this wins, and i want one so bad

we are very different :S

ichadwick · Apr 10, 2009

Bassukuguy said:
...i want one so bad

Ah! Beautiful, strange and exotic. Wasn't something like this played by Spock on the original Star Trek series?

beeejums · Apr 10, 2009

Bassukuguy said:
lol very true sir.

though if im going for strange ukulele... this wins, and i want one so bad

The gugug guy has one of those... it sounds nice. Apparently they're hard to find...

ukuleletim · Apr 10, 2009

beeejums said:
The gugug guy has one of those... it sounds nice. Apparently they're hard to find...

I think that guy has at least one of everything.

WS64 · Apr 10, 2009

ichadwick said:
Wasn't something like this played by Spock on the original Star Trek series?

No, but I think I saw some Klingons fighting with those somewhere...

PoisonDart · Apr 10, 2009

a buddy of mine has one of those curved neck jobbers, i picked it up but couldn't get the funky tuners to turn.

weird thing, they use it as a mantel piece.

beeejums · Apr 10, 2009

Bassukuguy said:
lol very true sir.

though if im going for strange ukulele... this wins, and i want one so bad

Okay, I got bored and found it...

The maker is Swagerty, and here's a video of one being played:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjY1...kulele/brand/swagerty&feature=player_embedded

and I want one terribly bad.

Oswegan · Apr 10, 2009

WS64 said:
No, but I think I saw some Klingons fighting with those somewhere...

I think it was somewhere on Uranus.

Lori · Apr 10, 2009

great for solos

Bassukuguy said:
lol very true sir.

though if im going for strange ukulele... this wins, and i want one so bad

It looks like you could clear off the stage with a neck like that. I wouldn't want to stand next to that on a stage... probably get swept into the wings, or vaulted into the front row!

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Lori

cpatch · Apr 10, 2009

The original knockoffs in this thread should be called the Flake and the Flee.

cpatch · Apr 10, 2009

beeejums said:
Okay, I got bored and found it...

The maker is Swagerty, and here's a video of one being played:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjY1...kulele/brand/swagerty&feature=player_embedded

and I want one terribly bad.

The single-neck version is called a Treholipee (which sounds like what you get when three alcoholics drink a lot) and was manufactured in the '60s by Swagerty. There's one on eBay right now if you want it that bad...$350 (they generally go for $200-$400).

Bassukuguy · Apr 10, 2009

i could be wrong but i think Dominic has one... i think i read that in a thread somewhere, but i think he uses it as just a wall hanger. damn i should check my facts.

but yes i want one just for the sake of it.

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