Aldrine Guerrero
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As soon as I got home I watched NDTitanady's video about my package, I got an IM from Fred asking me for an ukulele hahahaha.
So right off the bat I have to state...
THAT UKE WAS NOT FOR FREE
Now that's cleared up... here's the story :3
When I first checked out Natalie's (NDTitanlady) videos; I was quickly distracted by her style of clothing. The whole "Drop beats not bombs" was hillarious and awesome. She was also wearing a Beirut shirt on one of her videos. Upon talking with Natalie, I found out that she made those shirts. SKILLS. I wanted one made... but didn't quite know how to ask hahaha. I'm a sucker for awesome apparel. I'm the type of guy who actually spends the extra for a good pair of jeans hahaha. Yay for Diesel.
I got into a conversation about ukulele's with Natalie. She mentions that the uke that she used for her videos didn't belong to her. She was borrowing it from a friend of hers Dustin who's also a member here at the forum (tsud123)
I offered her a deal. I offered her an ukulele for her skills.
I would get her an ukulele in change for her making me as much shirts as it's worth. I knew that I could get a good deal on an ukulele since I knew the dealers here and have a pretty good rep. I picked up a Koa pili koko from the local music store for a good price. A GOOD PRICE. Like.... DAMN GOOD hahahah. Anyway, yeah so I bought it and modded it a bit. I just changed the strings and had the action adjusted to match the strings and the way that she played. I figured she would want the action a little lower than usual so I did just that. I broke it in and played it for a good week before I sent it. She then got to work on shirts that I requested. Katamari, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, etc. She also gave me a Mr. Doughnut like the one that she has on her videos. So basically whenever I have an idea for a new shirt, I'd just let her know.
So before anyone starts hatin and getting the wrong idea... I thought I'd explain
Here's the videos that I was talking about:
Me opening the package with the shirts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soGld6QXs-s
Natalie opening her ukulele:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMGEw9CAYg
So right off the bat I have to state...
THAT UKE WAS NOT FOR FREE
Now that's cleared up... here's the story :3
When I first checked out Natalie's (NDTitanlady) videos; I was quickly distracted by her style of clothing. The whole "Drop beats not bombs" was hillarious and awesome. She was also wearing a Beirut shirt on one of her videos. Upon talking with Natalie, I found out that she made those shirts. SKILLS. I wanted one made... but didn't quite know how to ask hahaha. I'm a sucker for awesome apparel. I'm the type of guy who actually spends the extra for a good pair of jeans hahaha. Yay for Diesel.
I got into a conversation about ukulele's with Natalie. She mentions that the uke that she used for her videos didn't belong to her. She was borrowing it from a friend of hers Dustin who's also a member here at the forum (tsud123)
I offered her a deal. I offered her an ukulele for her skills.
I would get her an ukulele in change for her making me as much shirts as it's worth. I knew that I could get a good deal on an ukulele since I knew the dealers here and have a pretty good rep. I picked up a Koa pili koko from the local music store for a good price. A GOOD PRICE. Like.... DAMN GOOD hahahah. Anyway, yeah so I bought it and modded it a bit. I just changed the strings and had the action adjusted to match the strings and the way that she played. I figured she would want the action a little lower than usual so I did just that. I broke it in and played it for a good week before I sent it. She then got to work on shirts that I requested. Katamari, Beck, Jimi Hendrix, etc. She also gave me a Mr. Doughnut like the one that she has on her videos. So basically whenever I have an idea for a new shirt, I'd just let her know.
So before anyone starts hatin and getting the wrong idea... I thought I'd explain
Here's the videos that I was talking about:
Me opening the package with the shirts:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soGld6QXs-s
Natalie opening her ukulele:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqMGEw9CAYg