NatalieS
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This project has been quite a few months in the making, so I'm very glad that it's done!!
As you might be able to tell from my avatar, signature, etc.... I'm a big fan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. So back in January I started researching how I could possibly get an image of them on a uke! Due to copyrighting, a direct image transfer would have been illegal, however, I came across Mandy aka "Moogly Moo" and her wonderful custom painting work that she does on instruments. (Her website is www.paintedukuleles.com) Long story short, she designed a pretty rockin' image of Fred&Ginger and painted it onto a Fluke soundboard for me!!! It's got an image of them dancing in front of a wildly-colored art deco background. Pictures do not do this thing justice. It has the most beautiful gloss finish and vibrant colors.
So... FleaMarketMusic then assembled the whole Fluke at their factory. It's concert sized with a walnut neck and upgraded Grover 4B tuners. I opted for plastic fretboard because I prefer it to the rosewood and there's quite a bit of black in the painting so I feel it matches better. It's strung with Aquilas. I would recommend Moogly Moo's work to anybody-- she is very enthusiastic about her works and does her best to design exactly what you're looking for. I LOVE IT!!!
What do you all think? lol
P.S. This is the inspiration picture we worked with.
As you might be able to tell from my avatar, signature, etc.... I'm a big fan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. So back in January I started researching how I could possibly get an image of them on a uke! Due to copyrighting, a direct image transfer would have been illegal, however, I came across Mandy aka "Moogly Moo" and her wonderful custom painting work that she does on instruments. (Her website is www.paintedukuleles.com) Long story short, she designed a pretty rockin' image of Fred&Ginger and painted it onto a Fluke soundboard for me!!! It's got an image of them dancing in front of a wildly-colored art deco background. Pictures do not do this thing justice. It has the most beautiful gloss finish and vibrant colors.
So... FleaMarketMusic then assembled the whole Fluke at their factory. It's concert sized with a walnut neck and upgraded Grover 4B tuners. I opted for plastic fretboard because I prefer it to the rosewood and there's quite a bit of black in the painting so I feel it matches better. It's strung with Aquilas. I would recommend Moogly Moo's work to anybody-- she is very enthusiastic about her works and does her best to design exactly what you're looking for. I LOVE IT!!!
What do you all think? lol
P.S. This is the inspiration picture we worked with.
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