Custom luthier's first build..maybe a Howlett?

Spooner · Jun 17, 2009

OK...just kidding but WTF is this thing and how much ganja was the guy smoking when he built this?

I think he was trying to make a bong.

If you want to see more of this train wreck...or BUY it...biting my tongue check it out: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Irie-Ja...ms=65:1|66:2|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:3|294:50

UkuleleHill · Jun 17, 2009

Wow! A steel string ukulele!

Spooner · Jun 17, 2009

UkuleleHill said:
Wow! A steel string ukulele!

They look more like solder wire to me. :rotfl:

UkuleleHill · Jun 17, 2009

Spooner said:
They look more like solder wire to me. :rotfl:

Or tie wire...

Spooner · Jun 17, 2009

UkuleleHill said:
Or tie wire...

How about that "rosewood" fretboard or the "walnut" nut? :rofl:

UkuleleHill · Jun 17, 2009

I want a set of tuners like that...

Spooner · Jun 17, 2009

UkuleleHill said:
I want a set of tuners like that...

:biglaugh: Yeah but where can you find them these days?

Bratset · Jun 17, 2009

Spooner said:
:biglaugh: Yeah but where can you find them these days?

:rotfl::rotfl::wtf:

haole · Jun 17, 2009

I have the same tuners on my Kamaka.

bbycrts · Jun 17, 2009

Spooner said:
:biglaugh: Yeah but where can you find them these days?

Home Depot....

seeso · Jun 18, 2009

Why poke fun at Pete like that? Not cool.

Spooner · Jun 18, 2009

seeso said:
Why poke fun at Pete like that? Not cool.

Pete makes rather high end stuff. The comparison is beyond absurd. Hence I thought it would be funny.

No insults were intended.

Jimmy · Jun 18, 2009

Deal alert: No one has bid yet. Steal this deal!

ns

But seriously this is amazing. I'd pick it up for $10... Or maybe not.

It reminds me of when a friend of my brother's did a maths test drunk and just drew the Jamaican flag and wrote "come on the reggae boys" when they qualified for the world cup. He got some marks for it, I think.

Harold O. · Jun 18, 2009

Spooner said:
The comparison is beyond absurd. Hence I thought it would be funny.

Besides, how else would you get people to check the thread?

There's some ingenious people out there. This, uh, uke would make a good wall hanger. Probably sounds pretty good after a bottle of rum...

seeso · Jun 18, 2009

Spooner said:
Pete makes rather high end stuff. The comparison is beyond absurd. Hence I thought it would be funny.

No insults were intended.

Alright, I'm too sensitive maybe.

Witters · Jun 18, 2009

It looks better than some of the rubbish I have bought in the past

dnewton2 · Jun 18, 2009

seeso said:
Alright, I'm too sensitive maybe.

I don't think so.

What if the guy or gal who built it is a member?

Have you built something better? If yes or no, real cool to put someone down for trying. They might have done the best with what they had to work with.

seeso · Jun 18, 2009

I actually think that uke is all kinds of cool.

Pete Howlett · Jun 18, 2009

I'm flattered - this is a pretty cool answer to a complex problem. Although I am not the author of this masterpiece I'd like to shake the hand of him who did it. Boy, this will do my business no end of good won't it?

pithaya9 · Jun 18, 2009

Certainly one of a kind.

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