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Hippie Dribble
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well, no, but you can always DIY...
2 weeks ago I bought a cheap baritone from ebay. It was this one:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/120864364404?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
As some of you might know, I'm obsessed with Mya Moe ukes. I've owned 10 in my time but my lust for them left me in financial ruin around the middle of last year. I sold off most of them and now own 3.
Lamenting the fact that I may never be able to afford another one again, I've spent the last couple of days overhauling my laminate Tanglewood model. She now looks like this:
Not sure I'll get $1500 for it
but the process was a whole bunch of fun.
1. sanded back the top and headstock
2. a coat of white primer
3. painted the body and head, and some decorations on the back
4. replaced the geared tuners with a set of cheap friction tuners, wood puttied over the leftover screw holes
5. stuck on some inlay stickers
6. applied a gloss lacquer to seal it
bingo, she's done. It has a set of black nylon strings on it which I really like the sound of, and is tuned in DGBE. Yummy tone, so warm and rich. And so she's now decked out with her Mya Moe signature 'classic' features; the abalone rosette and fretboard markers and the giveaway headstock design.
Here's a quick demo I recorded this morning:
I've also started writing a silly song about the metamorphosis which I'll record and send along to Gordon and Char when it's done.
Thanks for reading gang, just wanted to share. OCD? Too much time on my hands? Yea to both, oh well he he...the obsession continues...
2 weeks ago I bought a cheap baritone from ebay. It was this one:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/120864364404?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
As some of you might know, I'm obsessed with Mya Moe ukes. I've owned 10 in my time but my lust for them left me in financial ruin around the middle of last year. I sold off most of them and now own 3.
Lamenting the fact that I may never be able to afford another one again, I've spent the last couple of days overhauling my laminate Tanglewood model. She now looks like this:
Not sure I'll get $1500 for it
but the process was a whole bunch of fun.1. sanded back the top and headstock
2. a coat of white primer
3. painted the body and head, and some decorations on the back
4. replaced the geared tuners with a set of cheap friction tuners, wood puttied over the leftover screw holes
5. stuck on some inlay stickers
6. applied a gloss lacquer to seal it
bingo, she's done. It has a set of black nylon strings on it which I really like the sound of, and is tuned in DGBE. Yummy tone, so warm and rich. And so she's now decked out with her Mya Moe signature 'classic' features; the abalone rosette and fretboard markers and the giveaway headstock design.
Here's a quick demo I recorded this morning:
I've also started writing a silly song about the metamorphosis which I'll record and send along to Gordon and Char when it's done.
Thanks for reading gang, just wanted to share. OCD? Too much time on my hands? Yea to both, oh well he he...the obsession continues...
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