Just got this. Love it. My wife even likes its sound. Looks like a banjo married a ukulele and had a baby together. Deering makes good instruments. I do have a Deering banjo and a Martin ukulele. You think if I put them together in a closet, I’ll get a banjo/ukulele in return? Steve.
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Obviously the last thing I needed to be doing was trawling eBay and buying another ukulele, but that's the hand I was dealt. This teensy darling is a mahogany Ohana sopranissimo, which sounds wonderfully lively tuned to Eb. I'm changing the tuners to something less ugly, but other than that it's a lovely thing. Nice condition, too.
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I've posted Yowling Tom in the past but have finally 'yelled calf roped' (completed the design) by re-painting the sides. Please tell me the proper term/ name for the pattern I used on the bass side and between the U-K-E nautical signal flags on the treble. I don't have a clue what the pattern is because I simply mimicked the brushed brass floor registers (covers) for our home's HVAC (central heating and air) system.
Front:
- KoAloha rear-facing (friction) tuners (Thanks again, Scott! They take some getting used to but work great & those amber buttons that neither of us really preferred are an almost spot-on match to Tom's tabby fur.)
- Bootlace strap
- Single strap button at the soundbox butt
- Bison bone nut and saddle
- D'Addario Nyltech strings (high G)
- Yellow cat's eye position dots at 3,5,7,10 & 12
- Edges of player port and headstock are tapeworm (it's dishonest and inaccurate to call it "rope binding")
- From neck joint to headstock: Tri-county, variable-banded soprano snake.
- Yowling Tom despises armadillos. An easily identifiable orange tabby tail can be seen as the rest of him slinks into the darkness but he can't deny involvement because a set of red cat tracks leads away from the open can of bright red paint to both his front paw pads.
- For the sake of rural southern U.S.A. authenticity, there is a bullet hole near the bottom right of the "two-way traffic" sign. That's not intended as a political statement. We Appalachian Americans (and backwoods folk in practically every other U.S. state) have been using road signs for target practice ever since the guvmit began making them out of metal. Metal road signs are nearly irresistible, particularly after consuming a half case of PBR mixed with Red Bull, chasing it with a fruit jar of homebrew and cranking up the Haggard & Jones.
EDIT- Most plausible answer as to the side pattern thus far (by PM from @TheresaSC who has specific expertise because she makes beautiful woven uke straps): Log Cabin (of U.S. / Anglo- Saxon/ Scots- Irish origin).
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I love the artwork on your Yowling Tom. I agree with one of the other posters, that this deserves recognition of folk art at its best. I am especially fond of the bass-side pattern, that looks really cool, and it's such a great pattern source.
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Thank you. Might be worthy of the Googley-eye Museum. I'd really like to know if that pattern has a name. Seems like I recall seeing relatively recent posts from at least one, if not two UU members who do loom weaving as a hobby.
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Big fan of the Yowling Tom
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Thank you! Now that I've purged the ongoing dissatisfaction with Yowling Tom's exterior appearance from my subconscious thoughts, I can get back to learning to play. This is clear evidence that I suffer OCD rather than UAS, LOL.
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Since my Fluke was getting new strings today—and they're bright blue Rotosound ones—I thought I might as well spruce it up with a bit more colour, so I switched the tuners for a set from Lucy's Ukulele I've had hanging around for ages. They're a lot smoother than I thought they might be, which is a bonus. It's a pity that the buttons are so large, but that seems to be increasingly the norm.
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love it BJB.
aesthetically, tuners are perfect.
aesthetically, tuners are perfect.
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crazy awesome fretboard too.
It's a Neck Illusions sticker set, which really helps to make the frets easier to see! Sadly they don't seem to be selling any ukulele designs at the moment.
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Very nice!! You have two ukes that I dream to own one day, the maple Brüko and the Kamaka pineapple. You have good taste!
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Bunch of loaner ukes I use for beginner classes. Love the Makala Sharks; they're plenty loud and they stay in tune amazingly well. The Waterman ukes, on the other hand, are dead sounding and not loud at all.
My Applause soprano with fluorocarbon strings is incredibly loud, and plays well. And my Weber mandolin in uke tuning is handy for around the campfire when I need to compete with guitars.
L to R: A cheapish Cordoba Tenor with Aquilla Reds and Fremont Soloist low G and a Lanikai tenor with high G Aquilla Sugar. These are the ukes I run around with for lessons. Next is a Godin Multiuke for when I need to amplify my stuff. I do a little song leading at the mall so I plug in there. And lastly, my absolutely lovely Kawika Tenor. drool It's currently out getting refretted...unbelievably, I have managed to wear down a bunch of frets over the years. It's at a really fine luthier who's going to radius the fretboard as well (16-20 inch, he's not quite sure yet.)
Lastly, I've got a Pono Master Series Baritone Nui on order....just waiting for it's arrival. No need to trim my nails this week as I'm chewing them off waiting. AAARRRGGGHHH!
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