The answer to the riddle is who cares. LOL I always liked that one. I can play a ukulele if I'm made to mandolin is harder in my experience. @cwilso aren't you building mandolins now as a luthier? Talk about overlap!
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Thanks for the clarification I wasn't sure so you're building ukuleles how cool is that I may have to pick one up again just as a nod of respect. My paternal grandmother died before I was born her name was Molly Miriam I am named for her. She played ukulele apparently very well.
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Wasn't Mae West a ukelele player? I believe she was. I will fact check. A lot of women played ukuleles historically. What's your take on this Chris? To craft an instrument seems an incredible undertaking and unique set of skills including but not limited to music and history.
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Learning to build - and I’m down to literally “cutting my own sheets of wood from trees I’ve cut down”. - is an INCREDIBLE journey.
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I can truly only imagine. Between bending and shaping wood, dealing with fretboards, strings, tension, action.. Not to mention esthetics. I've mad awe and respect for the craft.
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(Some of) the ukes I've built: photos.app.goo.gl/mgV7uxsfh7…
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Stunning I'm so impressed Chris. My brother Morris is an architectural historian with Hands-On Mad Skills. I love watching him work. To bring it back to Tech told the story of a fully recorded but not mixed album we walked away from for modems and NCSA mosaic in 94. Thank you? 😛
Mar 30, 2022 · 5:28 PM UTC
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