mini lap, 18" scale

[Ron Victoria]

I happened to see this on Ebay and was curious if anyone here played something that short?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251196770635?ru ... 26_rdc%3D1

ron

[Blake Hawkins]

Ron,
Never saw one of those. However I started on a Teisco which had a 19" scale.
I still have one of the same model. It plays OK but does not have much sustain above the 12th fret.

Blake

[Manfred Nabinger]

Some years ago I discovered the ukulele as a slide instrument. Now I play 14" scale instruments bottleneck style and lap steel style.
Here are some recordings (tape recorder, low-fi-microphone, cheap chinese soprano ukuele):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StsCv9fKhf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axsd1a5h1Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gHbtYQvS4

And a 19" scale Hilo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00-sIu0lUY0

[Kekoa Blanchet]

Looks like they took an Ashbory bass, swapped out the tuners (adding two more), added a nut riser, a new bridge, and a humbucker pickup. An interesting idea. Is that wire hanging off the side the output from the pickup?

[James Kerr]

Some years ago I discovered the ukulele as a slide instrument. Now I play 14" scale instruments bottleneck style and lap steel style.
Here are some recordings (tape recorder, low-fi-microphone, cheap chinese soprano ukuele):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StsCv9fKhf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axsd1a5h1Uk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4gHbtYQvS4

And a 19" scale Hilo here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00-sIu0lUY0

You didn't tell us about the Girls Manfred.

James.

[Manfred Nabinger]

< You didn't tell us about the Girls Manfred >

Sorry, James.

But most people discover them after listening to one or two slide ukulele songs.