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Ron Victoria

 

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New Jersey, USA
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2012 6:34 am    
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I happened to see this on Ebay and was curious if anyone here played something that short?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/251196770635?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D251196770635%26_rdc%3D1

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Blake Hawkins


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Florida
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2012 7:25 am    
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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
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Manfred Nabinger

 

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Germany
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2012 1:48 pm    
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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
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Kekoa Blanchet


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Kaua'i
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2012 2:44 pm    
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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?
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James Kerr

 

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Scotland, UK
Post  Posted 9 Dec 2012 3:36 pm    
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Manfred Nabinger wrote:
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.
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Manfred Nabinger

 

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Germany
Post  Posted 10 Dec 2012 8:48 am    
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< You didn't tell us about the Girls Manfred >

Sorry, James.

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