Kiwi Biker ukulele orchestra?

[Hitcher]

Over recent months I have "taken up" the ukulele.

Indeed so smitten am I with this Queen Of Instruments that I now have two, a soprano and a tenor. I also have callouses on my fingertips. Those who know will understand.

Anyway, I am now at a stage where I feel a strange desire to meet with other ukulele aficionados for the purposes of the convivial thrashing to death of said instruments.

Indeed a Wellington Chapter of the Kiwi Biker Ukulelisti may be of a mind to challenge other chapters for a "strum off" at a time and venue still to be decided?

Are there any starters out there?

[peasea]

Oh god, it's Tiny Tim reincarnated.

[Hitcher]

Oh god, it's Tiny Tim reincarnated.

So do you want to come and tiptoe through the tulips with me or not?

[peasea]

So do you want to come and tiptoe through the tulips with me or not?

I feel a bit ill.

[CookMySock]

Indeed so smitten am I with this Queen Of Instruments that I now have two, a soprano and a tenor. I also have callouses on my fingertips. Those who know will understand.Woah, get a bass one as well, and plug it into a big amp and play some phat licks on it. :killingme

Steve

[Hitcher]

Woah, get a bass one as well, and plug it into a big amp and play some phat licks on it.

My next uke will have amplification. Power chords just aren't the same without it.

[oldrider]

My next uke will have amplification. Power chords just aren't the same without it.

I thought I felt a Shiver!.............Are you related to George Formby per chance? :rolleyes:

[Skyryder]

I thought I felt a Shiver!.............Are you related to George Formby per chance? :rolleyes:

Now why did I think of you and THE SMILER in one thought.

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The 'original' duckwalker.




Skyryder

[Kickaha]

I also have callouses on my fingertips.

Are you sure thats from the ukulele?

Wouldn't want you going blind:msn-wink:

[Hitcher]

Only when I'm cleaning windows!

The following clip is proudly sponsored by Wellington Motorcycles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqynAAYdLW8

[Pussy]

A recent pic of Hitcher..... :whistle:

[Pussy]

Sorry, Hitcher.... :)

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[CookMySock]

My next uke will have amplification. Power chords just aren't the same without it.oh, and you need a steel slide for it too... lol

Steve

[Virago]

One of my favourite YouTube clips:

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[paddy]

Oh god, it's Tiny Tim reincarnated.


So do you want to come and tiptoe through the tulips with me or not?

Excuse me, but your age seems to be showing. :-)

On a more serious note, I just bought my four year old and five year old a Uke each for Christmas. They have been begging me to teach them guitar but their hands just aren't big enough yet. We'll see how it goes...

[peasea]

Excuse me, but your age seems to be showing. :-)


You're making an assumption there; it could simply be that I know about the history of music and some of the more eccentric performers of yesteryear.

[koba]

Damn, I just loaned mine out yesterday!

Maybe, when/if I get it back in one piece!

[PrincessBandit]

I have always loved the ukelele. "My dog had fleas" was first step in learning to pitch an A (I was going to say A440, but then my ear isn't probably quite that accurate) without running to a piano.

[yungatart]

Hitcher, I will offer my house up for you to practice in......we even have a dedicated music room...which has now spread all over the house....

[martybabe]

The following clip is proudly sponsored by Wellington Motorcycles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqynAAYdLW8
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I'm not sure I have any business looking at ukulele videos, it feels a bit like having a small secret photo of Cliff Richard in my wallet :rolleyes: That said, it left me with a great big stupid smile on my face to start the day with so thanks for the link and good luck with your plucking.:)

[oldrider]

A recent pic of Hitcher..... :whistle:

I think I want to sell my bike after looking at that!

My minds eye pic of Hitcher has been erased and replaced, oh the sheer horror of it! :spanking:

Good luck with the finger pluckin Hitch but lose any thoughts of the hair piece, pulease! :devil2:

[rie]

We are not in Wellington but if ever you should be in Auckland, come visit us. We are four strong!

[R6_kid]

These guys have been selling out shows all around NZ in the last few months.

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[Hitcher]

We are not in Wellington but if ever you should be in Auckland, come visit us. We are four strong!

Four people is more than enough for a quartet. We just need three more in Wellington...

[peasea]

Four people is more than enough for a quartet. We just need three more in Wellington...

The Septuagenarian Ukelele Clanging and Kicking Society.

Or S.U.C.K.S for short.

Oh no, that's 70, not seven, my bad.

[Hitcher]

Or S.U.C.K.S for short.

I guess that's marginally better than the Capital Ukulele Nocturnal Twanging Society.

[nudemetalz]

Just to revive this ancient thread,...

I have just upgrade my el cheapo Ukulele with an Aquila'd strung Kala. Boy, what a difference, even for my newbie status.
Been playing the Uke for approximately 3 months now and absolutely love it to bits.
Quite a change from the drumming.

I thank Hitcher wholeheartedly for getting me into this and helping me out.

[Fatt Max]

We are not in Wellington but if ever you should be in Auckland, come visit us. We are four strong!

I too ma in Auckland, have my trusted Flying V Uke and am keen to hook up with others and knock out some toons.

I bought my mini Max his first uke at the recent NZ Uke festival and he loves it.

So, may I be bold enough to say we have the makings of an Auckland chapter of KB Uke's

I'm in like le chien de la robber

[george formby]

Do not let the weather get to your Ukulele! I left mine on the deck last night while I popped next door to help the widow polish her brass & I returned to find my instrument warped due to high humidity. It's more like a Balalika now. :facepalm:

[nudemetalz]

My uke's biggest threat to impending danger is my 10 month old son ......:facepalm:

[Hitcher]

I thank Hitcher wholeheartedly for getting me into this and helping me out.

Goodness me, I didn't do much at all.

Now that my bung left thumb is on the mend I am getting back into ukulele. D7, Em, B7, Bb, and other thumb-requiring chords are now proving not as problematic as they were a few weeks ago.

[Smifffy]

Four people ARE more than enough for a quartet. We just need three more in Wellington...

Actually, four people is exactly enough for a quartet. To be more than enough, more people would be required.

;)

[Banditbandit]

Over recent months I have "taken up" the ukulele.

Indeed so smitten am I with this Queen Of Instruments that I now have two, a soprano and a tenor. I also have callouses on my fingertips. Those who know will understand.

Anyway, I am now at a stage where I feel a strange desire to meet with other ukulele aficionados for the purposes of the convivial thrashing to death of said instruments.

Indeed a Wellington Chapter of the Kiwi Biker Ukulelisti may be of a mind to challenge other chapters for a "strum off" at a time and venue still to be decided?

Are there any starters out there?

No .. please .. no .. please

You can't inflict that sort of torture on people and not expect recriminations ...

[Hitcher]

It's got worse since that last post. I now have three ukes. My third is a peachy Kala Koa wood concert cutaway with a built-in pick up. This works particularly well of an evening when connected to a Roland COSM cube amplifier.

[Drunken Monkey]

Uke's pair up with guitar pretty well, don't rule out doing a uke-axe duo act...

[fuknKIWI]

Oh god, it's Tiny Tim reincarnated.

Hahaha apparently playing the ukelele IS hazrdous to your health.
Here's another ukelele who carked it, he went to No1 in Germany posthumously all the same:facepalm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

[Number One]

After watching all those clips I am struck with the urge to covet young Sully's fire engine red uke. I have no idea how to play anything that resembles music or even chords though...I'm guessing there are websites that can teach you all that jazz?

[Hitcher]

After watching all those clips I am struck with the urge to covet young Sully's fire engine red uke. I have no idea how to play anything that resembles music or even chords though...I'm guessing there are websites that can teach you all that jazz?

The Internet is awash with stuff. That's pretty much where I've downloaded all my scores from. Pretty much anything the Beatles wrote can be banged out on a uke. The Eagles Lying Eyes is a favourite, and I'm discovering that even Burt Bacharach can be hacked as well.

I'd recommend going and seeing Alastair at Alastair's Music on Upper Cuba Street and spending the $25-odd required to put some decent Italian Aquila strings. They make a huge difference to even the cheapest Uke. He'll also check out the winders at the same time.

[nudemetalz]

I'd recommend going and seeing Alastair at Alastair's Music on Upper Cuba Street and spending the $25-odd required to put some decent Italian Aquila strings. They make a huge difference to even the cheapest Uke. He'll also check out the winders at the same time.

That's the exact place I bought my latest one from. Great people, very friendly service and yes I got the decent strings on mine.

So, the KB Wellington Ukulele Orchestra, huh?

[Hitcher]

It doesn't take too long before the lure of solid wood rather than painted plywood and a decent set of cogs kicks in.

I'm currently lusting after Kala's newly-released Acacia wood models. Particularly the tenor with the slotted headstock. I may even be seduced by the eight-string variant of these. Sigh...

[nudemetalz]

When I was picking up my new Kala on Monday they were kind enough to give me a play with the latest electric BASS ukulele.
Wow !!! The sound was incredible !! I would dearly love one, but alas, a tad out of my budget range (they go for approx $800).

[Ronin]

Hahaha apparently playing the ukelele IS hazrdous to your health.
Here's another ukelele who carked it, he went to No1 in Germany posthumously all the same:facepalm:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

It was a skydiving accident right?

[nudemetalz]

Some of my friends who do not like Uke's have told me that I could die in a "mysterious" way if I bring it to parties and bbq's...

[Fatt Max]

Some of my friends who do not like Uke's have told me that I could die in a "mysterious" way if I bring it to parties and bbq's...

Well, I reckon their parties would be fecking crap. Where I go, the Uke goes

[fuknKIWI]

It doesn't take too long before the lure of solid wood rather than painted plywood and a decent set of cogs kicks in.

I'm currently lusting after Kala's newly-released Acacia wood models. Particularly the tenor with the slotted headstock. I may even be seduced by the eight-string variant of these. Sigh...

DOCTOR
Is there a doctor in the house:blink:

[fuknKIWI]

DOCTOR
Is there a doctor in the house:blink:

Oh & while your here Doctor...
http://www.toilette-humor.com/funny_adult_humor/the_sheep_lover.shtml

[Babelfish]

I dug out my old uke about 6 months ago. Its a beaut that was passed to me from my great aunt, its a Kumalae a BLOODY old. The tuning pegs are friction fit and the sound (with new Aquila strings on) is great. This said, I went and grabbed a $40 kala so that I could take it travelling and not risk damaging the old girl. That got the aquila nylgut treatment too and it's made a nice difference

I'm trying to get my head around finger picking at the moment, and there's a shit load of information around the web, particularly youtube.

I'm up otaki so regular practices wouldn't work, but getting together with a whole bunch of other uke nuts sounds top notch.

[nudemetalz]

I dug out my old uke about 6 months ago. Its a beaut that was passed to me from my great aunt, its a Kumalae a BLOODY old. The tuning pegs are friction fit and the sound (with new Aquila strings on) is great. This said, I went and grabbed a $40 kala so that I could take it travelling and not risk damaging the old girl. That got the aquila nylgut treatment too and it's made a nice difference

I'm trying to get my head around finger picking at the moment, and there's a shit load of information around the web, particularly youtube.

I'm up otaki so regular practices wouldn't work, but getting together with a whole bunch of other uke nuts sounds top notch.

On' ya, Dude !! :yes:

We pass thru Otaki from time to time to vist the in-laws so next time I'll bring the Ukes up and drop in :)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Over recent months I have "taken up" the ukulele.

Indeed so smitten am I with this Queen Of Instruments that I now have two, a soprano and a tenor. I also have callouses on my fingertips. Those who know will understand.

Anyway, I am now at a stage where I feel a strange desire to meet with other ukulele aficionados for the purposes of the convivial thrashing to death of said instruments.

Indeed a Wellington Chapter of the Kiwi Biker Ukulelisti may be of a mind to challenge other chapters for a "strum off" at a time and venue still to be decided?

Are there any starters out there?

on an impulse we went to see the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain a couple weeks ago. They were awesome.

No, I can't play.

[Babelfish]

On' ya, Dude !! :yes:

We pass thru Otaki from time to time to vist the in-laws so next time I'll bring the Ukes up and drop in :)

I'm sorry, you must be talking of somewhere else....there are only outlaws in the Otaki I know :drool:

I'll look for the PM nudez! :niceone:

[Hitcher]

I'm trying to get my head around finger picking at the moment, and there's a shit load of information around the web, particularly youtube.

I've got a couple of books on finger picking and am learning to read tabs. However a lot of this stuff appears to be about classical/obscure music. I'm one of those people who needs to know what the tune is before I start.

[Babelfish]

I've got a couple of books on finger picking and am learning to read tabs. However a lot of this stuff appears to be about classical/obscure music. I'm one of those people who needs to know what the tune is before I start.

There is a stack of stuff on youtube, and now I am just playing with the tunes I know to put base chords in them (?) and finger pick where I can. But the end game is the same....practice, practice, practice...not that I'm in a hurry <_<

[Babelfish]

Here's one of the vids:

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[Ronin]

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Wow. Just Wow.

[nudemetalz]

That dude is un-effing-believable !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:2thumbsup :2thumbsup