UGLY STICK - A DEMO

[laughingcrows]

Great vid, loved it. :)

[Threestaves]

admirably done

[sharecroppermike]

Great little performance. Not what I expected since I have a video out with a Newfoundland uglystick....a percussion instrument. But your runs are great! Keep up the good work. If you ever come to visit, we'llhave to do a you tube tigether, ok?

Cheers~~Mike (mike underscore madigan at y a h o o dot c o m

[Hikikomori013]

Oh, yeah, that's how to build an instrument.

I just finished making an instrument with two courses of double strings and friction peg tuners. Lots of fun to tune, aren't they?

[voodoostrat]

Just  don't touch my amp.

[doogey9]

ha ha...i've got my leatherman ready to tweak your volume knob and stuff ha ha ha....maybe you can just let me borrow an amp with lots of knobs on it.....

[sixstrings2650]

Awesome, that was cool

[doogey9]

Hi,

thanks so much! :)

[tHeDirTyJoHnSon]

Cool as,,, put a pick up in that thing an you got yourself one mean dirty sounding piece of wood man,,,,

[doogey9]

Thanks D,

gonna make another one with a nicer neck and bigger body and do just that...so i can go electric :)

[MrTinyJim]

Yeah... definitely McGyver. Awesome!

[doogey9]

thanks Jim!!!

[philxbx]

Nothing ugly about that!! Have you checked out jimiller5? I think you'd like!!

[doogey9]

I'll have to chech im' out....thanks :)

[keonepax]

COOL is the word! Love it!

[doogey9]

thank you so much John :)

[jhgarl35]

i love how you just slap stuff together and get music out it. crazy.

[doogey9]

"Slap stuff together" is the appropriate term ha ha...

i'm actually gonna try to be a little more concise in the future :)

thanks John :)

[russbuss415]

amazing the things you come up with. awesome stuff Todd!

[doogey9]

thanks so much Russ :)

[diez]

Less strings, less harmonies, more heart. The essential is here.

[doogey9]

right on...thanks Diez!

[uke5417]

I imagine the difference between an instrument envisioned and the one created remains a gulf, whether one has an understocked garage or a money-is-no-object shop. You've created a work of art and magic there, Todd, and it sounds perfect to me. A mastadon tusk nut and maboongie wood neck would only take away from it.

[doogey9]

right on Bruce....thanks :)

[ihavenotea]

Cool stuff. You make me wish I had more tools beyond a few screw drivers, a hammer and a drill

[doogey9]

add a sanding block or palm sander (mouse)

and manual or electric jigsaw.....oh and some wood glue and you're there!!!! :)

thanks Gregory,

todd

[mjs004]

Amazing! Love this stuff! I dig Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooders Lp together. I also am a fan of V.M. Bhatt and Ry's collab. Come to think of it, I dig all of Ry's stuff!

[doogey9]

Mjs,

he's great.....for sure :)

[SirCoughsalot]

Terrific.

[doogey9]

thanks bro,

todd

[ctrymaus]

Very cool! Love the sound!

[doogey9]

thanks dear lady :)

[Rouyome]

have fun! :O)

[doogey9]

i'm trying....you too! :)

[lewdite]

Wonderful!

[doogey9]

thanks John :)

[unclejeff64]

didn't recognize ya without yer hat! nice job todd!

[doogey9]

yeah, i go hatless for a vid and a friend of mine remarks how 'grey' my hair is getting!

hmmmmffff!!!

thanks Jeff :)

[UKISOCIETY]

Don't hit me with that. Once is enough. Awesome sound, T!

[doogey9]

ha ha thanks Alan! :) I'll probably 'scrap it' to build something else, but i like the string configuration for sure....

[UnluckyMum]

cool ! one gosh dam fun stick :)

[doogey9]

ha ha thanks Caroline :)

[weegingayin]

If you get a chance, have a listen to the collaboration between Ry Cooder and V.M Bhatt on a CD called Meeting by the river.

V.M. Bhatt's plays traditional classical music from northern India which is ethereal and haunting

He plays the Mohan vina an expanded slide-guitar-like instrument of own invention.

The marriage between delta blues and Indian raga is exquisite

[doogey9]

I'll try and check it out :)

[weegingayin]

If the river was whisky and I was a diving duck.

I'd dive down to the bottom and i'd never come up

[doogey9]

Rye Whisky Rye Whiskey Rye Whiskey I cryyyyyyy !!!!

[krabbers]

sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

[doogey9]

cheers Krabbers :)

[StubyStubyDoo]

Todd - You gotta find a friend with a wooden leg . You see where I'm going with this?

Now that would be a challenge!

[doogey9]

Stu,

i'm gonna thank everybody later, but i gotta say, 'ha ha ha ha!' with gusto!

i need to do that......wrestle him down and steal his prosthetics.....all in good fun ;)

[sdmfWVchapter]

awesome todd, reminds me of the old slave banjos keep em comin bro

[doogey9]

thanks Noah!

[DonfromMT]

I"ve heard some of Ry Cooder's collaborations, but I don't know Ali Farka Toure. Thanks for the tip. And Todd, you just amaze me!

[doogey9]

Don,

thanks so much....if you like music from different places, you may really like Ali Farka Toure....very strong voice and unique guitar playing :)

[ken6675]

You must of got straight A's in band and wood shop cause you sure do a good job with it.

great monday to you

Ken G

[doogey9]

dropped out of band and got b's and c's in woodshop, but thanks Ken :)

i'm trying and learning :)

[adellethegreat]

You have the midas touch with instruments.

[doogey9]

thank you dear lady :)

todd

[okvolleyball]

Too cool

[doogey9]

thanks Stephen :)

[deach69]

Too cool! I can't even begin to imagine all the instruments you could make with the junk you'd find in my house.

[doogey9]

ha ha thanks Deach :)

[eerteep]

twangy slidey goodness!

awesome todd!

: )

p.

[doogey9]

thanks Petri,

:)

[YoppyKyabetsu]

Man, I love the sound you get. You play a mean slide.

[doogey9]

Yopp,

thanks so much....i'm trying....i'm gonna try one of them thar short/stubby slides soon :)

[KenMiddletonUkulele]

That sounds great, Todd.

[doogey9]

thanks so much Ken :)

[MrPlatypus70]

That is cool. I have an old metal cookie tin I have been saving to try to make some sort of instrument. I think I could pull something like this off with my limited amount of tools and even more limited amount of patience.

[doogey9]

Mr. P,

tried responding before? thanks man....yeah, try it....i'm sure you'll have fun :)

impatiently yours,

todd