UGLY STICK - A DEMO

As i said, i've checked out lately and become obsessed with thinking up stuff to make as a result of becoming a member of http://cigarboxnation.com ....a gosh darn fun community as well....

most of the stuff i'm cobbling together at present are just trial runs......i'm not so skilled when it comes to building stuff that calls for precision, etc. i get mental pictures in my head, but executing the finished product is a different story, both because of my supplies and lack of skills....oh and utter impatience ;)

after i finished this one (the ugly stick) i was reminded of these primitive banjos that came from Africa (the true origins of the banjo) and how this thing looked similar to them....they used gourds and sticks and gut strings i believe....

...i'm gonna 'ramble' on a bit here....if you like 'world music' and have never listened to "Ali Farka Toure" check out his stuff....amazing....and he did lots of work with other folks like Ry Cooder and other Malian artists....some of which played primitive looking instruments....


have fun!,

todd (brother sonny)

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Music

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• homemade music
• cookie tin instruments
• cigar box instruments
• the ugly stick
• boogie music
• slide guitar
• cigar box nation

[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 :)

[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?