I Always Loved That One

18th December 2011

Photo reblogged from GET OFF MY LAWN! with 194 notes

timekiller-s: unconsumption: Rotterdam-based musician Shelley Rickey makes really cool guitars and ukuleles out of reclaimed and found materials such as cigar boxes, skeleton keys, scrap wood, and more. In this video (via BoingBoing), Shelley describes (and plays) the above-pictured ukulele; the frets are made from an old bamboo placemat, the string guard is a piece of a metal tea canister, and the tuning pegs are old spools.  Want to make your own uke? Shelley wrote a tutorial, available here (a downloadable PDF from BUST magazine). Nice! See Shelley’s Web site — shelleyrickey.blogspot.com — for additional photos and information. [Thanks, Shelley!] There is a store in Norman that sells instruments made from found objects and also free-trade instruments. I must say that is,the the nicest cigarbox uke ive ever seen

timekiller-s:

unconsumption:

Rotterdam-based musician Shelley Rickey makes really cool guitars and ukuleles out of reclaimed and found materials such as cigar boxes, skeleton keys, scrap wood, and more.

In this video (via BoingBoing), Shelley describes (and plays) the above-pictured ukulele; the frets are made from an old bamboo placemat, the string guard is a piece of a metal tea canister, and the tuning pegs are old spools. 

Want to make your own uke? Shelley wrote a tutorial, available here (a downloadable PDF from BUST magazine).

Nice! See Shelley’s Web site — shelleyrickey.blogspot.com — for additional photos and information.

[Thanks, Shelley!]

There is a store in Norman that sells instruments made from found objects and also free-trade instruments.

I must say that is,the the nicest cigarbox uke ive ever seen

Source: shelleyrickey.blogspot.com

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    I must say that is,the the nicest cigarbox uke ive ever seen
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    There is a store in Norman that sells instruments made from found objects and also free-trade instruments.
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    This is such a fun, creative idea!
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