rock rock on
or something like that. i got a(n) ukulele for myself because i have had a rough month and decided it was an appropriate thing to do. it was very inexpensive which was cool, except it had two significant problems. one was a dead fret, which sucks. the other was a re-entrant G string. that sounds funny. anyway, that's when the low-toned strings are raised up an octave, which was weird. at first i though it could get past that re-entrant string, but i decided it wasn't cool. so i got a lower string at the music store and tried to put it on, with Tony's help. we discovered that it wouldn't fit, but tried to file it. Tony gave up after a long while trying to get it to work, and said i should take it back. the dead fret was reason enough, and that it wasn't really what i wanted (because of the re-entrant string). everything else about it i did like though, a whole lot. so i spent a few more minutes filing down the notch that holds the bottom of the string and a few more minutes on that fret and got the string in. the fret hasn't been a problem for me all day either, so i think i got it to a reasonable height. it wasn't much work today, and now i have exactly the uke i wanted. so i'm happy. it's good. then i made gumbo, and it's one of the best batches ever. i have enough for lunches for several days. mmmm.. gumbo. except Cat looked up gumbo on wikipedia or something and it said you weren't supposed to thicken with file, roux, and okra... i use all three. what's so wrong with using all three? it's not like pudding... i don't get it.
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"the other was a re-entrant G string. that sounds funny. "
tee hee!
Good luck with the uke! I got one a while ago, and it occured to me the other day that I didn't know where it was... gotta find it.
I got frustrated with the unusual low strings in the middle, high strings on the outside thing, but then found out a friend of mine had the same frustration, so she just restringed (strung? strang?) the same way as a guitar, and just plays it like a tiny guitar. I'm sure uke purists would be against me and all I stand for for doing such a thing, but once I find my uke, it'll happen.
Geez...I still think you should have taken it back on principle. :-) I think most times I've had gumbo it has been like yours.
Aaron - yeah.. exactly what i did. and purists schmurists.
Tony - in my line of work i see the consequences of defects every day and though i recognize the importance of feedback to stop them at the source, sometimes when you're pretty sure it's a small part of a bigger problem i'd rather reclaim the good parts than trade the whole thing in... and i think i got exactly what i wanted in the end, so i'm happy.
gumbo... is so good.. i don't care how it gets made..
Brett - in my line of work I sound very pretentious even when talking about claptrapping something I bought that shouldn't need claptrapping at all. Claptrap. I'll say it again. Claptrap.
:-) Now we can join a uke orchestra.
http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Gumbo-Basics/Detail.aspx
This has an explanation of why that "rule" exists...very interesting...I liked your gumbo, sans melted lymph nodes.
claptrap claptrap claptrap. that's a useful word.
where is a/n uke orchestra to join around here? or do we need to make one?
Kim -that article was good. i didn't know the file came from choctaw indians... cool.
Brett,
Are you familiar with the Magnetic Fields? They implement quite a bit of uke in their music. I understand they even have an electrically amplified uke!
hmmm. i don't really care for the magnetic fields. i've heard them, and i'm just freaked out by the singer's voice.
That is perfectly understandable. His bass hits a depth that can only be acquired via the dark arts.
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