17 Mar 08 Thats Hobo Style

Granted it wasnt as good as ‘Gentle Ben’, but as a kid i used to love ‘The Littlest Hobo’.

Wiki informs us that..

The Canadian television series running from 1979-1985 featured many famous stars at the time including the young Mike Myers as the character Tommy before he later found fame in the movies Wayne’s World and Austin Powers. The song that plays during the credits, “Maybe Tomorrow”, is composed and sung by Terry Bush.

Theme from The Littlest Hobo

I reckon that husky/wolf/German Shepard thing could have taken Lassie in a fight – no problem!

Tags: chords, Dogs, The Littlest Hobo, ukulele

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17 Mar 08 Cheapo Uke Ahoy!

I was talking to my mate about ukuleles the other day, and convinced him he should get himself one. After looking on various forums I noticed that a few people were rating ‘Makalas’ ukes over Mahalos’ for being pretty good for the money, and after a brief google, i found this place selling them for £9 + £1.80 p&p!! (They are normally £15-£20)

So it ordered it last week, and it came today – yay!!!

Look at the rather cute bridge

And the geared tuners – Definately a selling point – I think they make a BIG difference

Ive taken off those horrible black ’strings’ you get with new ukes,(i use the word strings in the loosest possible sense) and put a set of Aquila Concert Strings on. It INSTANTLY sounds about 1000 times better.

On the whole im rather impressed by it. I was worried that the action would be a bit mental, but actually is OK, and the build quality in seems pretty good too. You also get a free bag, which will not stop it from getting damaged, but will at least keep the dust off.

If you fancy giving the uke a go but dont want to spend much money, I would definately recommed buying one. My only caveat would be that you NEED to buy a decent set of strings (like Aquilas) for it. (If you’re in the UK, you can get these from www.theukuleleshop.co.uk/ )

And heres me giving it a quick demo – I apologise for the singing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv7GuV8K5v0