Ukuleleaya plays "Crazy G" on customized cake ukulele

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, January 27, 2009 12:12 PM | permalink

Hello, I am a ukulele player I lives in Tokyo , Japan.
This ukulele is "Cake ukulele" I decorated.
It might be tasty. But I can not eat.
This cream　is Imitation　and
ice cream is made of clay.
This ukulele can be good played.
I played "Crazy G" with this cake ukulele.

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#1 posted by nck wntrhltr, January 27, 2009 12:31 PM

I can't wait until Mark switches from his current ukelele fetish to bagpipes.

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#2 posted by David Pescovitz, January 27, 2009 12:40 PM

Mark's had a uke fetish for almost as long as I've known him. But don't worry too much, it's an infectious fetish.

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#3 posted by Takuan, January 27, 2009 12:50 PM

ukes and bagpipes go together

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#4 posted by artbot, January 27, 2009 12:58 PM

Once again,

Cute Girl + Uke = The New Steampunk!

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

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#5 posted by MichelleMcCormack, January 27, 2009 12:59 PM

She is really good!

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#6 posted by Jake von Slatt, January 27, 2009 1:14 PM

What a delightful meme you have going here Mark!

I'm thinking it might just be time to get myself a Ukulele. Does anyone know if there are good quality kits available?

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#7 posted by jimbuck, January 27, 2009 1:18 PM

You guys beat me to it - there's an unhealthy obsession with the uke here. Maybe it's a West Coast thing - being close to Hawaii than the non uke lovers on the East Coast.

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#8 posted by Takuan, January 27, 2009 1:23 PM

YAY! caek ukereiri!

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#9 posted by cowboy_k, January 27, 2009 1:39 PM

I'm beginning to get the impression that I should have bought a ukulele instead of a guitar last year - like I'm missing the next hot musical trend or something.

Not that me missing any sort of trend, musical or not, would be anything new and noteworthy.

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#10 posted by SC_Wolf, January 27, 2009 2:09 PM

The ukulele is a lie?

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#11 posted by Adam Stanhope, January 27, 2009 2:35 PM

I love the "pretty girl playing ukulele" posts, Mark. I fall in love with every one of them. Imagine if my wife only knew, way back when, that the direct path to my heart was through a competently-played ukulele song by a pretty girl. We might have saved the expense and hardship of several years of courting.

I certainly had no idea.

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#12 posted by holtt, January 27, 2009 2:44 PM

You know this is just going to lead to bukakulele fetish films.

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#13 posted by That Evening Sun, January 27, 2009 3:06 PM

I like her. She's silly.

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#14 posted by Fatal Bert, January 27, 2009 3:32 PM

Thanks Mark! This is the best infection I've ever had!

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#15 posted by Ernunnos, January 27, 2009 3:47 PM

I approve of these posts, but why no love for the banjolele? If you're going to go for cute girls with silly instruments, no point in stopping half way!

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

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#16 posted by allen, January 27, 2009 3:54 PM

@#7 I think the further you get from Hawaii, the more quaint and cute the ukulele seems. Luckily for most of you, the entire continental united states is far from Hawaii. I think I am underwhelmed by it in the same way that someone who lived in africa for a while was probably underwhelmed with Paul Simon when Graceland came out.

For all of you that are lusting after ukuleles, the best commercial ukulele manufacturer in Maui when I lived there was http://www.meleukulele.com/ They have decent starter ukes at affordable prices that sound great and don't need to be retuned every 4 minutes. They make nice guitars too (although I think I prefer my collings to anything I ever played there).

If you've played guitar, picking up the uke is about as tricky as picking up the bass guitar (ie, easy to at least fake- chords are simple, strings are floppy, and only 4 strings to manage).

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#17 posted by Takuan, January 27, 2009 4:07 PM

does anyone do death metal uke?

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#18 posted by Anonymous, January 27, 2009 4:21 PM

Hey Mark,

I've enjoyed your Ukulele videos for a long time now. I think you and Youtube has really started a new trend in Ukulele appreciation.
I don't know if you saw any video by sweetafton23 on Youtube or not. I particularly love her cover of Jonathan Coulton's Tom Cruise Crazy and think you might enjoy it as well.
Ukulele + Jonathan Coulton = Win.

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#19 posted by Bathblogger, January 27, 2009 5:25 PM

I am getting an ukelele very soon. And soon will be posting, dedicated to you,

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#20 posted by doggo, January 27, 2009 5:26 PM

Adorable!

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#21 posted by davevontexas, January 27, 2009 5:34 PM

I am in love. This is beyond awesome.

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#22 posted by gpeare, January 27, 2009 5:53 PM

Jake von Slatt

Folks have had success with this kit from Grizzly:

http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-H3125-Ukulele-Kit/dp/B0000DD4ME

Best to buy one, though.

http://www.ukulelia.com

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#23 posted by Antinous / Moderator, January 27, 2009 6:29 PM

Bathblogger,

Your blog link can go on your profile page. Thanks.

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#24 posted by pinehead, January 27, 2009 7:43 PM

Cute uke, and the last bit with "YAY, CAKE UKELELE! OOWAAHH" make me laugh. :D

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#25 posted by eustace, January 27, 2009 7:56 PM

I've gotta second Adam Stanhope's sentiments above, (and those who posted after). I find myself dreaming of a ukelele-playing harem these days. We owe you, Mark.

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#26 posted by gtron, January 28, 2009 5:27 AM

this woman deserves BB find of the year -
cutegirlUke+selfmadedecorativecakeUke+Nihonglish all together?! damn