Fluke! Fluke fluke fluke! Fluke fluke! I just ordered a fluke! I am so very excited!
I've been drooling over this little instrument for a couple of years now, and when I saw one in black with red flames, well, that was it. For those who don't know what a fluke is, it is a sort of ukulele with a triangular shape, made by this small company. The owner of the company makes the ukes. And flukes. And fleas. When I called, the owner's wife picked up the phone & we chatted for a little bit about ukes. Her brother, Jim Beloff, wrote the books I learned to play with.
My fluke won't look exactly like the picture because I'm getting a rosewood neck, so the neck will be red. (Rosewood is more scratch-resistant than the standard material they use, which is some kind of plastic composite. So when I decide I want to be louder, I can put on metal strings without ruining the instrument.)
Whoo hoo!!! I am such a dork, and I don't care.
Also, there are places to attach a strap if one wants, and I do want. Now I feel inspired to knit this pattern I found for a cool guitar strap. Like I said, dork.
2 comments:
i hate to break it to you, but you have plunged over the edge of dorkiness into being really, really cool. seriously, that fluke is way cool. it will be even cooler with a hand-knitted strap.
I bought the yarn today, it is so gorgeous. Gotta go knit a swatch now.
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