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The Atom ukulele

Mark Frauenfelder at 9:37 am Thu, May 3, 2012

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  • Ziebarf

    Imagine smashing this thing on stage.

  • coreyi35

    Oh, you mean the instrument.  Right, yes.

  • http://gspirits.com/ Zod

    forget the Uke, I wanna see the chick!

  • Baldhead

    Headstock is very reminiscent of Bootsy’s Space Bass, the latest version of which is pretty awesome as well. http://cdn.techietalk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Penn-Elcom-Janal-Breast-Cancer-NAMM-1-Bootsy-Collinsa-150×150.jpg

    • Ziebarf

      Also this maybe? 
      http://willbarnesonline.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/26.jpg

  • Rich Keller

    That  is snazzy. It would never occur to me to to make a googie uke.

  • http://twitter.com/samthepea Sam Pourasghar

    I would have gone with “Nukulele” or “Duke Ukem”. *cradles head in hands and weeps at the punnage*