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I just finished the latest frankenproject- an electric ukulele for under $100.
I bought a Danelectro mini pastrami overdrive pedal, and basically hot glued it in. I even thought to take pictures:

the pedal


the cut apart uke:


the finished product:


and finally, the audio sample. Other than the cheesy drums, I did nothing but hit record and export. Turns out that using an overdrive pedal for a preamp works way better than I have been told.
http://www.mediamax.com/eeleye/Hosted/electrouke.mp3

I can't wait to molest the next fight with this little bastard.

First: H a ha ha haha hah ah aha hah a hahaha hahahah

Second: Dude, that is really effing cool. Good work... sorry about the laughter but thats just my first instinct.

-listens-

First: H a ha ha haha hah ah aha hah a hahaha hahahah

Second: Dude, that is really effing cool. Good work... sorry about the laughter but thats just my first instinct.

Sounds like Cake. Thats a pretty cool thing you did there.

Very cool! Can't wait to hear it.

That's pretty cool - good work. What'd you use for a pickup?

The pickup is a $15 piezo strip from Radio Scrap. It's a bit too long for the uke's bridge, so I just let it hang out the ends.

I want one. I know so little about electronics, and DIY stuff like this. Do you suppose this would be a good project for a first-timer? 'Cause it looks like something that would be really fun and useful, and it's wallet-friendly.

Hey, that's pretty nifty! Good work!

I want to hear the rest of that song up yahh ^^^

jimtyrrell wrote:I want one. I know so little about electronics, and DIY stuff like this. Do you suppose this would be a good project for a first-timer? 'Cause it looks like something that would be really fun and useful, and it's wallet-friendly.

If you're looking for a "fun-factor" project, I would recommend this one. Things did get a little widgety at a couple points with the pedal, but most of that was trying to make the damned thing fit inside. Next time I would just pull the whole back off the uke to give myself some elbow room.

Unfortunately, this little bastard has absolutely zero playability. The intonation is so far out that I can only get 3 chords to sound good in one tuning.
The conclusion: if you want something fun to do, do it. If you want a new instrument, check out Ovation's ukes.

signboy wrote: Unfortunately, this little bastard has absolutely zero playability. The intonation is so far out that I can only get 3 chords to sound good in one tuning.

Thats the beauty of a uke, who cares. Just pluck out what you can and sing pretty.