The Uke of my dreams! - Collecting Tiki

H hodadhank Member Mission Beach, CA Joined: Dec 28, 2005 Posts: 1689	H hodadhank Posted posted on Tue, May 16, 2006 12:58 PM Illustrator of Mickey Rat and co-founder of the cheap suit serenaders with R.Crumb, Robert Armstrong also collects and hand decorates instruments including ukuleles. http://gryphonstrings.com/cool_stuff/armstrong/index.html http://rockthatuke.com/2005RTU/HTML/news.htm My favorite is the Mickey Rat Uke that features the Rat flipping the bird in a bombed out junk filled LA canyon on th front, chasing a topless wahine on the back and burping on a beer can littered dirtpile on the head stock! For me The Holy Grail of ukuleles! http://www.armst.net/robert/instru/mickeyrat.html
M MrBaliHai Tiki Socialite Behind the Cheddar Curtain Joined: Jun 01, 2002 Posts: 1031	M MrBaliHai Posted posted on Tue, May 16, 2006 3:10 PM That's bee-yoot-iful!
MR Matt Reese Member San Diego Joined: May 09, 2005 Posts: 1182	MR Matt Reese Posted posted on Fri, May 19, 2006 1:21 PM Amazing! Sooo cool.

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hodadhank Posted posted on Tue, May 16, 2006 12:58 PM

Illustrator of Mickey Rat and co-founder of the cheap suit serenaders with R.Crumb, Robert Armstrong also collects and hand decorates instruments including ukuleles.

http://gryphonstrings.com/cool_stuff/armstrong/index.html
http://rockthatuke.com/2005RTU/HTML/news.htm

My favorite is the Mickey Rat Uke that features the Rat flipping the bird in a bombed out junk filled LA canyon on th front, chasing a topless wahine on the back and burping on a beer can littered dirtpile on the head stock!

For me The Holy Grail of ukuleles!

http://www.armst.net/robert/instru/mickeyrat.html

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MrBaliHai Posted posted on Tue, May 16, 2006 3:10 PM

That's bee-yoot-iful!

MR

Matt Reese Posted posted on Fri, May 19, 2006 1:21 PM

Amazing! Sooo cool.