Here is Tom, announcing you that I finally finished my whamola. This instruments really was a long time project (I worked on it for more than a year) and I’m really happy of how it turned out. I was trying, with that instrument, to stay away from the other home-made whamolas on the web, who frankly just looks like a wood stick, with two rectagle pieces of aluminum, a bass key, a bass string and finally a pick-up taped down on the whole thing. I wanted something that would have some aesthetic properties in addition to the musical ones (because it sounds good too!). Most of the instrument is made out of pine, but the fretboard (which is fretless) and the little pieces that holds the lever are in some kind of dark, very solid, exotic wood. It also features a volume and a tone knob, and a 1/4″ jack, all installed on a shiny stainless plate. But, for sure, this description has no value beside the pictures of the thing, so I will post some when I’ll be able to do so. Voila.
Tom
