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Kazooing Down Thrill Hill Road

WEBSITE UPDATE AND NEW ASWEGOHOMESTEAD LOGO

This marks our seventh year here on the Aswego Homestead and hosting the aswegohomestead.com website.  The real life Aswego Homestead is located out in the country on five acres of beautiful Florida woodland at Lake Seneca, Florida.   

The purple plaque you see in the picture above is one that I cast in a portland cement mix and hand painted our first year on the homestead.  It hangs by the front door.  The tree started out as a doodle I was drawing this morning waiting on the sun to warm the morning freezing cold.  I was really pleased with the end results and was working on a monthly website update.  So I decided to make this the new Aswego Homestead Icon for the website!  


The website is home to both the Kazoo Factory and Homestead Music. Be sure and stop by the website for a look around.

http://aswegohomestead.com/

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe in this cold weather.  
Happy Kazooing,
Doc

THE ORIGINAL AMERICAN WOODEN FOLK KAZOO FACTORY NATIONAL KAZOO DAY 2014 SPECIAL

Don't forget National Kazoo Day 2014 is just around the corner and there's still time to celebrate with a beautiful handmade wooden folk kazoo from the Original American Wooden Folk Kazoo Factory!

In celebration of National Kazoo Day I am very happy to announce a 10% Discount on all kazoos in my ArtFire Shop.  

http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/greataswegokazoofactory

At Check Out just enter:  

Discount Code : KAZOODAY 

This discount code is valid through 01/31/14

One use per customer.

Happy Kazooing and Happy National Kazoo Day 2014

Doc Kazoo

Great Aswego Kazoo Factory

A BIG OLD DOC KAZOO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE!

WISHING "US" ALL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2014

Well it's hard to believe that another year has past and a new one just starting.  After being around for 63 New Year Days now they seem to come and go much faster each year.  2012 just seemed to fly by!  Today has been our coldest of the year and I was forced to keep the workshop closed.  After over ten decades of use and abuse this old kazoo maker just can't handle the cold.  I remember many years ago being told by an orthopedic surgeon that when I turned 60 I would pay for all the fun I was having. LOL  He was right. LOL  It was just too cold in the workshop to make kazoos today.

So I was sitting around playing a little guitar and ukulele, humming a little kazoo and thinking about all the really nice people I had the pleasure of meeting last year while making their kazoos.  It sure was a lot of fun for me and I hope it was just as much fun for everyone.  From the feedback I have received it seems that it was and every one really enjoyed watching the video updates while I was making their kazoos.  I am so appreciative of the very positive comments that I have received from everyone about their visits to the workshop. Since deciding to offer my kazoos online my goal has been to always be more than just a website with a shopping cart and to create unique performer quality traditional handmade wooden folk kazoos. This will always be my goal.

I wish it were possible to thank each one of you individually and in person for allowing me the pleasure of making your kazoos last year and to share with you the old fashioned Carolina Style of folk kazoo making.  I just wish it were possible to include in a video the beautiful smell of the workshop.  In my mind there is no prettier smell than a woodworking shop. 

I would also like to thank the Ukulele Players and Ukulele Groups around the world for the warm welcome you have given me and my kazoos.  I don't believe I have met a finer group of people anywhere at any time of my life.  I love people that know how to have fun and I have yet to meet a ukulele player who wasn't superb at the art of having fun!  And thanks to those of you have helped the novice ukulele player discover the beauty of our humble instruments.  There is truly no better combination than the ukulele and kazoo for having fun!!!

Don't forget that National Kazoo Day 2014 is just around the corner!  Get those kazoos all tuned up and ready to celebrate!!!

Be sure and stop by the Kazoo Factory Facebook Page often to see what's going in the workshop.  I never know what will be going on from day to day. 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-AsWeGo-Kazoo-Factory/168109906556127

NEW! 11" Buskers Collaboration Kazoo UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW

May each of you have a great 2014!
Happy Kazooing!
Doc

HOLIDAY KAZOO VIDEO UPDATE SCHEDULE

Each year right after Thanksgiving Day I have to suspend some of the video updates of my kazoos due to the large number of Christmas orders I receive each year.  And regretfully today is that day as I now have quite a few kazoos to make.  This way I can keep my sanity and ship all orders on time and most early.

So orders received today and until New Years Day will only have a final update video.  I will be posting lots of still pictures and narrative updates on the Facebook page.  It take nearly three hours to edit, render and upload each of the long second update videos and right now I have fourteen kazoos ordered.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Great-AsWeGo-Kazoo-Factory/168109906556127

For the next few weeks my total focus has to be on making kazoos! :-)

Thanks for your understanding,
Merry Christmas
Doc Kazoo

Special Edition Christmas 2013 Custom Convertible FatBoy Kazoo (Electric/Acoustic)

CUSTOM CONVERTIBLE FATBOY KAZOO

I am very happy to introduce this years Special Edition Christmas Kazoo.  The Convertible FatBoy Kazoo (Electric/Acoustic), serial number 001/2013. This kazoo is referred to as "Convertible" for two reasons. First it is designed to accept the commercial Hummbucker Kazoo Pickup and can be played either acoustic or electric. Second it is designed so that you can position the kazoo in a harmonica neck holder mounting either on the vent or mouth side of the resonator cap. It comes with two resonator caps. An electric cap that is designed to accept the Hummbucker Kazoo Pickup and a standard thinner acoustic resonator cap. With the electric resonator cap you can play either plugged in or unplugged. The electric resonator cap has a wee different sound than the thinner kazoo when played acoustic. The taller electric resonator cap adds somewhat of a bell effect on the sound. The Hummbucker Pickup will not fit the acoustic resonator cap.

In addition to this being a unique first of a new kazoo design it has an absolutely remarkable grain pattern and wood color.  It was sculpted by hand to provide a beautiful presentation of the grain and color in the same manner I create my Collector FatBoy Kazoos.

You can see and hear a demonstration of this beautiful kazoo on my YouTube Channel at:

http://youtu.be/q2_Hr3z5M5U

It is available now in my ArtFire Shop at:

http://www.artfire.com/modules.php?name=Shop&op=listing&product_id=7444265

Happy Kazooing to all!
Doc