It’s difficult to pick a favorite character in Mad Max: Fury Road, but outside of Furiosa, Nux, Immortan Joe and, of course, Max, one of the major standouts is the Doof Warrior. He doesn’t have any lines and he doesn’t have much to do in the way of the plot, but the image of a guy playing a flame-shooting guitar on a mobile stage in the middle of a massive chase sequence is not a common sight. So, he’s extremely memorable. And quite imitable, if you have the right materials and can keep yourself safe.
Become a ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Hipster By Making Your Own Flame-Throwing Ukelele
One fan has shared a way to find your inner Doof Warrior with an easily constructed instrument inspired by the fiery headbanger. He didn’t go with an electric guitar, though, because “the scale of the one in the movie was a bit outside my comfort zone, so I decided to build a flamethrower ukulele instead.” Ukes are small, and so they aren’t always looked at as being the coolest of instruments. That all changes with a burst of fire coming out the top. “Tiny bubbles,” meet big inferno.
Now you just need to pack your pickup truck with giant speakers, just as this guy did, get a full-red outfit and a convoy of maniacs and warrior boys to ride with, and you’re good to go. We wouldn’t recommend wearing the skin off your dead mother’s face, as we learned the movie’s Doof Warrior does, any more than we recommend you make yourself blind for full accuracy of character. Actually, now that we think about it, we don’t recommend building a flame-throwing ukelele, either. This thing looks really, really dangerous.
But if you’re curious, check out this guy’s fan-build video showing how he made the extreme uke using stuff available at any hardware store:
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