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Permalink Reply by PhilUSAFRet on July 16, 2012 at 4:17am

Try here

 

http://liveukulele.com/gear/ukulele-sizes/

Permalink Reply by Bart Lynn on July 16, 2012 at 6:08am

Thanks. That seems to make better sense.

Permalink Reply by Kalmario on July 16, 2012 at 9:31am

its closer to a baritone scale to be honest. the neck length will depend on the box, and where you want to place the bridge, in a small box the neck will have to be longer if you want the bridge to sit roughly central on the box.  to be honest i'm not a fan of bridges real close or on the side of the box as it has less opportunity to vibrate the lid and make some noise so to speak.  

on a traditional ukulele, its 12 or 14 frets to the body, so if you stick to that it will look in proportion, but if the necks longer who really cares? as long as its comfortable to play right?

 

Cheers (and good luck)

 

Cliff

 

 

Permalink Reply by wormil on July 16, 2012 at 7:27pm

I just built a soprano ukulele, neck is 7", overall length is 21". You can see a pic in my albums.

I've also built what you might call an alto guitar (21" scale), overall length is 29".

Permalink Reply by PhilUSAFRet on August 30, 2012 at 3:31am

I thought it was same distance from nut to 12th fret as it is from 12th fret to saddle?   Mine is, including my banjo uke.

Permalink Reply by J-Peg on September 21, 2012 at 2:10pm

An octave is (by definition) double the frequency.  That's why middle C and high C both sound like a C.  Your ear hears them similarly.  To double the frequency of a vibrating string you cut the length in half.  So the 12th fret must be halfway between the nut and the saddle.  All the other frets are some other fraction of the scale length, the math is kinda complicated, so everybody remembers the 12th because half is easy to understand and remember.