This one was commissioned as a birthday gift for a 9 y.o. girl who loves sailing. It is a concert scale and is decorated with water-slide decals. The fret markers are decals as well that I cut out with a standard paper hole punch. This is what I co
Read more…I made this one for my niece. It is a tenor scale and it is not a through neck the first two. The sound is so much better with this one. Not as fancy a cutout for the sound hole and if I had to do it again, I would have just put a round one in the
Read more…Hi guys I have recently finished my latest cb uke lus a non cb uke.As you can see th sbu is a resonator using a four onch cone. Both have pezio pick up's fitted
Read more…has anyone built a ukulele using a small box, i have a ashton box 8" 5" 2" i would like to build a uku out of it' but don't want to go to all the trouble if its gonna be a wast of time, i also thought about a small cone might help the sound.???
Read more…Hi guys I'm not very talented but I am despatate to learn slide delta blues on my uke, I have a couple of builds on the stocks one a tenor resonator uke ,plus a pear drop shaped tenor but I am desperate to learn slide.Any imfamation on tuning and I
Read more…So I've built a cbg before but it was an electric 3 string guitar with a through neck. Thing is my friend asked me to build him a Cigar box uke, a tenor, and I think it would be better if it wasn't a through neck since its gonna be acoustic so how d
Read more…I made this for the daughter of a friend. It is tenor scale. The decorations are done with "Grafix Clear Rub-Onz". Bone nut and saddle with a piezo rod pickup under the saddle. The box is from Joann Fabric and Craft store. The cut-outs for the so
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I finished my first project a few days ago. Can't wait to start the next one.
There are some pictures in my album. I am not a musician so I can't do much but strum a few chords but I love the sound.
Read more…Have any of you guys fitted metal guitar stringd to a CBUke? I was thinking of making one using a humbucker, what do you guys recon.Whay gauge strings should be used Mal(UK)
Read more…Morniung folks Irecenly finished a cicert Ukule.le,I actually made it from a craft box bought of ebay.Iy has a really nice sound Mal (UK)
Read more…Has anyone made resonator ukulele, I have a box finished, not a cigar box but as I thought would do the job great.Now before I have made reso CBG and used an olde lowes cone, so the box I bought would have fitted that great but this time I bought re
Read more…This is a banjo head in a box with a concert scale neck. I have just added some pics to show the build process. I am getting close and hope the sound is respectable. comments are welcome. jh
Read more…This was at my wife's request as a wall decoration. Walnut nut and bridge. Walnut stained poplar. Oak fretboard. Sounds good too.
Hey all, I just wanted to know if anyone knows anything about ookook ukuleles such as quality and price range. did a google search but didn't come up with much that was actually helpful, such as where to buy and absolute price. (Most sites simply giv
Read more…What is the best size for a uke neck? 1x2 or 1x3? I was thinking of building a concert size, but I've read that tenor is the most common size. True? Any other tips?
Read more…hi guys ,I'm not any good at technolergy and I have been asked to post how one of me new builds sounds, a dulcijo.Can anyone tell me how to record what it plays like as I don't have a cam corder.then how to get it on to a forum Mal
Read more…Well, i've put together a few builds and mostly-thanks to Uncle Crow and others-i've learned to calculate Guitar fret markers(and so far markers is all they are since it's easier to burn them in than pound pre-rounded fret wire into a flat sound
Read more…I am about to start asembling my resonator C. B uke,just waiting for cone and cover plate from republic guitars.My question it what strings would be best suited for playing the blues on it.Mal (UK)
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