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Build #8 Soprano uke

Posted by Mike Strehlow on November 22, 2013 at 11:24pm
Made from a jewelry box given to me by a guy whose name I can't remember. It has been sitting in my stack of boxes for 4 years. His hobby was finding old boxes in thrift shops, sanding them down and refinishing them. He would give them as gifts.The neck is taken from a tourist model uke we got when we went to Hawaii. I replaced the finger board with proper fret spacing for a 13" scale length. I might have to lower the frets a little to be easier to play.
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  • Mike Strehlow November 23, 2013 at 11:45pm

    Thanks!  I had fun building it.  It is for my grand daughter for Christmas.  

  • Bluesheart November 23, 2013 at 10:49am

    That is really beautiful, great job!! What a cool box!

  • Maddog November 23, 2013 at 10:22am

    Real nice Mike!

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