Found an old biscuit tin in my late uncle's house. A good size, and with a uke cone supplied by Chickenbone John it was the start of my joint favourite guit. The inset shows how I strengthened it with 18mm ply, this braced the thin tin on the back and gave good support to the front when I cut through to take the cone. The 'f' holes (which will remain unfinished due to lack of my metalworking skill) look like the thing has been attacked by multi-calibre small arms! WTH! The pickup is a 4-string Elmar Zeilhofer flatpup 'double-sided' taped direct to the tin. This meant I only had a small hole to drill for the two p/u wires.
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Thanks, John. Not been posting much, been trying to play the things!
TCK: Cheers, Mr Kid. Epoxy resin worked (Alraldite). See you at Barrelhouse'14?
Great build Brian , what did you use to glue the ply to the tin base ?
Wow. Gorgeous.