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Resonator Uke ~ tenor size ~ LOUD!

Posted by Uncle John on November 27, 2016 at 4:35pm
17.5 inch (44cm) scale uke. Kind of a relic style.Yardstick fret board. Hammered bean can resonator from my friend the Maddog. Home made box. Micarta saddle. Zero fret with wood string guide. Scrap metal tail piece.Currently tuned DGBE or DGBD with the 4 small strings from a 6 string set.Very loud and reso sounding. Pretty good intonation. Finger chords well while still allowing good slide sound without a lot of fret rattle.I've never had a reso uke before and the sound is 'different'. I will have to figure out what to play on it and how to use it.
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  • Lane Martin June 30, 2017 at 3:20pm

    Titch the Clown would say you should play some blues on that thing. (on his page on instructables.com)

    I've got one in the works...1886 brand box, using a dollar store cat food bowl for a resonator. If that proves to be too much mass, I'll switch the bowl out for a paint lid or something.

  • Uncle John November 29, 2016 at 6:29pm

    Thanks, AGP.

  • AGP # November 29, 2016 at 4:24pm

    Very generous gesture  by the Maddog, that reso looks like it could be "Pure Gold" ;-)

  • Uncle John November 29, 2016 at 9:06am

    Thanks, Jim.  I just finished a long playing session with it.   Pretty useable.   I used medium frets and should have used smaller ones.

  • Jim_N November 29, 2016 at 8:45am

    Good looker! (The uke, not UJ.)
    I really like the unique fingerboard design. Glad the project worked out well.

  • Jim Morris November 28, 2016 at 12:20pm

    Looks cool Unc. Look forward to hearing it.

  • Uncle John November 28, 2016 at 12:04pm

    Thanks, Jerry.

  • Jerry Jordan November 28, 2016 at 9:23am

    I like it.,.,good job.,.envious of that reso  !!

  • Uncle John November 28, 2016 at 8:00am

    Thanks, Pick.  

    Yup, Dave.  It is fun to go back and try to improve the older ones.  

    Playing this one, this morning, the day after the build.   Pretty good!

  • the anonymous pick November 28, 2016 at 7:32am

    ;-)

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