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Uke 1

Posted by Jillian Holladay on February 27, 2012 at 3:00pm
I bought a "cigar box" at a craft store and used a rub on transfer paper for the design. The finger board is oak and neck is poplar both purchased a my local Lowes. I used shellac for the finish as it dries really fast and I am very impatient.
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  • Jillian Holladay May 15, 2012 at 12:37am

    The boxes for my first three ukes are all the same and the material is pretty thin.

  • Chuck Cobillas May 14, 2012 at 9:05pm
    Jillian, that's kind of interesting. I would have expected a noticeable difference, but never tried converting a through neck to a bolt on.
  • Corbie May 14, 2012 at 8:26pm

    Jillian.... what about the top? Maybe the material is too thick...... maybe it's tone deaf..... yeah maybe it's tone deaf wood..... maybe the string things are nervous or something like that. I hope this helps, I like the sound holes as they are.

  • Jillian Holladay May 14, 2012 at 6:19pm

    Thanks Chuck.  After the success with two more, I rebuilt this one.  It had through neck but now it is bolted one.  It did not change the tone as much as I thought it would.  This suggests to me that the sound holes have more to do with it.

  • Chuck Cobillas May 14, 2012 at 6:16pm
    Great job! Really different, I like it.
  • Bluesheart February 28, 2012 at 9:37pm

    Outstanding work on that one man, really nice.

  • Uncle John February 27, 2012 at 8:24pm

    Wow,  looked good then saw the sound holes and upped it to great.  Short scale..

  • Jillian Holladay February 27, 2012 at 5:57pm

    Corbie,

    Thanks so much.  They were a pain to cut as I don't have the right tools.  I drilled some holes to start them and tried my dremel but it just started to walk all over the place.  Then I switched to an exacto knife.  Long, hard work but in the end it, I got what I wanted (mostly)..

  • Corbie February 27, 2012 at 5:52pm

    Jillian..... I just love the sound holes around the Sun. Nice work. At least you got a finish on it..... I'm satisfied with out so I can play them. ( I'll work on this )

  • Jillian Holladay February 27, 2012 at 3:49pm

    Thanks!

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