Todays To Do List

• Finish Bridge

• Drill Holes for Tuners in Headstock

• Mock up of CBU#2…

Today's Plan

• Cut 1/2 circles in Headstock to allow for Tuners

• Changed plan of having a 1/4" Poplar soundboard to using 1/8" Birch Plywood instead. This came from wanting a thinner soundboard to get more vibration in the tone of the soundbox.…

Todays To Do List:

• Cut and Glue Heel

• Cut and Glue Headstock Extension

• Cut Neck to 14th Fret Position

• Carve Neck…

I started my second build last night.

I picked up the following materials

Poplar : 1/4"x8"x4'

Poplar : 1/4"x2"x4'

Poplar : 1/4"x3"x4'

Poplar : 1"x2x4"

I cut the desired lenghts that I wanted to make. Which was a box with

7-1/4"x10"x3"H

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Ok well first thing is to get a box. I didnt know where to begin but then remembered about a cigar store near my parents area in Toronto. I went in one day and inquired about empty cigarboxs and he sold me 3 for $6. Not a bad deal. I picked 3 different sizes and eventually picked one for my 1st build. Since I play the Charango which is tuned GG,CC,Ee,AA,EE I naturally decided to build a Cigar Box Ukulele aka CBU. Once i got my desired box size i began to go assemble the materials from my own…

INTRO

In this Blog I will detailing the procedure I took in building my CBU.

I will be posting pictures and notes in the near future, stay tuned.

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