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Building a Solid Body Baritone Ukulele

Posted by Daniel Hulbert on April 22, 2019 at 8:12pm
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This is a handmade solid body baritone ukulele. It has an alder body with a Wilsonart top. The neck is maple with a walnut fretboard. A 9 volt battery powers the preamp, LED indicator, and headphone jack. The preamp circuit is from C.B. Gitty.

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  • Rob Uker April 30, 2019 at 4:00pm

    Another great uke!!!

  • Derek Rose April 28, 2019 at 11:17am

    Nice build Daniel. I love bari ukes and this is good info.

  • Daniel Hulbert April 27, 2019 at 4:10pm

    Hahaha. I was going to respond about how wrong you are on every single point. But then I realized that you were telling a joke. That’s Christopher being Christopher. Always a jokester.

  • Rick Sahar April 27, 2019 at 3:59pm

    Thanks Daniel Hulbert, I always enjoy your builds and this is a great one - I have been looking at buying a Pono solid body electric baritone for sale at the ukulele site - there are others available online. I like the innovation you always bring to the ukulele/CBG community (I can't understand what the other guy is moaning about). I would try to build one if only CBGitty would produce baritone necks and fretboard parts for the lesser skilled enthusiasts like me! Keep up the great work!

  • Christopher G Daniels April 27, 2019 at 2:47pm

    Sorry, I don't like the concept. I think you should call it a "Practice Uke" because it's not going to be loud enough for performance (I'm sure cranking an amp with it would cause problems). Even calling this "solid body ukulele" doesn't sound right. It's not a uke. I'd give you a more license under "no rules" If you called it a CBG. Call it a CBG with ukulele tuning. But I draw the line at calling it a ukulele. Ukes cannot have solid bodies, even if you keep it nominally "acoustic-electric" by using a piezo. You could even get away with calling it a "solid-body Machete de Braga"; mainly because hardly anyone knows what that is. But it's not a ukulele. I do appreciate the work you put into it and it looks great. Good job on the home-made-mini-guitar-tuned-as-a-uke!  };D

  • shane wagstaff April 25, 2019 at 6:31pm

    Excellent build 

  • Jim Morris April 23, 2019 at 7:05pm

    Well done Daniel! Thanks for sharing how you did this.

  • Hollis Fenn April 23, 2019 at 4:07pm

    Excellent video and build!

  • Bob Johnston April 23, 2019 at 11:04am

    Awesome job Daniel. Thanks for sharing the building of your uke.  

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