Popular Post Klappco Posted October 7, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 I have previously built an A style mandolin and a fretless electric bass. I mainly play bass, which I majored in back in undergrad days, but branch out these days as I am retired from music although I still work as a teacher. I saw Jake Shimabukuro a while back and was inspired to build a tenor ukulele. Decided on figured maple for the body, hard maple for the neck, spruce top, and bubinga for the binding. Found a nice piece of maple for the back and used a friend's big bandsaw to resaw it as mine is too little. Glued the pieces and hit with mineral spirits to see the grain: Got the sides bent with a heated tube setup that I failed to get pics of. The put them together, put in kerfing which I bought from Stew Mac, and fastened the back and sides with glue: I made eight different necks and couldn't ever get them right out of the hard maple so I tried some mahogany which shaped up much more readily. Made some spruce pieces for the bracing. Attached the top and then routed the edges and glued on the binding. Then attached the neck. Then the fretboard and bridge. Finished it with amber shellac. All of a sudden I can't find the overall finished shot. I will add that later. It sounds way better than I thought it would and has really nice sustain. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcK Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Very nice work. Was it a Stewmac kit/plans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 Very nice! A musical instrument is on my woodworking bucket list, and seeing this has inspired me to bump it toward the top! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinF Posted October 7, 2015 Report Share Posted October 7, 2015 That is an awesome piece of lumber! I don't know how y'all make guitars and instruments, to complicated for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaneymack Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Nice work! I love the bookmatched grain on the back!! Sent from my SM-P550 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewyo Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Beautiful instrument!, and thanks for the journal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klappco Posted October 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 Very nice work. Was it a Stewmac kit/plans? Their plan and my wood. It is actually the plan for one of their kits as they have those available for download. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 That's awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted October 8, 2015 Report Share Posted October 8, 2015 The grain on that thing is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaziri Posted October 11, 2015 Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 That looks great. Great job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klappco Posted October 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2015 Thanks! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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