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Post by garygill on Jun 16, 2014 6:27:13 GMT -8
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Post by garygill on Jun 16, 2014 6:33:33 GMT -8
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Post by cabinetman on Jun 16, 2014 7:39:19 GMT -8
Very nice work. Could you give a description of the woods, any stains and the finish you used? Not a secret is it? .
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Post by garygill on Jun 16, 2014 14:09:00 GMT -8
No secrets here. The first picture is a spruce top, quartersawn cherry body, and cherry neck. The bridge and fretboard are quartersawn walnut. Finish is natural with nitrocellulose lacquer(typical). The partial picture showing the side sound port was a mahogany body, walnut neck, and spruce top. Next is quartersawn cherry body and top, cherry neck, and quartersawn walnut fretboard and bridge. The last one has a stained ribbon sapele body and top, mahogany neck and quartersawn walnut fretboard and bridge.
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jun 17, 2014 11:45:30 GMT -8
COOL work, Gary!
You really do wonderful work!
I don't think I've seen any with a hole in the Side like that one... Does it make the sound louder, or what? Looks like a COOL feature!
I guess you do a lot of Steam Bending too... with a lot of jigs, etc. to get shapes & stuff "just right".
Do you have any pictures that show the various Steps you go through to make one? ... would be very interesting.
Have you ever used Kits or do you always do it from scratch... the old fashioned way?
Super COOL work...
Thank you very much for posting them!
edit: Oh, I didn't know there were different types, Tenor, & I guess, Base, Soprano, baritone, etc.??
Later, Joe
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Post by garygill on Jun 18, 2014 2:37:14 GMT -8
The side sound port is popular on guitars and some ukuleles. It projects sound toward the player while the main soundhole projects away from the instrument. I have built several jigs and fixtures for bending the sides, assembling the body, and most anything that allows me to make repeatable parts. I build from scratch starting with boards and resawing them. The strings, tuning machines, fretwire, and mother of pearl markers are the only parts I purchase. As for size, the soprano has a 13" scale length, concert has 15", tenor has 17" and baritone is 19" or 20". There are some ukuleles made with slight variations to these scale lengths.
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Post by Joe Lyddon on Jun 18, 2014 9:30:31 GMT -8
Gary, Thank you very much! I thought there was only ONE size of Ukelele... Oh, that hole point UP! That's so the singer can blend better with the Uke, I guess... Interesting. I've learned something!! Joe
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