Bentwood Ukulele - ergonomics test "uke" position

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Comment by Seaman Jay on June 18, 2012 at 9:47am

BTW: it's an ukulele, so the strings will be tied directly to the bridge.

Comment by Seaman Jay on June 18, 2012 at 9:43am

Tailpiece will be "sorta normal" ;-) I'm working without a plan (as always), so I have to wait till the postman brings me my pegs. 

I want to build an "extended" bridge - glued on one side at the edge ("stationary") with the other positioned more or less in the middle of the top, so the vibrations (I hope) will propagate from in the right direction.

The sound hole will be partially covered by the fretboard (absent on the photo)

Comment by Habanera Hal on June 18, 2012 at 9:31am

Cool!  I like the shape, didn't realize you were building a lefty.  Flip it over and it would cradle in your lap nicely, too!  How are you going to lay out the string, bridge, and tailpiece location?  Seems the bottom string would be very close to the edge.  Are you going to drop the tailpiece to bend the strings over the bridge, sort of like this?:

The bridge slots might have to be deep to keep the strings in, but it could work.  PS - Cool sound hole, too!