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Permalink Reply by Tony Boland on August 6, 2010 at 10:26am

Thats a beauty!

Permalink Reply by Steven on August 6, 2010 at 10:44am

Very nice.
Where is the resonator from?
Did you put on different hinges and clasp?

I like the clean look and the lighting bolts!

Are there any sound files yet?

Permalink Reply by Jason on August 6, 2010 at 11:11am

I got the resonator from a guy on this site. Yeah, I took off the old clasp and hinges prior to finishing the box and used some new ones. No sound files just yet. I just installed a pickup about 15 minutes ago.

Steven said:

Very nice.
Where is the resonator from?
Did you put on different hinges and clasp?

I like the clean look and the lighting bolts!

Are there any sound files yet?

Permalink Reply by Steven on August 6, 2010 at 12:47pm

Where did you get the new clasp and hinges?

Jason said:

I got the resonator from a guy on this site. Yeah, I took off the old clasp and hinges prior to finishing the box and used some new ones. No sound files just yet. I just installed a pickup about 15 minutes ago.

Steven said:

Very nice.
Where is the resonator from?
Did you put on different hinges and clasp?

I like the clean look and the lighting bolts!

Are there any sound files yet?

Permalink Reply by Don Thompson on August 6, 2010 at 2:24pm

It's a beautiful thang

Permalink Reply by Al Allen (Hangten) on August 6, 2010 at 4:45pm

Jason, lovely work it looks really great and I hope it sounds gud too. The UKE's I'm building all have great sound which is why I keep building them. I'm partial to the geared tuners though because they seem to hold tuning better for me. Keep up the gud work.

Permalink Reply by Joe Scislowicz on August 7, 2010 at 12:42am

Great Job Jason! What kind of wood did you use on the headstock and neck?

Permalink Reply by Jason on August 7, 2010 at 10:48am

The tuners are geared. They are Peghed brand made from anodized alluminum. They work very well, in fact Collings uses them on their ukes.

Al Allen (Hangten) said:

Jason, lovely work it looks really great and I hope it sounds gud too. The UKE's I'm building all have great sound which is why I keep building them. I'm partial to the geared tuners though because they seem to hold tuning better for me. Keep up the gud work.

Permalink Reply by Jason on August 7, 2010 at 10:50am

The whole thing is solid mahogany body and neck. the fretboard is rosewood.

Joe Scislowicz said:

Great Job Jason! What kind of wood did you use on the headstock and neck?

Permalink Reply by Jason on August 7, 2010 at 10:56am

Oh, and the clasp and hinges came from a small hardware store near my house.

Steven said:

Where did you get the new clasp and hinges?

Jason said:

I got the resonator from a guy on this site. Yeah, I took off the old clasp and hinges prior to finishing the box and used some new ones. No sound files just yet. I just installed a pickup about 15 minutes ago.

Steven said:

Very nice.
Where is the resonator from?
Did you put on different hinges and clasp?

I like the clean look and the lighting bolts!

Are there any sound files yet?