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Permalink Reply by William Gregg Nichols on April 23, 2016 at 4:18am

My attempt!

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on April 23, 2016 at 5:14am

Nice! Did you get a similar sound? What strings and tuning did you use?

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Permalink Reply by William Gregg Nichols on April 23, 2016 at 5:27am

Sounds pretty good.very similar I Used ADG,tuned open F like the vid?

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Permalink Reply by Kigar on April 24, 2016 at 3:22am

So are you basically an octave higher than a full scale length? Sort of like a capo at the 12th fret.

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on April 23, 2016 at 9:18pm

I built mine today.  It uses a bolt on neck, no frets, really high action (I'll lower it tomorrow), not even a sound hole yet.  Problem is that I forgot to learn how to play a 3 string.

anyway, I used a pack of uke nylon strings; the 4th G tuned to F for my 3rd string, the 3rd C tuned to Cfor my 2nd string, and the 2nd E tuned to f for my 1st (bottom-closest to the floor) string.  Is that right Shane?

String #3 is really floppy.

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on June 3, 2016 at 1:12am

On a standard set of uke strings, that G would be tuned higher than the C and E (aka reentrant tuning.) If you tuned it low, it would really flop. They make "low G" strings that will work.

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Permalink Reply by Kirsten Macfarlane on June 2, 2016 at 6:21pm

Hi from NZ, i've given it a crack, have a couple of tiny boxes so it's worked out well, nearly finished and I snuck a pick up in there as well! Great idea

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on June 3, 2016 at 1:09am

Nice work.

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on June 3, 2016 at 1:22am

Lane,

  Thanks for that info.  It may be what I am looking for.  I'll try going up an octave on the 3rd string.  I was also thinking of doing a mag PU and going to steel strings.  That could be fun.

Gary

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on June 3, 2016 at 12:10pm

Has anyone actually fretted one of these things?  And is it playable with those tiny frets?

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Permalink Reply by Lane Martin on June 3, 2016 at 1:32pm

It's only a half inch shorter scale than a soprano uke or a mandolin. No problem for me, though I rarely need a fret above 6 or so. Lol

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Permalink Reply by gary sheldon on June 3, 2016 at 2:20pm

Thanks, Lane.  I'll give it a go.

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