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Resonator Ukulele Hello all. I would like to build a ukulele with a resonator. I have made 4 CB ukes, so I have the basics. So what's next? I could use s… Started by John Hopper	1	Jul 9, 2020 Reply by Order99
Innards - reinforcements, struts and bass bars? Say, in a fiddle, there is a bass bar of wood running in the top, inside, just under the foot of the bass strings. Would such a beast be h… Started by Diane in Chicago	19	Oct 25, 2010 Reply by Dustin Smith
bridges - materials - setup etc. A lot of creativity is shown regarding bridges on the CB instruments I've seen. The quintessential eye bolt seems to show up a lot, dog bon… Started by David Beede	15	Oct 25, 2010 Reply by Dustin Smith
Box construction materials I am in the process of building 2 box's. One is a Macanudo, the Cadillac of box's I've been told and the other is an Arturo Fuente. My firs… Started by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars	0	Mar 10, 2010
sound absortion inside box has anyone tried to laquer the inside of the box? I did this to a earlier build and it sounded a lot like a banjo. I would think that the w… Started by bucky	1	Sep 8, 2009 Reply by David Beede
Nuts - materials, setup tricks, trouble shooting While all the usual dense materials that applied to the bridge also work well for the nut, bone, ebony, rosewood, corian, brass, etc... I'l… Started by David Beede	6	Jul 2, 2009 Reply by Mark

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Resonator Ukulele

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Innards - reinforcements, struts and bass bars?

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bridges - materials - setup etc.

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Box construction materials

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sound absortion inside box

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Nuts - materials, setup tricks, trouble shooting

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