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Will, don't you dare quit on it. I built one acoustic and Fender has copied it and has them up for sale. The first electric Teleuke was only sorta good, so I got a hair up my fanny perpendicular and rebuilt it a couple of months ago. Kept a lot of stuff in case I decide to do it again, so I can give you some pointers, etc. if you need any. Cheers, Bookie
Will,
I'm new around here but am planning on being at the Sierra College fair gig this Saturday with my 2nd cbg. This stuff is a blast. Is anyone bringing an amp?
Large Brad
Thank you Will.Nope it's a three string reso using uke parts
I spent the morning fooling with the reso. Got it sounding a little louder now. The bridge I had was cut away in the middle and I decided that is exactly where the pressure should me max. So I replaced it with a solid one. I also temporarily clamped a wood block across the strings just behind the back of the reso to increase the bridge break angle. It didn't seem to make any difference in volume.
Hi Will,
I found a cat bowl today. Do you use the one with the little cat paw imprints? And the rubber o ring around the base? I really liked the sound of your cat bowl uke.
Today I put the final touches on my 3 tall ship ukes.
Also, just finishing up 2 dance shoe cases. These are fancy boxes to carry one's dance shoes in when traveling to a dance venue.
Do you ever build your own boxes?
I may get up there next week.
Enjoy the weekend.
Hey Will,
I have been thinking about your uke neck joint. I think it is much simpler and better than mine.
However, I don't have the technology to cut off the neck with a perfectly square cut. That is my first problem. I thought of a couple solutions. The first is to build a mitre box and make it very tight and accurate. I could even shim up the end of the neck while cutting to get a tiny amount of neck drop, if I wanted. The second would be to use the compound mitre saw at the tall ship whenever I want to make that cut. It is only a mile away and the saw is excellent with good sharp blade, etc. I could put a spacer behind the neck so the headstock would not interfere with the alignment in the saw.
The next problem would be drilling that hole for the hanger bolt perfectly straight. I see you have a tool for that. Maybe there is something like that around the tall ship tent.
Do you put any neck drop on your ukes? Do you think it is useful/necessary? I put a slight amount in and lose about half of it when I string it up.
Have a good weekend.
My plan is to go but we may have company from Ireland in NY at that time. Otherwise I should be there. I'll be in San Jose the first week in May.
Thanks for the comment. My father in law actually gave me the spittoon as a joke. When he found out I started building he thought he would be funny. He dropped it off one day and said "lets see you do something with this" smiled and walked off. 2 weeks later I showed up with the finished product and he was literately speechless. Made me smile.
I could do a presentation. What are you looking for? Just let me know and I will come up with something fun
bottom 4 of standard pack of guitar srings
just like taking off top e a strings a guitar.
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dgbd open g banjo tuning - love this tuning you can play banjo chords or slide or Kieth Richard chords
you can tune it back to dgbe and play baritone ukelele chords
my video for along the watch tower is baritone tuning.
The Stealers Wheel song is in key of d
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