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Comment by Jim Morris on November 13, 2016 at 1:32am

Thanks Dani and Bear. I feel quite fortunate to be at a point in life where I have the time to work on a few of the things that pop into my head.

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on November 12, 2016 at 5:15pm

Mega cool. Love those tuning pegs. Inspiration is a funny critter and can bite out of almost anywhere and sometimes for no reason at all. Don't leave home without it.

Thanks for sharing Jim. You're a talented guy for sure.

Comment by Jim Morris on November 7, 2016 at 12:30pm

Oh yeah, I also found he made 12 of these from boxes given to him by a Cigar smoking neighbor.

Comment by Jim Morris on November 7, 2016 at 12:29pm

Here it is. 

Comment by Jim Morris on November 7, 2016 at 12:24pm

Thanks RTZ. Another member mentioned that it looked like a Kamaka CBU so I started looking and found several Kamakas with that skinny headstock. I'm happy to have unknowingly copied a uke by a wonderful, legendary uke maker like Sam Kamaka! I also found that Bill Jehle has another book about CB Ukes in which he details Mr Kamaka's builds and has a full size drawing and step by step re creation of one of his builds. Yup, it's on my Christmas list. Here's another very similar to the pic you posted. It has the inscription "Aloha Jan 1,2001 Sam Kamaka" in the upper left corner. Hmm, can't get the pic to post- I'll try again soon.

Comment by RTZGUITARS on November 7, 2016 at 10:29am

Waycool, There is a CBU I think it is believed to be made by Sam Kamaka Jr in the 40's it has this kinda a headstock. found it... I have seen a picture of Sam holding one but it has a normal headstock.

Comment by Jim Morris on November 6, 2016 at 1:27am

This is the fiddle headstock from Popular Homecraft plans.

Comment by Jim Morris on November 6, 2016 at 1:22am

Thanks Derek. The headstock is very similar to the 1940 Popular Homecraft fiddle I made earler this year. I'm wondering if the uke on the shirt might have come from some plans like that.

Comment by Derek Rose on November 5, 2016 at 4:38pm

Love the headstock. Sounds great Jim!

Comment by Jim Morris on November 5, 2016 at 3:06pm

Thanks smilingdog.

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