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Has something fundamental changed? I notice that the colors are different.

I travel there from time to time.

I bought a Stew Mac Baritone kit. I knew that the supplied back is plywood. I'm planning to attempt a solid back (worst case I fail and use the supplied, laminated back). I have a two piece bookmatched mahogany blank. Do I plane it first and then glue the two halves together or do I glue them...

So I bought a Stewart MacDonald baritone kit. I've made four ukes, two cigar box and two pineapple. I cheated on the pineapples and laminated the sides from veneer, so I've never heated and bent wood. So I'm a bit experienced. To get a figure 8 baritone I just bought the kit, the sides are pre...

OK, I want to tune a soprano uke like a baritone (DGBE). I want it to be non-rentrant and an octave higher than a bari. The Bari tuning is D3 G3 B3 E4. I want to tune the soprano uke D4 G4 B4 E5. Strings? I can almost get there - a normal set of uke strings for soprano is meant to be tuned G4...

Sounds great!

I'm interested, and I think Seeso could take a bus from Chicago to Indianapolis, then hitch a ride.

I described an autoharp to my wife and she said she'd be interested in playing one, so I bought one on eBay. My experience with ukes tells me it is structurally sound. But there is not a lot of advice out there on the net about autoharps. Do any of you know any sources of info - if you Google...

What are some good songs to teach my ten-year-old niece who wants to learn the uke? Please suggest classics like "On Top of Spaghetti" and also pop songs - I have not listened to pop since the advent of punk in the late 70's / early 80's. I've listened to punk, metal and country since then...

The weekend was a fantastic success. Weather was perfect. The non-uking neighbors were few, far away, tolerant and friendly. The ukers were ukers - in other words great people, sharing people, fun people. It was great seeing old friends from UWC and meeting new people who had never been to a uke...

Bump and "When can we do this?" I am busy the weekend of September 20, 21, 22. What weekends are OK? Mandi and I were toying with Sept 27, 28, 29, but October is OK for me too.

I'm the Mike, been off the net for a while. We had a Saturday event at Tar Hollow State Park (Southeast of Columbus). No alcohol was allowed per the par rules. Probably 10 people showed, from Dayton, Cincinnati, one from KY and one from WV. I agree with Ukemunga, a private campground sounds...

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I played "This little light of mine" on all 12 of my ukes, starting with the smallest and working my way up to the baritone. Most of my ukes are sopranos (6/12). I was surprised that on the C-C7-F transition the C7 really "popped" on some ukes and was more muted on others. All of them have been...

I've built 4 ukes, all with cedar tops, on each of them Tru-oil looked great. The current uke has a top of lovely white spruce. I Tru-oiled it and the top now looks a bit blotchy or almost dirty. I never had this trouble with cedar, but cedar is a lot darker than spruce. Is this normal and will...

The price of Tru Oil has increased 2x. I have a lot of boiled linseed oil. Can I add a drying agent to ther linseed oil as a substitute?

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You might want to print this on cardstock and cut out the one that you want. I find it useful.

I am not trying to start a fight. I cut the fret slots on a beautiful piece of bird's-eye maple and then managed to drop it, it is now cracked. The crack is a wild spiral and threatens to remove one corner. Can I repair this or should I scrap it? I do not plan to sell the uke, it is to be a...

I'm thinking of a stick-type. feel free to lobby for steel strings or nylon, I have not decided yet. (I know they require different types of pickups - I'd like to hear your stories of success and/or failure.)