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This has been a very educational thread. I had to google all the bridge variations because I didn't know which bridges I had. All my ukuleles...

Hello, Ylle! Back to my childhood here, with one of those saccharine songs that used to be inflicted on us poor little innocents on the Saturday...

I have never taken that inference from the term "Reentrant". The instrument is tuned that way because it sounds good that way. There are not many...

Thanks Carl!

Yeah - small volume builder - I suspect designs change all the time (a little here and there,..)

Thanks. I'll give that a try.

Cut a strip 2 1/2" wide and boil it for an hour. If the glue holds up, bend it around a gallon paint can. If it works, you are on your way to a...

Thank for hosting this week’s season, Ylle! And thanks for the clearance to post this one I wrote last week: Marco? Lyrics by Liz Brinker Music...

I was wondering if these are production instruments or one-offs until I found this Spanish review from a coupe of years ago (gotta love Google...

I while back I read that same article and put a low-G set of Kamaka strings on an Ohana TK-38 and tuned it to A6 like ukulelezaza mentioned. Before...

I keep thinking of different designs, but I'm not about to attempt a complicated bending of the wood. I also don't want another figure-8. It will...

Good points! I do trust the builder, but the safe way would of course be to go with his standard design that he has researched to work. But like I...

They are like children, you love them all.

I think you'll find that the further down the tone and volume rabbit hole you go, the more confusing it gets. The most important thing to remember is...

Here's the round-up and prize winner...

Congrats! Recently I went back to look at my first post on these forums. Such a great time and I wish I could go back when I first got it. Don't take...

Hi all, New to this forum/thead format. Been reading comments on A tuning E A C# F# Pleased to hear other players use...

I currently have five tenors with a mix of tir, slot and string thru body. Although they have different woods and shapes, other than stringing...

Directly proportional to the surface area all else being equal.

Thanks for this week, Steve. It was a challenge. There are lots of songs about photos, but most of them don't have "photo" or "camera" in the...

As a non-luthier, I would say it would have to be wider, but probably not thicker.

I for one, once overtuned my C-string one octave up on my concert's tie-bar (I can't remember how many other strings were in tune at the same time,...

That IS a fine song! Thanks for introducing the song so well. I like how you used the entire neck of the uke for the chords!

i have toy and game called "dino bite"... i figured this week was the perfect time to write a song about it!

Thanks, Joseph! Love those simple love songs from the 60's! :)

I wonder how the reduced surface area relates to the holding power of the glue resisting the pull of the strings.

A couple of pictures -

Stagehand thanks for the link. Bluesy, I have to agree with different paths being energizing.