Hey guys,
Since this is my first post I'll do a quick intro, My names Davo, I turned 30 yesterday, I'm pretty handy with tools, I live in Perth Australia and I really want a tenor uke!
I have a nice left over plank of an aussie hardwood called Marri, So I figured I'd try my hand at building a uke. I already have a couple of acoustic ukes so I thought an electric would be a nice change and a lot easier to make.
I'm doing this on the cheap, so a lot of the hardware is coming from the wonderful people on ebay, all the way from China so I have a bit of a wait for it to arrive.
So here's a breakdown of what it'll be:
Solid Marri body
Marri neck and head
Rosewood fretboard (probably stained black as I dont think the two tone wood colour will appeal to me)
Rosewood bridge with an under saddle piezo pickup
black tuning pegs
Aquila tenor strings
I've already cut out the body and sanded it to shape, I'll router the edges when I've cut out and attached the neck, but I can't do that until the fretboard arrives so I have the right dimentions.
So...here's where I am at the moment
It'll be a passive pickup, connecting directly to the end jack, my next uke will be a completely different travel uke with an active pickup if this build goes ok.
This is the style I like, although mine won't have a volume control and will be slimmer
Anyway thanks for reading and let me know what you think, I know theres not much to look at but there will be
Davo.
Since this is my first post I'll do a quick intro, My names Davo, I turned 30 yesterday, I'm pretty handy with tools, I live in Perth Australia and I really want a tenor uke!
I have a nice left over plank of an aussie hardwood called Marri, So I figured I'd try my hand at building a uke. I already have a couple of acoustic ukes so I thought an electric would be a nice change and a lot easier to make.
I'm doing this on the cheap, so a lot of the hardware is coming from the wonderful people on ebay, all the way from China so I have a bit of a wait for it to arrive.
So here's a breakdown of what it'll be:
Solid Marri body
Marri neck and head
Rosewood fretboard (probably stained black as I dont think the two tone wood colour will appeal to me)
Rosewood bridge with an under saddle piezo pickup
black tuning pegs
Aquila tenor strings
I've already cut out the body and sanded it to shape, I'll router the edges when I've cut out and attached the neck, but I can't do that until the fretboard arrives so I have the right dimentions.
So...here's where I am at the moment
It'll be a passive pickup, connecting directly to the end jack, my next uke will be a completely different travel uke with an active pickup if this build goes ok.
This is the style I like, although mine won't have a volume control and will be slimmer
Anyway thanks for reading and let me know what you think, I know theres not much to look at but there will be
Davo.