Sven
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It's finally a reality, the thing you've all dreamed of - a portable ukulele. Gone are the days of unwieldy heavy sopranos and strange compromises such as the Argapa piccolos. Seriously though, I think the Risa stick uke is a great design but it's heavy and somewhat quiet unplugged. The moment I got mine I thought, it's nice but I could make a better one. It took me around four years but once I got started I finished it in little over one day's work.
What got me started was Daniel Hulbert's take on the travel uke, it was lovely but I wanted one with an actual soundboard. Goofed a few times with the tuning pegs because I was a bit out of practice but I'm very pleased with the result.
A video is coming shortly. A few posts with the label "travel uke" on ye olde blogge here:
http://argapa.blogspot.se/search/label/travel uke
If I were to make another one I would make the end above the zero fret a tad longer, I could use a bit of neck to cradle when doing first position chords (or as they're the only ones I play, position chords).
What got me started was Daniel Hulbert's take on the travel uke, it was lovely but I wanted one with an actual soundboard. Goofed a few times with the tuning pegs because I was a bit out of practice but I'm very pleased with the result.
A video is coming shortly. A few posts with the label "travel uke" on ye olde blogge here:
http://argapa.blogspot.se/search/label/travel uke
If I were to make another one I would make the end above the zero fret a tad longer, I could use a bit of neck to cradle when doing first position chords (or as they're the only ones I play, position chords).