Reviving an ukulele

santosclause · May 3, 2009

ok, so ive been looking around for a new uke just to try and satisfy the itch and while im meandering around the local thrift shop i see an ukulele. sure it may be beat up but its an ukulele. so i ask the lady behind the counter to hand it to me and she goes "oh, you mean the small guitar thingy? ok." long story short, it was five bucks and i bought it. so now im goin to try and make it look good once again. pics will be going along with this thread.

sukie · May 4, 2009

This'll be fun to watch! Welcome.

seeso · May 4, 2009

Sweet! 5 bucks!

mailman · May 4, 2009

When I first went looking for a uke last December I called a local pawn shop. The dude said he had one, and would take $10 for it.

I about flew downtown to go get it....only to find out it looked as if someone had been trying to chop firewood with it....after finding it on the bottom of a lake....

The "saddle" was a rolled-up empty match book....no lie! The back of the body was more detached than attached. I went home empty handed (with my $10 still in my pocket)

DeG · May 4, 2009

I recommend this knowing that it costs 5 times more than the uke you just bought, but you can use it on your other ukes / guitars as well. I bought this to revive a couple of old neglected ukes and the result was astounding. Everything you need to breathe new life into it.

experimentjon · May 4, 2009

DeG said:
I recommend this knowing that it costs 5 times more than the uke you just bought, but you can use it on your other ukes / guitars as well. I bought this to revive a couple of old neglected ukes and the result was astounding. Everything you need to breathe new life into it.

See, that's for a uke in decent shape. Now if you want to go hardcore, get some sandpaper and some of this stuff. My Mele looks good as new. Hoo rah.

cpatch · May 4, 2009

People don't revive ukuleles; ukuleles revive people!

DeG · May 4, 2009

cpatch said:
People don't revive ukuleles; ukuleles revive people!

Truer words have never been spoken.:shaka:

santosclause · Nov 9, 2009

ive been working on her. have finished sanding down the girl and have some aquila strings on the way. i also have some new tuning knobs coming in. hope she sounds great.

leftovermagic84 · Nov 9, 2009

...yeah we're really gonna need to see some pics, i'm just saying

mailman · Nov 9, 2009

Yup. Pics, or it didn't happen....

JT_Ukes · Nov 9, 2009

mailman said:
Yup. Pics, or it didn't happen....

ditto.......

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