Sopranino cigar box

bornagainjeeper

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• Jan 23, 2010

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I have a fascination with all tiny ukes, and today i was at the cigar store in my town. I noticed that had some very small cigar boxes, and i immediately thought tiny uke... Has anyone ever built a cigar box uke outta something in the 4x4 or 5x5 range...i can only imagine it would sound pretty dead, but would be fun...thoughts?

 

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• Jan 23, 2010

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I actually have one on the to-do list...its a dark walnut colored Maxx box, and i was going to match it with a black walnut neck.

whats the scale length on a sopranino

 

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• Jan 23, 2010

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So far I'm seeing 11 to 11 15/16ths scale for the sopranino.

 

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• Jan 23, 2010

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I have a 5x7 Joya de Nicaragua box just waitingfor my skill to advance enough. At such a time I plan to try to make it into a nino.

 

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• Jan 23, 2010

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Vic D said:

So far I'm seeing 11 to 11 15/16ths scale for the sopranino.

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so its only about an inch shorter? hmm...noted

 

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• Jan 25, 2010

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This one's box is 4.5" by 8" - turned out o.k., had to plane the soundboard down a little to get resonance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ny5RzYLVxjI

 

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• Jan 25, 2010

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We just built a matchbox uke. 4x6...cm (that would be 1.6 x 2.4 in). Very cute, and very treble (tuning is an octave and a fifth above standard C ukulele tuning, two octaves above guitar).

 

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• Jan 25, 2010

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ZombieSaint said:

I have a 5x7 Joya de Nicaragua box just waitingfor my skill to advance enough. At such a time I plan to try to make it into a nino.

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And you have those awesome drawers...

 

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• Jan 26, 2010

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The kitchen drawers are still off limits, but the oak desk parts in the front room, let's say I have plans for some of that.