Hi! My name's Shoe, I've been playing for a bit. I am a total newbie when it comes to making instruments, but very enthused about the idea.
TL;DR: I have a project in mind that involves turning a damaged uke of mine into a cigar box uke, recycling all but the body. I'm looking for someone (hopefully local!) who has some experience to help me out.
This is a bit of an odd post - I have never *made* a cigar box uke, but I've loved them for a good while, and always wanted to make one. I have a tenor Lanakai acoustic/electric, loved it. The uke-hanger on my wall tilted, and it fell! The crack along the bottom isn't bad, but I don' have the know-how or the tools to fix it. The pickup still works, and besides the bottom being cracked, it's still a really nice uke.
If anyone does know how to fix it, that would be awesome - however, I had another idea.
My *hope* is that I can use the neck, etc. from my tenor Lanakai, and with a cigar box make a new uke out of this damaged one. Only thing is, I don't have the tools or the know-how for *that*, either. I'd be willing to pay a little bit for this, but I'm super poor, and since I'm providing all the parts, I was hoping I could find someone to help me for not much money. I am currently in Southern Wisconsin, so anyone as far as Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago....I am totally willing to be an assistant, if you live close enough - I'd love to learn as much as I can.
TL;DR: I have a project in mind that involves turning a damaged uke of mine into a cigar box uke, recycling all but the body. I'm looking for someone (hopefully local!) who has some experience to help me out.
This is a bit of an odd post - I have never *made* a cigar box uke, but I've loved them for a good while, and always wanted to make one. I have a tenor Lanakai acoustic/electric, loved it. The uke-hanger on my wall tilted, and it fell! The crack along the bottom isn't bad, but I don' have the know-how or the tools to fix it. The pickup still works, and besides the bottom being cracked, it's still a really nice uke.
If anyone does know how to fix it, that would be awesome - however, I had another idea.
My *hope* is that I can use the neck, etc. from my tenor Lanakai, and with a cigar box make a new uke out of this damaged one. Only thing is, I don't have the tools or the know-how for *that*, either. I'd be willing to pay a little bit for this, but I'm super poor, and since I'm providing all the parts, I was hoping I could find someone to help me for not much money. I am currently in Southern Wisconsin, so anyone as far as Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago....I am totally willing to be an assistant, if you live close enough - I'd love to learn as much as I can.
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