I was wondering how you were going affix the hinge for the foldable "travel" 'ukulele.
You should offer it to MGM, he'll make a lamp or something and repurpose what could eventually be mulch (hopefully not). Call it "art" and you should get a good price for it.
Aaron
Little olde Jimmy knows what to do with free table scraps. I can put the frets in....please pretty please.Haha, no, it's not going to end up a lamp.
It's just getting a new neck.
What is life without a sense of humor?Little olde Jimmy knows what to do with free table scraps. I can put the frets in....please pretty please.
PS: 'Tis a sense of humor that you have, sometimes it's like looking in a mirror.
As painful as it was, it had to be done. There was just a few small details about the neck that I didn't like. I was fighting and fighting it trying to make it "work". But in the end, a little OCD kicked in and I couldn't settle for it.
Granted no one on earth would ever notice the things that were bothering me about it but I just couldn't let it go.
So much for the hours of inlay and shaping time...
...And for my next trick, I will sawing a beautiful woman in half.
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Was it fretted? In the pics it looks like clam shells after removing fets?
As painful as it was, it had to be done. There was just a few small details about the neck that I didn't like. I was fighting and fighting it trying to make it "work". But in the end, a little OCD kicked in and I couldn't settle for it.
Granted no one on earth would ever notice the things that were bothering me about it but I just couldn't let it go.
So much for the hours of inlay and shaping time...
It was a combination of very small things. This particular piece of Alaskan yellow cedar was a little soft, but perfectly usable. when routing the slots for the headstock, the softer grain tears a little which lets in the ebony dust. Like I said, no one would have noticed it, but I new it was there. Also, I made the fretboard a little wider than normal but I felt it was a little too wide.Doing things like that is what makes you so good Eric, as painful as im sure it was. Having a high work ethic sucks sometimes.
Out of interest, can you elaborate on the neck's flaws?