Hi Everyone,
I just finished building my first ukulele and man does it ever have its flaws! It was a great learning experience and hopefully my future ukuleles will turn out better. My problem however is that the top cracked when I tried to string it up. This is probably because I either made the top too thin or braced it poorly or both. It doesn't look like its going to continue to crack all the way through since it stops at the bridge.
My question is: Is it possible to make this instrument playable without making the crack worst or even fix the crack? What do you suggest I do? This is a gift for my sister and her husband for their wedding and it would be nice if it actually was playable, but it would also look nice just hanging on a wall. Here are the pictures.
I just finished building my first ukulele and man does it ever have its flaws! It was a great learning experience and hopefully my future ukuleles will turn out better. My problem however is that the top cracked when I tried to string it up. This is probably because I either made the top too thin or braced it poorly or both. It doesn't look like its going to continue to crack all the way through since it stops at the bridge.
My question is: Is it possible to make this instrument playable without making the crack worst or even fix the crack? What do you suggest I do? This is a gift for my sister and her husband for their wedding and it would be nice if it actually was playable, but it would also look nice just hanging on a wall. Here are the pictures.