UKEonomics
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I have a buddy that dabbles in instrument making and he just finished this aluminum ukulele. Pretty sweet stuff and I thought I'd share it with you folks.
Haha! Can't say that it is. Just a dude from here in Northwest Missouri.Wow. Is your friend Mike DaSilva?
Looks great! Any chance we can hear it?
–Lori
It's a worthy bit of speculation, however I believe history tells us otherwise (at least, as you say, if it's properly engineered).Its an interesting curiosity however unless its properly engineered its not an item that's going to last. Aluminium doesn't like vibrations and particularly not in thin sheet form. Every vibration is a stress cycle and there is a finite life to the number of stress cycles that aluminium will stand before failing. Not an ideal material for a vibrating top. Anyway, its not like it will fail catastrophically.
Anthony