16 fret Soprano

Timbuck · Mar 29, 2014

I wonder how Soprano players will like this....I had three Soprano sets of Honduran Mahogany with an annoying single Knot..It was a shame to scrap the Knotty parts so I juggled the wood sets around so I could cover the defects with a 17 fret fingerboard extension...But! the fingerboard blanks were just a bit too short to get 17 frets, so I've made them 16 frets instead

...Will this bother Soprano players much?...How many play up there anyway?.

Here is a couple of pics to show what I'm on about.

Dobe · Mar 29, 2014

Looks fine, no worries. I'd go with it, sometimes ya gotta make lemonade !

RichM · Mar 29, 2014

Frankly, I like it.

orangeena · Mar 29, 2014

It is a great solution Ken. Whoever buys it will know what they are getting, and the label will be proof enough of the quality of the job.
Max

Titchtheclown · Mar 30, 2014

I am reminded of a post on another site which said "anything above the fifth fret is just for show" although with my playing that quote could probably apply to the third fret instead. Fantastic show and a great looking uke.

John Colter · Mar 30, 2014

That looks great to me, Ken. I never play above the tenth fret, and that very rarely. In fact I made a uke with only ten frets, and it works fine. More is good, but not strictly necessary.

John Colter.

ksquine · Mar 31, 2014

Looks nice to me design-wise. I'd never guess you were missing a 17th fret there

julie · Mar 31, 2014

@ukantor I'd be interested in seeing a picture of that 10 fret uke

TheOnlyUkeThatMatters · Mar 31, 2014

That uke looks great.

I make it up to about the tenth fret on a regular basis on my soprano. The twelfth fret gets regular, but less frequent, use as well. I only make it up to higher frets (my main soprano's got 15 of 'em) occasionally. The plinkiness level all the way up there is pretty amazing.

we tigers · Mar 31, 2014

I think it looks great. Every now and then I get to the twelfth and sometimes up to fifteen. This is more than enough

David Newton · Mar 31, 2014

It is a non-issue.
Some players count frets, and some don't.

John Colter · Mar 31, 2014

Thanks for the interest in my ten fret oddity, Julie. I don't want to hijack Ken's thread, so I'll start a new one.

John Colter.

Timbuck · Apr 12, 2014

First one of the 16 fret ukes completed

The first one of these three 16 fret job sopranos is ready for a new owner...So I made a video of it with a sound sample on the iPad4...the video came to an abrupt end when the iPad4 fell off the shelf Hit the floor and it went dead...I thought it was a gonner ...But! It came back on again later but with no sound

..However I held down the two buttons on it for about 30 seconds and it re-booted itself and all was well again (good old Apple)....Here is the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwr0DHj5im0

ksquine · Apr 12, 2014

Looks and sounds fantastic!

ukuleledaveey · Apr 12, 2014

I would get a nose bleed playing past the 5th fret that uke looks and sounds gorgeous I'm desperate to own one of your beautiful creations

lauburu · Apr 12, 2014

Nice uke Ken. I wouldn't take the iPad's suicide bid as a musical criticism. I think it's just hinting that it wants you to design a Timbuck Special iPad holder.
Miguel

Timbuck · Apr 12, 2014

lauburu said:
Nice uke Ken. I wouldn't take the iPad's suicide bid as a musical criticism. I think it's just hinting that it wants you to design a Timbuck Special iPad holder.
Miguel

To get the iPad at the correct angle on the shelf, I held it in place with some masking tape

...I didn't realise that the iPad screen gets warmer the longer it's in use.....This is what caused the tape to release....And the iPad came crashing down.....So! a holder/ bracket is on the menu for next time.

soulman · Apr 20, 2014

Hi Ken. Looks fine to me. This is what I came up with to cover a dent in a sound board after dropping a steel rule on it. Who cares if people don't play up there. you will have created some more fine instruments by doing it.

BR Ukuleles · Apr 20, 2014

Timbuck said:
To get the iPad at the correct angle on the shelf, I held it in place with some masking tape ...I didn't realise that the iPad screen gets warmer the longer it's in use.....This is what caused the tape to release....And the iPad came crashing down.....So! a holder/ bracket is on the menu for next time.

My mate Micheal just built a holder for his iPhone to video setups by making a bracket that fit an old microphone stand. Works a treat. He holds the phone to the bracket with elastic bands. Simple and low tech.

Timbuck · Apr 21, 2014

Allen said:
My mate Micheal just built a holder for his iPhone to video setups by making a bracket that fit an old microphone stand. Works a treat. He holds the phone to the bracket with elastic bands. Simple and low tech.

Thats a good idea Allen..But too late ..I already got myself one of these

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