Recent content by BuzzBD

It looks like my old account has been restored, thanks you mods. I am just finishing binding the back. Pics to follow shortly. Brad

A small amount of neck relief is normal. Brad

Just testing things, been having some problems posting lately. We will see if this works. Brad

Thanks for the info, I will be following closely

That would be nice. Brad

Yes it is much better

I have been thrashing around trying to post the last couple of days and can’t get past this needs moderator approval thing. I will try posting a new thread.

So far I have been unable to post without getting getting the waiting for moderator approval message, which does not ever seem to happen. So I will try here.

I will try this again, hopefully it doesn’t result in a double post, Here are some pics taken right before closing things up. I used Alaska yellow cedar for the linings, which smell delightful. https://photos.app.goo.gl/cM24JQobV6WH67ycA Brad

Getting ready to close the box. One nice touch on this uke, I used Alaska yellow cedar for the linings. I love the smell of that wood.

Aloha Everyone, I am very excited about this project. Some time ago, UU member richntacoma asked me to make him a myrtle soprano. So I went through my stock of myrtle and found a nice and unusual billet, and sent him some pics of the wood for his approval. As I was up to my eyebrows in previous...

Around the end of January, my old thread on building an archtop ukulele got a bump. That got me motivated to revisit the process as it has been a while since I have made an archtop instrument. I wanted to start the process by reviewing my old books on the subject, but most of my books are in...

Needed to resaw some koa for some vintage model concerts this morning. Found a good billet measuring 2

This project got started some years ago, a teacher from California wanted to get some ukulele in his students hands. The problem was they were mostly poor, with very little resources. I told him I would try and design a ukulele that could be built with under $10 in parts and materials, by some...