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BuzzBD
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For Sale
Koa Sopranino Prototype
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Ukulele Marketplace
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I need to make some room and raise some money to increase my ukulele hardware inventory for my lutherie school. To that end I am going...
Thursday at 8:47 PM
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Luthier School
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Sequoia is quite correct about the details, so let me clarify things a bit. Instead of handing an arriving student a pile of wood as a...
Mar 11, 2024
BuzzBD
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Luthier School
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Mahalo everyone again for your input. Graham your insight is almost scarily reflective of my experience so far. My students so far have...
Mar 10, 2024
BuzzBD
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Luthier School
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Thank you all for the comments. Yes ploverwing we are full time residents of Kauai. Mahalo nui loa Pete for your very kind comments. And...
Mar 10, 2024
BuzzBD
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Luthier School
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I have mentioned my lutherie school in a couple of places on the forum, and am getting some questions, so I will post my thoughts here...
Mar 10, 2024
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"Build a Ukulele"
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Mahalo ploverwing for providing the link. I don’t want to high jack the thread, so I will post my thoughts on where I want to go with...
Mar 9, 2024
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"Build a Ukulele"
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In 1973 my wife and I bought a 30’ sloop in kit form. I built the interior of that boat and we lived aboard it for 3 years. When we sold...
Mar 8, 2024
BuzzBD
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"Build a Ukulele"
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I am enjoying watching this thread as I am in the process of adding more content to my lutherie school. Brad
Mar 8, 2024
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Tips help cleaning gunked uke (warning:not pretty)
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Aloha Everyone, I certainly appreciate Milesaway’s kind comments and will add that I very much enjoyed our conversation yesterday. To...
Mar 7, 2024
BuzzBD
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Luthier School
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Ukulele Building / Luthier's Lounge
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I have noticed lately an increased interest in DIY instrument building. I am in the process of upgrading my website to offer a much...
Mar 7, 2024
BuzzBD
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Tone Wood Differences
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I think that generalizations are just that, and when applied to individual instruments may well be bunk as far as the woods are...
Mar 6, 2024
BuzzBD
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Sound hole size on Uke
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It will make a bigger difference than most of you think. I guess it will raise the body resonance by around a semitone. That is unlikely...
Mar 5, 2024
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Collaborating - any pointers?
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Pete, the only collaboration I participated in was the Fun Build some 14 years ago. The concept was a number of luthiers from around the...
Feb 29, 2024
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Kanikapila - What to expect? What do I need to know?
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Many times they will have song sheets available, or will project the songs on a screen. “He Mele Aloha” is a common song book on the...
Feb 27, 2024
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Kanikapila - What to expect? What do I need to know?
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The term kani kapila is of a relatively modern origin, I believe it came about in the 1940’s. The original form was the extended...
Feb 27, 2024
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