Recent content by rickmorgan2003

I only have a workbench and a small drill press and tiny tablesaw. Luckily however, our community has a shared workshop that I can drop in for $10 a day.

2nd version of this design. Walnut body with curly maple top and neck. Working one new pickup design for it which is requiring me to learn how to cast plastic in silicone molds:) These are pics after the first coats of dye have been applied. I will sand these down with 800 grit then start to...

Just finished applying first round of colour to a semi hollow body uke.

For magnetic coil you really only have the choice of Almuse pickups. Or you can wind your own. Almuse's were designed for mandolins but they make a uke one now. The use rare earth mags under each pole which isn't traditional but works. They have a lot of punch but to me they are a bit to bright...

Shout out to all you luthiers out there in Hawaii. My wife and I are looking at moving to the big island and I have concerns about the humidity and my wood working. I have only worked in climate control environments before and I noticed looking at properties that almost anyone who has shop...

This was the wood prototype with 1/8 steel blade fashioned from bar stock available at local hardware store. I couldn't make a bobbin that had a slot for the blade and still be reasonably sized so I made top and bottom pieces than slipped them over the steel. A few wraps of bobbin tape around...

God bless 3d printing! I have trying to make humbuckers for ukuleles and the lack of parts makes fabrication a pain in the ##^$. I had a group run a 3d printing of a bobbin designed for a blade pole piece. This is a pic of the mock up. It looks from the image that it may need some touch up...

working on a batch of electric ukes

I have a concert set of purple heart all ready to go, just haven't gotten around to it yet. It definitely tore a bit going through the planer and jointer and I ended up just using a drum sander to bring it down to thickness. Haven't tried bending it yet. I have used it as a center strip in...

First proto didn't go well but here is the updated version. This one is going to a well known player (can't disclose yet) She wanted a gold finish so I played with a gold flake in the lacquer with a yellow base. Pickups are hand wound on homemade sycamore bobbins. Mini humbuckers. Master volume...

Something like this one? Sorry it's spoken for.

Just completed this for a well known professional player. Can't wait to here it sing by someone who really knows how to play. Details: Carved flame maple top; double cutaway, finished in yellow/gold metal flake lacquer turtle f holes walnut semi-hollow body back and neck Sycamore fingerboard...

'had a request for a yellow or gold finish on an electric uke but when I was playing with it the colours just seamed to plain. I won't cover up the natural grains and figure of a wood no matter what but then I got to thinking about metallic finishes and whether one could apply it and still see...

Hi All, making progress on a steel string active pickup electric uke prototype. Inspired by the old gibson 336 thinlines it has a walnut body and neck, hand carved figured maple neck and will have figured sycamore fingerboard. Will come equipped with hand wound custom humbuckers I designed...

Somebody left a pile of pear slabs- mostly what others would deem unusable but since most of the wood I use is in small pieces I figure I could get some usable stuff out of it. I know some violin manufactures use it for fingerboards after staining it black. I love the colour and grain on this...