I just finished my first non-kit ukulele.
It’s a tenor made with Birdseye maple back, Adirondack spruce top, maple neck, ebony fretboard, spalted maple details, walnut binding. It has a radius fretboard and back.
What a journey! I had completed it, then had to take the whole thing apart with a heat gun and palette knife because the neck was wrong. I had to redo the finish.... every step of the way was a learning process.
I basically followed Heidi Litke’s class on O’Brien Guitars, along with reading just about every post ever written on this forum. This place is pure gold!
So many mistakes, but I’ve now started two more.
Here are photos if you’re interested:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g74DQDgzfrFQqkRH6
It’s a tenor made with Birdseye maple back, Adirondack spruce top, maple neck, ebony fretboard, spalted maple details, walnut binding. It has a radius fretboard and back.
What a journey! I had completed it, then had to take the whole thing apart with a heat gun and palette knife because the neck was wrong. I had to redo the finish.... every step of the way was a learning process.
I basically followed Heidi Litke’s class on O’Brien Guitars, along with reading just about every post ever written on this forum. This place is pure gold!
So many mistakes, but I’ve now started two more.
Here are photos if you’re interested:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/g74DQDgzfrFQqkRH6
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