jcalkin
Well-known member
One thing that beginning luthiers don't understand is that if you don't have the tools to make a design reasonably easy to accomplish it is better to change your design rather than wait until you can afford more tools, build a shop, and invest in a raft of jigs, fixtures, and machinery. If impressing your friends with your mastery of traditional techniques is high on your list then you will have to take the long way around, invest in tools, and develop an extensive skill set. However, if you can erase your preconceptions you will find that making fine-sounding instruments is probably within your reach. I am including some photographic examples, though only one is a uke. Does this interest anyone?