Here's are my latest works, an Ibanez miKro guitar, 22.2" scale converted to a bass, and a Rondo Hadean 24" bass uke modified like a Fender Jazz.
The work was originally done by a new luthier I tried who's shop is very near me, but he dropped the ball too many times, so I went back to Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, who does great work, and who I will not forsake again. Pat Wilkins did the paint jobs, who also does excellent work.
The purple one the first guy put the tuners in the wrong place, which I'll live with, put the bridge in the wrong place, which Eric corrected, and didn't solder the pots properly, which Eric fixed. He did route the space for the P/J pickups well enough.
The yellow one, I routed the chamber on the back so the pots could be moved, and sanded the top of the body to make room for my arm. Eric made the pickguard and chrome looking pieces, which are actually mirrored plastic. Eric also made me a couple more rosewood bridges because the other guy lost mine and installed the fake Jazz pickups, they're just covers. The other guy did install a battery on/off switch so I can keep the amp cable always plugged in.
When I got the yellow one home, the D string would not resonate. I changed the pickup, but it tuned out to be a dead string, which I changed.
I still have to add the Ibanez miKro mini bass decal I had made and make a Jazzelele decal.
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 11 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 35)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers
The work was originally done by a new luthier I tried who's shop is very near me, but he dropped the ball too many times, so I went back to Eric's Guitar in Van Nuys, who does great work, and who I will not forsake again. Pat Wilkins did the paint jobs, who also does excellent work.
The purple one the first guy put the tuners in the wrong place, which I'll live with, put the bridge in the wrong place, which Eric corrected, and didn't solder the pots properly, which Eric fixed. He did route the space for the P/J pickups well enough.
The yellow one, I routed the chamber on the back so the pots could be moved, and sanded the top of the body to make room for my arm. Eric made the pickguard and chrome looking pieces, which are actually mirrored plastic. Eric also made me a couple more rosewood bridges because the other guy lost mine and installed the fake Jazz pickups, they're just covers. The other guy did install a battery on/off switch so I can keep the amp cable always plugged in.
When I got the yellow one home, the D string would not resonate. I changed the pickup, but it tuned out to be a dead string, which I changed.
I still have to add the Ibanez miKro mini bass decal I had made and make a Jazzelele decal.
This is Michael Kohan in Los Angeles, Beverly West near the Beverly Center
9 tenor cutaway ukes, 5 acoustic bass ukes, 11 solid body bass ukes, 11 mini electric bass guitars (Total: 35)
• Donate to The Ukulele Kids Club, they provide ukuleles to children in hospital music therapy programs. www.theukc.org
• Member The CC Strummers: YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/CCStrummers/video, Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheCCStrummers
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