Mini Les Paul-uke

Sound clip will have to be by my daughter, it's a lefty and I can barely play righty.
Do you go to the Uke gatherings at Lake Anne in Reston every month?
If I can get it done in time my daughter will debute it at the Lake Anne Uke festival July 14th!

I have not been to Lake Anne this year. It's a bit far for me but I would like to join the group sometime. I went to the uke festival last year but will miss it this time....bummer!!!!
 
Finishing up

We are in the finishing phase now, I say we because my daughter is with me and taking an active roll in the build: future luthier? She did all the wiring soldering and assembly with instructions from me at her side. She also buffed out the finish, installed tuners, knobs, and is working on designing the custom pick guard.
 

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Got the bridges installed and fashioned a nut. Strung it up and played with the action until we got it almost right. I have a few frets to work on still. Action feels good and intonation is spot on at the 12th fret. Today I will finished adjusting fret heights and maybe get around to hooking up the pickups and switch and she will be live!
 

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I'm sorely tempted to have a go at building a solid body Uke. Unless someone in the UK wants to build me a Uke version of this:


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Who ?

I fancy a 4/4 twin neck, with a re-entrant and a low G, steel strings and a stupidly low action.
 
Thanks for that. No prices, so I've just shot an email off to him. Some cracking planks on that site, I want them all!
 
And it's done. She was the center of attention at the uke festival. She couldn't walk 5 feet without someone asking her about it. I was sad to she it go home with her to NH, it looked good on our wall;)
 

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