What's happening in your shed?
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Timbuck
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mikeyb2
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Ken, maybe it's the photos but the mahogany and koa ukes have a similar golden tint which I like. Are you using dyes or stains to do this? Thanks Mike.
Timbuck
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No dyes no stain on this batch ...just shellac and tru-oil.
that's a pretty funky bridge clamp you've made ken. ... oh ... nice koa too
I second both. Does the knob set the bridge location or provides the clamping pressure?
Timbuck
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Knob is for clamping pressure.
I'm just gluing the bridge on this one..It'll be ready tomorrow Maybe
I fear this could be a competitive situation :uhoh:
sequoia
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What I'm looking at is that lovely finish. I see you didn't hurl this one on the shop floor. Perhaps your lovely and talented assistant should get a raise after work like that. Very nice indeed.
I like it too ! Which kind of "mahogany" is it, swietenia or khaya ?
Timbuck
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What's in a name ? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
...Its both of them sides are Khaya.
Timbuck
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Thats it ..A batch of six sopranos finally completed .. Now the sun has finaly come out I'm off for some bike riding .. I put on a about 20lbs over the winter so it's time to start slimming again.
What's in a name ? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
I take thee at thy word...
I have started my first ukulele restoration project. Unfortunately I am restoring a mahogany Type 0 style I made about 30 months ago. A crack appeared in the upper bout due to neck tension and an unrelated crack opened up in the back because I thinned it too much. Both beginners errors but I thought it would be fun to pick up some restoration experience on a uke that isn't ancient and precious.
So the back has come off and I am gluing in various patches to sort the cracks in the bout and the back. I might reset the neck too. All good fun
Max
So the back has come off and I am gluing in various patches to sort the cracks in the bout and the back. I might reset the neck too. All good fun
Max
Beau Hannam Ukuleles
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trying to get all these done... never enough time.
sequoia
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A veritable smorgasbord of ukuleles. I don't know which one I would play first. All very tasty looking...
Beau Hannam Ukuleles
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SAME!
Cocobolo/ Spruce with arm bevel and scoop
Tassy blackwood/ Redwood w cutaway
Koa/ Redwood
Koa/ Redwood with cutaway and scoop
Maple/ Spruce
Ziricote / Curly Redwood
I just got a new tone generator so now i can measure all the resonances of these
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Beau Hannam Ukuleles
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Hluth
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I just got an inquiry for building a “ukulele tuned in fifths”, essentially a mandolin but with nylon strings. Several years ago Aquila came out with Nylegut strings for fifths tuning and it inspired me to build a few “mandos” using the strings (below is one example). This can be done with a standard size soprano uke, but I made mine with a mandolin size body. The sound is more subdued than the steel string version with a nice warm tone.
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