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Build #1 strung up just now. Engelmann spruce/tasmanian blackwood. Neck is spanish cedar, fingerboard also tassie blackwood. Bridge is tiger myrtle. Finish is just a single coat of superglue for now - planning to add another coat or two and then french polish. I was more excited to hear what it soun...

Beautiful uke. Interesting heel... reminds me of a stiletto/high heel

Agree with FrankenWashie, this uke has a particularly nice butt!

Thanks Robbie, this is very helpful

Thanks for the recommendation - sounds like a pretty versatile tool. The wife did say one tool for Christmas, but if one fits into the other and it really is a package set ... Maybe your wife was referring to something else Quite likely ... Wouldn't be the first time I misunderstood the words and t...

Thanks for the recommendation - sounds like a pretty versatile tool.

The wife did say one tool for Christmas, but if one fits into the other and it really is a package set ...

Thanks Martin and Wayne. All steps I didn't take ...

Christmas is coming up soon so I know what I'm getting.

Might also look into a laminate trimmer or a router - in hindsight a router bit in a drill press was not such a good idea either. But the quarter inch shank was too big for the Dremel...

Hi guys

Just wondering what tool you use to prepare the build for routing? I didn't score the top or sides before routing and got some tear out on both... Keen to avoid that in future!

Cheers
Peter

Looks great to me. Must have been nice working that beautiful BRW ... Kinda mesmerising to look at now it's all polished and glossy. Re the nitro finish... I bought a brand new Ramirez 1a, tradicional model from their shop in Madrid back in 2011. Top, back and sides all finished in nitro. Someone sh...

What a stunning uke! Love that black heart sassafras.

Hi all This evening I placed an order for Jose Romanillos's new method book, "Making a Spanish Guitar". There has been a bit of talk elsewhere about this book but I haven't noticed anything on this forum, so thought I'd mention it's available. To purchase, you send an email to Jose's email address o...

Beautiful looking uke, Alan. Love that tiger myrtle!

Bruce McC wrote:Hi Peter

Welcome to the forum, will send you a PM, there are a few Canberrans lurking on this site
and we have an occasional get together.

Sounds great! Count me in for the next occasion...

Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. Feels like home already.

Hi everyone. Just a quick intro to let you know who I am. I've been playing classical guitar for over 20 years, and *thinking* about building guitars for quite a few of those. The time has finally come - so am looking forward to converting half the garage into a workshop for the time being, and gett...

Anyone looking to build a harp uke or two? This looks like a great deal: http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/sho ... project-X2

If the order goes ahead, count me in too...