Finished Ukulele
Sep 27, 2017 08:46:31 #
A while back, I posted a couple of shots of the beginning of a cigar box ukulele. Some of you wanted to see the finished product. It looks nice, but it isn't very loud. I think it's because of a combination of too much internal bracing and the top. Unlike the other five sides, the tops isn't cedar but thick cardboard. It still has a nice sound, and I did it more for fun than to have another uke. For my next one, I'm going to make the box - all wood.
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Sep 27, 2017 08:50:51 #
Well, you have impressed me :)
Looks very good, and surely the best thing to have around a bonfire somewhere :D
Well done Jerry
Looks very good, and surely the best thing to have around a bonfire somewhere :D
Well done Jerry
Sep 27, 2017 08:55:06 #
Outstanding! At a civil war reenactment a while ago, one man was playing a cigar box uk but I can't remember if the sound was any good.
Sep 27, 2017 09:15:49 #
catalint wrote:
Well, you have impressed me :)
Looks very good, and surely the best thing to have around a bonfire somewhere :D
Well done Jerry
Looks very good, and surely the best thing to have around a bonfire somewhere :D
Well done Jerry
Thanks. Even though it isn't loud, I'll still play it.
Sep 27, 2017 09:16:05 #
Photog8 wrote:
Outstanding! At a civil war reenactment a while ago, one man was playing a cigar box uk but I can't remember if the sound was any good.
Thanks.
Sep 27, 2017 09:40:19 #
That is amazing Jerry...great job and thank you for documenting the process and sharing for all to see. Well Done!!!!!
Sep 27, 2017 11:41:28 #
bigtex2000 wrote:
That is amazing Jerry...great job and thank you for documenting the process and sharing for all to see. Well Done!!!!!
Thanks. I take lots of pictures of any project.
Sep 27, 2017 11:43:15 #
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Sep 27, 2017 11:52:16 #
Bill_de wrote:
Jerry,
Too bad you can't attach a sound file.
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Too bad you can't attach a sound file.
--No, it isn't.
This was built more for an exercise than a musical instrument. I have enough real ukes.
Sep 27, 2017 12:53:44 #
Sep 27, 2017 13:45:18 #
That's really amazing Jerry. You certainly did a great job of documenting and photographing the process of making a ukulele.
Sep 27, 2017 14:03:43 #
Lame-Duck wrote:
That's really amazing Jerry. You certainly did a great job of documenting and photographing the process of making a ukulele.
Thanks. I take lots of pictures when I work on something.
Sep 27, 2017 17:57:23 #
jerryc41 wrote:
A while back, I posted a couple of shots of the beginning of a cigar box ukulele. Some of you wanted to see the finished product. It looks nice, but it isn't very loud. I think it's because of a combination of too much internal bracing and the top. Unlike the other five sides, the tops isn't cedar but thick cardboard. It still has a nice sound, and I did it more for fun than to have another uke. For my next one, I'm going to make the box - all wood.
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Play that one with some other folks who play too, and you will surely "SMOKE" the competition!!
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