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John Hale

Post subject: First Uke done

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 5:54 pm

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Location: Nr London, UK

Here are some pics of my first uke as requested instrument 2

Plays nice a few things are not 100%, but hey never mind, learnt moulds are helpful, match bridge style to top material how to steam out dents.... good enjoyable experience. Also need to raise the action as I never build relief into the neck/fingerboard.

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Ricardo

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 8:10 pm

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Joined: Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:46 am
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Location: Issaquah, Washington USA

Congratulations John! It took me 7 ukes before I got one I really liked. You learn by doing so it will only get better. Good job! [:Y:]

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Doug Sawyer

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 9:19 pm

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Joined: Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:32 pm
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Great job John. I'm working on a couple of ukes right now and hope they turn out as well as yours. So far they are better than the last one I built, so I'm improving.
Doug

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David Newton

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 10:53 pm

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Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:13 am
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Location: United States
State: Texas
Focus: Repair
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Ukes are great fun, John! Congrats.

When I was building ukes, and studying them, looking at collections of old ones, I tried to build them to be so light as to float away if you put them down. It's not the only way to build, but just what I did.

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Matthew Jenkins

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:23 pm

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Joined: Sat Mar 08, 2008 7:07 am
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Location: United Kingdom

Great job John [:Y:]

What finish is that, Tru-Oil?
congrats on a great looking UKE

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LanceK

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 12:38 pm

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State: Michigan
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Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

sweet! Very nice!

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WaddyThomson

Post subject: Re: First Uke done

Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 1:33 pm

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That's a fine looking uke! Good job! [clap]

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