The head looks rather thick, how is the ballance of it. There are lots of braces. My last concert had one bulkhead brace at the waist.
The sound is impressive. What sort of pickup did you use? I like the tuner layout.
Bob
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| Author: | CWLiu [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | My First Ukulele |
I built this one for my daughters. I applied the string-to-string distance of standard classical guitars to my design and found out it's too crowded for a ukulele. Lesson learned. Can't help making it like my classical guitar. Acacia confusa for top, back, & sides Ziricote fingerboard & head plate Cedro neck 365mm scale length Attachment: IMG_0036.JPG Attachment: IMG_0112.JPG Attachment: IMG_0121.JPG Attachment: IMG_0150.JPG Attachment: IMG_0196.JPG Attachment: IMG_0205.JPG Attachment: IMG_0206.JPG Attachment: IMG_0208.JPG
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| Author: | CWLiu [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
Attachment: IMG_0240.JPG Forgive my lousy playing, I learn this tune after I finished my first uke. |
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| Author: | oval soundhole [ Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:33 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
wow, It sounds great and looks great. The slot head looks awesome BTW. |
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| Author: | violinvic [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
WOW! I didn't know that a uke could be played like that. |
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| Author: | mqbernardo [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
i really like the looks of it, specially the head design and fretboard... as for sound, it very sounded nice to my ears, but i don´t know much about ukuleles, except that they were introduced in hawaii by portuguese immigrants... i didn´t even remembered that ukes came with nylon strings... (the portuguese cavaquinho, its ancestor uses steel strings). and lovely daughter, BTW. cheers, Miguel |
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| Author: | Quine [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
Very nice. Seems like a lot of braces for a ukulele....but it sounds nice. |
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| Author: | douglas ingram [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:22 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
That little girl sure has a great big smile on her face! Nice little Uke, and it has a compensated nut too. I built some SE117s for my daughters awhile back, they don't play them...Maybe I should have started with some ukes when they were as young as yours! |
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| Author: | Don Williams [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
Very cool. It sounds great! Oh, and cute kid!! |
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| Author: | cphanna [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
Yes...very nice uke, and beautiful player, too. And she seems to be very happy with her new instrument. Another satisfied client! |
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| Author: | unkabob [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
The head looks rather thick, how is the ballance of it. There are lots of braces. My last concert had one bulkhead brace at the waist. The sound is impressive. What sort of pickup did you use? I like the tuner layout. Bob
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| Author: | munen [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
love the looks and the sound! i noticed the compesation on the nut. was it intended from the beginning? |
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| Author: | CWLiu [ Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: My First Ukulele |
Thanks all for your kind words! Now I have thoughts for my second. munen wrote: love the looks and the sound! i noticed the compesation on the nut. was it intended from the beginning? Yes. unkabob wrote: The head looks rather thick, how is the ballance of it. There are lots of braces. My last concert had one bulkhead brace at the waist. The sound is impressive. What sort of pickup did you use? I like the tuner layout. Bob The head is indeed thicker than I'd like, so I'll probably use the smallest Gotoh SS tuner next time. Those fan braces are 3 mm tall, so they're not as stiff as they look like, and probably much lighter than an big bridge pad. The acoustic sound was recorded by the tiny condenser mic of a Canon IXY 20 IS. The model was obsolete but I think later IXYs also record listenable mono sound track @ 44100Hz, 16 bit. There's no pickup. When facing down, this uke balances at 14th fret, and I guess its huge tail block helps. The total weight is 504 gram/17.8 oz. now. Not sure how's that for a concert uke. Those sawed-off tuner are about 100 gram weight. douglas ingram wrote: That little girl sure has a great big smile on her face! Nice little Uke, and it has a compensated nut too. I built some SE117s for my daughters awhile back, they don't play them...Maybe I should have started with some ukes when they were as young as yours! It's sad to hear that. Can I call you dad?  This uke looks right in the little girl's hand, but she doesn't have the LH grip yet. Her elder sister can handle C and F chord now.
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