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My fourth ukulele

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Phillip Patton

Post subject: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 6:43 pm

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Location: Northeast Indiana
First name: Phillip
Last Name: Patton
City: Yoder
State: IN
Zip/Postal Code: 46798
Country: USA
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

Just put the finishing touches on this one today. In case it's not obvious, it's a solid body electric (baritone).

The back and neck are mahogany, the top is curly maple. The bridge, fingerboard, and other trimmings are all purpleheart.

I got the maple and hog from Menards. bliss

The scale length is 19-3/4". Neck joins the body at the 13th fret.

I'm using a piezo disc type pickup. Right now there's no internal pre-amp, but I'm going to to see if there's room in the cavity to add one.

The top was carved entirely by hand, except for the fretboard plane, which was done with a router. [headinwall]

The body was finished with satin nitro lacquer, and the neck with Tru-oil.

Here's a few pics showing the innards:

It sounds pretty good. I tried it with steel strings first, but didn't care for it. Now it has nylon strings, and sounds much better.

I'll be doing a few things different on the next one, like moving the jack location about 90 degrees from where it is now...
Also, the neck angle is a little too steep; the saddle is a few mm taller than I'd like.

Thanks for looking,

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Mike OMelia

Post subject: Re: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:33 pm

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Joined: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:12 pm
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First name: Mike
Last Name: O'Melia
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
Focus: Build
Status: Semi-pro

I love the aesthetics of this build. Good job Phil!

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Chris Pile

Post subject: Re: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:00 pm

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First name: Chris
Last Name: Pile
City: Wichita
State: Kansas
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Focus: Repair
Status: Professional

Loving it!

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Daniel Minard

Post subject: Re: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:26 pm

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Location: Powell River BC Canada
First name: Daniel
Last Name: Minard
City: Powell River
State: BC
Country: Canada

I LIKE it!

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Quine

Post subject: Re: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:36 pm

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Location: Hudson, MA
First name: Kevin
Last Name: Quine
City: Hudson
State: MA
Country: Usa
Focus: Build
Status: Amateur

SWEET!!

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Don Williams

Post subject: Re: My fourth ukulele

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 6:34 pm

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Location: United States

Cool! What kind of tuners are you using? Are those Gotoh's? I've got a commission for a uke myself.

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