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#1922010 - 08/14/24 10:53 PM Wish Goes Back to School - Ukulele Build
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Mesa Community College build number four - the Ukulele

First class is next week.

The parts…..

I am learning how to count to 12 In preparation of fret marker positioning.


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#1922011 - 08/14/24 10:55 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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Fun!
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#1922013 - 08/14/24 11:01 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Webster]
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Cool!! What size uke? And what are the woods?

And I assume it has bendy rods.
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#1922015 - 08/14/24 11:06 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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It’s a tenor. Wood is tbd….I am not sure. The sides and back are a laminate. The top looks to be solid spruce.

Yes, there will be some top and bottom bracing installed with those Uber fun bendy rods.

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#1922017 - 08/14/24 11:14 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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#1922024 - 08/15/24 12:05 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: TAPKAE]
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Sounds fun, but the tuning of the ukulele baffles me.
I don’t subscribe to the concept of chord pictures.

I think I would like the woodworking part of it

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#1922025 - 08/15/24 12:20 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: TAPKAE]
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In San Diego?!

Mesa, Arizona

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#1922026 - 08/15/24 12:22 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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This ukulele is for my granddaughter.

She will need to take lessons from someone other than me! Haha.

I’ve never played a uke….at least not a real one.

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#1922027 - 08/15/24 12:22 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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Sounds like fun.
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#1922028 - 08/15/24 12:44 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Memphis Monroe]
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Awesome! Is it pass fail? 😉
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#1922029 - 08/15/24 12:59 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Marty Gilman]
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 Originally Posted By: Marty Gilman
Sounds fun, but the tuning of the ukulele baffles me.
I don’t subscribe to the concept of chord pictures.

I think I would like the woodworking part of it

-m


Marty - guitar chord shapes work except the chord on a soprano, concert or tenor is a 5'th lower than the guitar chord shape and location.

The following is a G chord on the top four strings of a guitar but a C on a uke.

4'th string 5th fret ring finger - C
3'rd string 4th fret middle - E
2'nd string 3rd fret index finger G
1'st string 3rd fret index finger C (same note as on the 4'th string but it's usually not necessary to pay both the 4'th and 1'st string.)

It's a very cool rhythm instrument for playing 3 or 4 note chords on the 1/4s or offbeats (especial a swung offbeat). It doesn't get the in the way of much else.


This is the corniest of corny. George Formby. He played a banjo/uke. It's a uke neck and tuning with a small banjo body - the worst of both worlds.

But check out his right hand technique. If you watch it all the way through, he plays a solo near the end that is fabulous.

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#1922036 - 08/15/24 01:44 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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Will this Ukulele have an 11th fret like the guitar you built? \:p \:D
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#1922043 - 08/15/24 02:29 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: MadGuitrst]
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Yes, it will have an 11th fret, but hopefully it will not have any fret markers…..IF I can learn to count to twelve.
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#1922062 - 08/15/24 05:11 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: MadGuitrst]
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Having a 12'th (and anything higher) marker isn't really required on a uke. Up there, the frets are so close that you need fingers the size of tooth picks.
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#1922069 - 08/15/24 11:16 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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That will be a fun project!
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#1922070 - 08/15/24 11:33 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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 Originally Posted By: Andy McClelland
Up there, the frets are so close that you need fingers the size of tooth picks.

Is that your secret?
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#1922091 - 08/15/24 01:24 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: MadGuitrst]
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I never Wish to go back to school...
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#1922093 - 08/15/24 01:34 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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 Originally Posted By: Wish
hopefully it will not have any fret markers…..IF I can learn to count to twelve.


Why not? I have fret markers on my upright bass.....no frets, but I do have fret markers.

Maybe you could make the first fretless ukulele.
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#1922109 - 08/15/24 03:43 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Vanillagrits]
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To clarify, no fret markers at the 11th fret, thinking it was the 12 fret.


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#1922110 - 08/15/24 03:50 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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#1922112 - 08/15/24 04:02 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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have fun. How do your projects play compared to a factory guitar?
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#1922193 - 08/15/24 11:44 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Timster]
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Twelve step program. And DAMN, it has a truss rod cover.
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#1922199 - 08/15/24 11:53 PM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Mooseboy]
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The most important Uke building step is step 13, proper use of earplugs.
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#1922204 - 08/16/24 12:08 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Ismellelephant]
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Hey Wish -is a banjo next?
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#1922211 - 08/16/24 12:17 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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#1922212 - 08/16/24 12:25 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Ismellelephant]
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And maybe a nose whistle?
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#1922217 - 08/16/24 12:35 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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One of the jam guys has a banjo. Maybe it’s time to put that banjo to use.
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#1922221 - 08/16/24 12:49 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Timster]
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have fun. How do your projects play compared to a factory guitar?


My first guitar is awesome. Second was okay. Those were both electrics.

The acoustic is okay. I was just impressed that it actually plays and holds tuning….haha. I am going to rework the neck during the class….the neck is too thick and needs more C shape, and then I will refinish it again. Hopefully, it will be playing better in the next few months.


Build 1 Electric
Pictures
https://imgur.com/a/U3RdlHT

Build thread
https://www.vsplanet.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=2&Number=1561714


Build 2 Electric - doesn’t play as well as guitar build 1 and I didn’t document or share the build. Boo. This guitar has been living under a bed in a guitar case for a few years untouched…..poor thing. I'll take a couple of pics maybe over the weekend.

8/18 edit Build 2 Pictures
https://imgur.com/a/V2NFXOV

Build 3 - Acoustic Guitar
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https://imgur.com/gallery/7iDnAHU

Build Thread
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Edited by Wish (10/19/24 09:23 PM)

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#1922222 - 08/16/24 12:52 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Ismellelephant]
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 Originally Posted By: Ismellelephant
The most important Uke building step is step 13, proper use of earplugs.

Haha!

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#1922223 - 08/16/24 12:54 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Ismellelephant]
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 Originally Posted By: Ismellelephant
One of the jam guys has a banjo. Maybe it’s time to put that banjo to use.


There not very good for starting fires. The head (plastic) really stinks. In the old days they used hide and it was even worse.
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#1922224 - 08/16/24 12:55 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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 Originally Posted By: Andy McClelland
Hey Wish -is a banjo next?

Fortunately, they only offer builds for electric and acoustic guitars, and ukuleles….no Banjos.

They used too have a bass build, but when I tried to sign up, the teacher said they weren’t doing basses any longer as there was no interest…..so I built electric guitar number 2.

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#1922225 - 08/16/24 12:58 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Wish]
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 Originally Posted By: Ismellelephant
The most important Uke building step is step 13, proper use of earplugs.

Haha!


An alternative to step 13 is to eliminate step 12 - don't bother putting the strings on.
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#1922226 - 08/16/24 01:03 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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 Originally Posted By: Ismellelephant
One of the jam guys has a banjo. Maybe it’s time to put that banjo to use.


There not very good for starting fires. The head (plastic) really stinks. In the old days they used hide and it was even worse.


Lol. And he has a Uke too. He is a music teacher.
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#1922232 - 08/16/24 01:10 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Ismellelephant]
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I would love to have a tenor banjo. Good on latency.
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#1922242 - 08/16/24 02:15 AM Re: Wish Goes Back to School [Re: Andy McClelland]
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I need help with wiring.

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