Ukulele Banjo

Demonstration of an instrument I made. Innovations include a rim design with internal bracket hooks; a vacuum-formed PETG head shaped as an ukulele rather than a drum; and a bolt-on neck similar to electric guitar convention. Other images are available in my flickr photostream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/switthoft/sets/72157605554633404/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• soprano
• ukulele
• ukelele
• uke
• banjo
• folk
• bluegrass
• blues
• transparent

[Birdog225]

I like the internal hooks! Very innovative, and sounds super! I wonder what a 3/4 size guitar would sound like...

[ferociousredhouse]

thanks! 3/4 is a great idea;

i'd like to do a tenor guitar

in the same general construction.

[snowflyzone]

great!

[ferociousredhouse]

thanks - love your tops!

[hoosierhiver]

That's really cool!!

[ferociousredhouse]

thanks -- it has been

fun to have around!

[MatsOljare]

Alright, now let's see a drum set with heads shaped like that....

[Hikikomori013]

That looks pretty sharp. How well has the body held up to string tension over time?

[geofbrit59]

Cool!

[phlegmfatale]

nifty & cute!

[Boondockflyfish]

very cool

[okvolleyball]

nice

[ferociousredhouse]

for the head, that was just a result of prototyping with a bunch of round heads and different vacuum-form bucks... worked out okay in the end. as for the wood part, that was a combo of prior wood experience.