Ukulele Kit Construction :)

Slide show of the construction of a cheap Ukulele kit.
...AND some pics of famous people who played it ;D
I am really happy with the optical result and it also sounds okay.

Maybe I'll play something for christmas :]

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Guitar
• Ukulele
• Kit
• Build
• Uke
• Lizard
• Dia
• Slide
• Show
• Presentation
• Arts
• Crafts

[WeThePeople1770]

do you just paint the lizard on then put the clear coats on? did the clear coats affect the lizard? did u just paint your signature on the neck??

Thanks

[Hasenanu]

Hello, I did the single steps in the order of the video. So I first put a clear coat on, then sprayed the Lizard, and on top of the spraypaint another layer of clear coat. In my case the clear coat did not affect the Spraypaint in a negative Way (the same with the Decals).

My Signature on the neck is drilled in (with a rotary tool called Dremel). I just painted it afterwards for a brighter look.

Greetings

[shas1814]

Excellent slideshow!

Very clear and informative.

Nice uke, too.

I hope you'll post some uke playing soon.

May I ask what kit this is and where you got it?

And about how many hours it took to construct?

5 stars for an awesome vid!

[Hasenanu]

Thanks for the comment :)

As you can see it's a Gibson Uke.

Nooo, just kidding - It's the Hosco Tenayo Kit. I bought it at a german music online shop but it might be available in Canada, too. Maybe you should try the "mahogany" kit which is a bit more expensive.

While constructing I really took the time and did many layers of Sanding/Clear Coat and the extras (Stencil,...). In total it was about four afternoons.

P.s. I'll keep practicing so maybe sometime there will be uke playing ;)

[axe2see]

now you have to find a very little woman to wrap here legs around.....like the one on the poster :-) ..... goodluck

[UkeGirl100]

Fun!

[DarkSkysify]

@Zayk54 where can i order a kit of this?

[tbyrne4]

Did you follow a tutorial? Cos I wanna do this but I don't want to mess it up

[99butcher99]

I built the Stewmac kit which is quite expensive compared to other kits. They have a brush on finish that is really good. Lots of coats sanding between coats then wet sanding down to 2500 sandpaper then i polished with rotten stone. Gives a deep deep finish. Looks great.

[binarymilton]

Really helpful (and entertaining video). I was thinking of getting one of those kits. Can I ask you a question or two?

Do the bridge and the nut come with the grooves for the strings already cut? And how sturdy is the neck?

I ask cos I'm thinking of making myself a 5-string ukulele (and tuning it to banjo tuning).

[Zayk54]

Five stars, for making me laugh, and a good kit. :D I've acctualy JUST ordered a kit. So i'll document the prosess and send it too you maybe

[TeleTubeee]

Thanks for the good show!

Doug

San Francisco, California USA