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| tsubota.t |
Posted - 04/16/2011 : 8:11:29 PM
Hey patch members,
I have been playing slack key for 3 and half years, almost but anyways, in those three years i have developed.. well ill just say a fascination with guitars, but essentially i love absolutely everything about them, and want to know as much as i can about them. So i began looking into how they are made, by master luthiers and factories. And im really intrigued by the whole process. I had previously enjoyed woodworking making various wooden implements out of kiawe and other woods that i found lying around. So i began thinking about the impossible task of actually making a guitar. I was just looking around the internet and found that you can order kits, and basically they do all the measurements, and send u a bunch of pieces to put together. I want to do this, but most decent guitar kits are out of my price range, and just seem to be a very large obstacle. So thats why im posting in here. cause i was wondering if anyone in the patch had any ideas about a good ukulele kit that i could purchase online, or any other helpful information about the guitar and ukulele making process, which i assume are similar, but i could be wrong. I was hoping to get a feel for the process, and maybe hoping to recreate the pieces to create one from scratch in the future
http://www.stewmac.com/shopby/item/5347?utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=2011-04-gp%22
this was the one ive been looking at.
Thanks for all the help |
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| tsubota.t |
Posted - 05/09/2011 : 11:08:34 AM
Thanks for all the help, ive given quick glances to everything everyone has said, but it will take me some time to get a good look at everything. But it all seems to be super helpful |
| Baritone |
Posted - 05/08/2011 : 6:10:50 PM
Check ukuleleguild.org. Contact the president or any of the officers/members. |
| Admin |
Posted - 05/05/2011 : 05:00:12 AM
I know that some members here have built instruments. I don't think that they used kits though. You might send them an email. Sorry if I forgot to mention anyone.
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| noeau |
Posted - 05/04/2011 : 7:04:59 PM
Check out Dennis Lake he lives on Hawai'i. Also Gryphon guitars has on line photo galleries depicting step by step process of building an instrument. |
| tsubota.t |
Posted - 05/04/2011 : 10:27:19 AM
Thanks, these are really helpful, but too bad i live big I so i cant go check them out in person. |
| noeau |
Posted - 05/04/2011 : 09:56:21 AM
Try this website for comparison. They are on Puuhale Road on Oahu.
http://www.hanalimastore.com/servlet/the-106/Ukulele-Kit--dsh--Parts/Detail
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| ricdoug |
Posted - 04/20/2011 : 6:13:16 PM
They're quality ukes. John Colter builds them and sells them in England for a profit:
http://www.ukuke.co.uk/magazine.htm#StewMac |
