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A shot from the inside showing the neck bolted in place. This is not only a very strong arrangement,...

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2007

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Here's a picture the soundbox skeleton with the neck bolted on. There's a bit of a burn on the waist...

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2007

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Here's a shot of the slotted head block- the two bottom holes are for the bolts to pass through that...

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2007

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The sides still in the form with the head and tail blocks glued in place.

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2007

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The koa back with the ebony and maple backstrip inlayed.

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Uploaded on Mar 15, 2007

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Doing a little smoothing on the neck, this shot also shows the keyed portion of the neck that will fit (snugly) into the headblock.

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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Here's the routed channel on the neck and the trussrod that will go inside of it.

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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My first slotted pedhead, solid mahogany neck (not laminated boards). I used a router and table saw...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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I use mini clamps to hold the bent sides in this form during assembly. This was the first side to be...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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Here, I've inlayed the herringbone rosette, and a while ivoroid strip. The plane is used to shave down...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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Here's the two sides of the top glued together, getting ready to rout for the rosette. The color change...

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Uploaded on Feb 14, 2007

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Here's the ukulele in it's hard case, ready to be shipped out to California.

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Uploaded on Aug 21, 2006

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Here's the back of the ukulele.

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Uploaded on Aug 21, 2006

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Here's the top strung up with the new Gotoh tuners.

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Uploaded on Aug 21, 2006

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Here's the front of the ukulele with a small lightweight bridge installed. Originally, I was planning...

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Uploaded on Aug 7, 2006

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This ukulele was finished with nitrocellulose lacquer, then hand rubbed to the shine you see here.

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Uploaded on Aug 7, 2006

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Here's the completed fretboard, inlayed with the MOP, and fretted. The ukulele is getting close to the...

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Uploaded on Jul 28, 2006

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The neck is now bolted and glued to the soundbox, and the koa peghead veneer has been glued in place. ...

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Uploaded on Jul 6, 2006

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