It’s been a while since I posted any progress on my Sharkfin Ukulele build. That’s because I haven’t done a great deal with it. I’ve been waiting for parts and busying myself in other ways. Now it’s starting to get cold, I’m going to find it increasingly hard to motivate myself. Will this be a mad rush to beat the snow?
Danger! Electric Uke! |
When I last posted, I’d knocked together a Mark 1 of the pattern and speculated that the tuning pegs would be key to getting everything sweet. How right I was!
Well look here! The Grovers are too big for my pattern! Rather than to make a bigger uke… I reverted to my backup tuning pegs… |
This picture is a bit grainy, but it shows the Mark 2 pattern a bit better. The scale length is 347mm with 12 frets which is exactly the same as my Barnes & Mullins Bowley soprano uke. |
And here are the paper templates I’ll use to cut the body and fretboard to size. |
I’m not sure of my next steps. Most likely it’ll be to tackle the templates and get stuck into the body shaping. Watch this space!
Hi King Uke,
Watching your Sharkfin build with great interest, definitely a possible future build.. Looking good so far!!!
Cheers
Moz
Thanks Moz. I’m close to finishing it now… just waiting for it to warm up in my garage so I can restart.