Have you ever heard the phrase about knowing just enough to be dangerous? That’s me that is!

“Kung Fuke!”

Last month I made the decision to make myself an electric ukulele. It’s not something I’ve ever done before but I thought that it might be fun to give it a go.

Ever since then I’ve been fretting over the ukulele neck part of the build. Whilst I know that I could easily buy one, I’d really like to make my own. And being a long-time guitarist I kind of know just enough about guitar necks to realise that there may be more to this than meets the eye.

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I’m on the cusp of something brilliant… I can feel it!

The more observant amongst you may have realised that this blog is called the Ukulele Blog. That’s not by accident. I love ukuleles. Actually, I love musical instruments of all descriptions. I always have. I started teaching myself to play guitar some 28 years ago and I’ve been hooked ever since. I guess it’s in my blood.

The Ukulele Furies!

You may also have noticed that I’ve recently started getting excited about Electric Ukulele. It’s a fairly new obsession. Check out my post on fitting a piezo pickup to one of my acoustic ukuleles to see me dipping my toes in the water. A piezo pickup is all well and good, but wouldn’t it be cool if I had an actual electric ukulele with metal strings and a real pickup! And wouldn’t it be even cooler if I made it myself!

That’s exactly what I was thinking!

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