Tenor Ukulele
Tenor Ukulele
27″ scale and arched top
This Tenor Ukulele idea came after building the first 2 soprano ukulele. I wanted a deeper sound ukulele but with a special arch top. I had to put this project aside until I got the right wood and tools to make it. It was worth the waite.
since the strings are nylon there is no need for a truss rod. And I was going to paint the whole body as I could glue the parts to get the thickness I needed
created the neck and got the tuner keys installed
to make this acoustic body I made some forms to bend and shape the sides
after laying my 3/32″ maple sides in worm water I was able to bend then and shape them with my forms
then I glued the head and tail inside the body
cut the neck tongue and body groove
made some mahogany kerfings and shaped them before gluing them
glued the kerfing
here starts the fun part, getting the top arch done with a very limited selection of tool…
after sanding the top form them I did the inside to the best 3/32″ thickness I could do
nice dry test
after marking and cutting the fret position I glued the fret board to the neck
drilled and filled the markers on the fret board with white epoxy
installed the tuner keys again cause I used the other on an other instrument, these ones are nicer…
made the maple bridge
stained the fret board
glued the neck to the body
made and glued the reinforced pieces inside
glued the top cover to the body
after painting the whole ukulele and making the black binding effect here is the final result. I am very happy with the sound but also with the playing( fingers have more space). thanks
hope u enjoyed
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