Oh no – not another uke!
I’ve sold the Mostics 3018 CNC – it was just far too unreliable. It broke my heart everytime it went wrong and chewed up hours of work. So I’m not working on the Archtop Pineapple Uke at the moment.
Instead I’m making a conventional ukulele – flat top with braces – from reclaimed wood from an old desk. The draw sides and bottoms are make of some of the finest cedar that I’ve ever seen – lovely stuff. This will be used for the soundboard. The rest of the uke is made from mahogany – some from the desk, some from a chest of drawers and some from some wood my dad gave me.
Spot the dovetail ends of the wood for the sides – this was part of a drawer.
As you can see from the last photo, the back and sides are fitted inside the sides of the uke rather than being glued on top of the sides. This is basically because I think it will look nice and it means I won’t have to bind the edges. However, it isn’t easy to do – the bending of the sides is far more visible and getting the back and front to fit exactly is tricky. Going ok so far – the photo above shows the back.
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