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Bryan, Clay, Chuck,Thanks so very much! I have really tweaked thing's over the years to improve the balance and sound, making the sides thicker, leaving linings square, thick brass tailpiece. The sound produced from such a small body is always amazing and out of proportion and the tone on the spruce...

Normally I use two fan braces and two braces either side of the sound hole, I have been making them for 13 years now with slight variations internally and in scale length, My fingerboards cover solid wood and not open space so the free area of the soundboard is the sounding part, The back is minimal...

A Ukulele is a good grounding for learning the guitar, though a bullet proof acoustic model is too be recommended, My My first Son when he was 3 year old(18 now) had a hand made soprano acoustic. Had is the operative word! My other children had stick Dulcimers, one of which survived. There is someth...

Most of the parts for this were bought from Stewmac 8 years ago, So the telecaster pickup is from them, It had been in a drawer and was scratched quite a bit but this was made quickly on a budget for someone. I shielded the cavities with copper foil tape and the pick-guard too making sure the pickup...

I normally make a small number of these a year between other commissions, this Stick Dulcimer is made using Steamed French Walnut offcuts from a furniture workshop, Birch from an old sofa and offcuts of German Spruce from a guitar soundboard. This is one of my 580mm scaled instruments that I am incr...

Tru-oil body finish on the ash and neck with the body grain filled with Rustins oak grain filler before sanding and oil fnishing.

Nearly forgot the back shot, I used string through ferrules on this one.

It was nice to be asked to make an Electric Ukulele again, not made one for years! My normal day job is making Lyres, harps and Kanteles so this is a nice relief, The neck was made around 2003 from my original batch and has a standard martin soprano scale( I normally use Stewmac mandolin fingerboard...