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The best - sounding tub bass I've ever tried was designed by my late and sadly missed friend Marko Van Der Horst. His partner Shelley published instructions here: http://shelleyrickey.blogspot.co.uk/2009/08/washtub-bass.html After much research, the best sounding tub was found to be the 90 litre &qu...

Does anyone have any experience of what documentation I'll need to provide, (declaration of woods species, etc) in order to ship a new ukulele to a customer in the USA? I'm pretty clued up on what species to avoid, no shell inlay etc, but I am unsure of how to comply with any paperwork / document re...

I aim for 2.5-3mm air gap between the string and the fret crown at the 12th fret. (I use a drill bit as a gauge).

My bridges are usually about 7-8 mm tall with the saddle protruding by 2.5mm or so.

Rubner in Germany are very high quality.
http://rubner-markneukirchen.de/onlines ... 6bc4523fff

The scraps I used were a pre-bent soprano side in koa, a couple of unbent soprano ribs in Brazilian mahogany and a fretboard offcut in Indian rosewood. The pre-bent koa straightened out considerably after applying the waterborne lacquer. One of the flat ribs (16" long by 1/16" thick) I app...

I tried the General Finishes stuff on some scraps yesterday. I don't think it's going to be suitable for use on ukuleles. The water content is enough to cause the thin (1/16") woods to distort quite badly when it is first applied. A wash coat of shellac improved matters a bit, but there was sti...

https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t1.0-9/251509_1996448504544_1405083_n.jpg?oh=950d081aaab77d3d900ee4f0c74555ab&oe=56E53DBA This is fairly typical bracing for a soprano uke. The brace above the soundhole is flat; the one below is radiused. Likewise I use a radiused caul when g...

Yes - 35mm at the nut is pretty standard. My uke necks are 45mm at the body join for all body sizes and 12.5mm string spacing at the bridge.

Thanks Steve, Michael.

In the end, the owner of the banjo has decided to sell it on in "as-is" condition, so I won't get to do the repair after all

A friend from the British ukulele forum Uke Cosmos has just sent me this uke banjo neck in a very sorry state, hoping that I could simply replace the fretboard and everything would be OK. Unfortunately the neck has many problems beyond merely needing a fretboard replaced. As you can see, the thin (1...