Sunday, September 18, 2016

Birth of the Franken-Uke: Todd builds a ukulele!

Road Trip Prep:  Creating the FrankenUke

One challenge I faced was figuring out how to make good use of car time. Looping the United States in six weeks meant a lot of hours in the car. What could I do to make it educational...and FUN?  Of course...build a Ukulele!!!

I bought a do-it-yourself kit off  of Amazon that made it pretty easy.



Step one:  Attach the neck. Wood glue, a C-clamp and...Voila!


Then, paint the ukulele's neck...

...and the body.

Use tape to make stripes...

...for a cool Van Halen look!

Use wood glue and a C-clamp to attach the fret board.

Add the tuning keys...

...and attach the strings!





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