Solid Body Electric Ukulele Build
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2021
- Here's my solid body electric ukulele build 2020/21
Acacia Body
Merbau Neck
Pre made concert scale fretboard and bridge (rosewood?)
Passive piezo rod
Low G wound Aquila strings 
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Nice! I haven’t tried to build a solid body yet. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks. Good luck when you do!
Fantastic build . Sounds great after the change over
Thanks! Yes it made a big difference.
That is a beautiful project. It looks and sounds great.
Thanks!
Great video, lovely finished instrument
Thank you
great job i should have said that first and great video it sound great
Uma luthieria de verdade é assim artesanalmente mais um belíssimo maravilhoso ukulele elétrico
Muito gentil. Obrigada!
Hello! I love this video! It is well edited and has beautiful camera work! I am wanting to build one of these myself, and was wondering where you got the hardware and fret board?
Hi. Thanks for the nice words! Fretboards I usually make myself, but this was a premise one off eBay. Can get from various online retailers. Same deal for the rest of the hardware. Local music shops may have also or could look for a broken one in a thrift store etc and salvage bits. Good luck with your build!
Love your work, is there any chance of getting full plans of this beauty?
Hi. No detailed plans, but a basic one. For future readers, this link may be dead. Will keep it on file for a while: www.dropbox.com/s/zk1l4on69r7bsq5/solid%20body%20uke.pdf?dl=0
@@MikeHawkey thanks!
A pleasure to greet you, I am a beginner in this of the lutheria, and because in my excitement I bought 2 preamp eq-7545, I wonder if I could do the same as you with the parts of this preamp, that of removing the preamp system and making a direct connection, would I need to buy another piezo, or the one that is included functional? Excuse me if it is not understood, it is that I do not speak English, I am using Google Translater, thank you very much for the videos, I watch and watch them again and again
Hi. I think you could do the same. You might choose to keep the preamp (with more sound adjustment) and hide it within the body cavity. Good luck!
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I have a question, where do you find the four string bridges and pickups
Hi, most music shops (if you have local ones) stock a range of ukulele strings usually in sets but some stock singles. Failing that online retailers or ebay. Same deal for pickups, but for ease i usually go via ebay or occasionally AliExpress- no specific traders I have to recommend.
@@MikeHawkey thank you, really
Nice build
Ive built a few guitars and basses but my current project is a 25" scale solid body uke bass. Im curious what electronics youre using
Thanks. This build was a no brand piezo amp, which was not great (to the degree i removed the preamp and put in a better rod and sorted the other end of the guitar cable). I much preferred the setup I had in an earlier video ‘the mini bass ukulele with no name’. I’ll probably follow a setup more like that when i give it another crack some time. Hope the 25” goes well!
Hi Mike, amazing job, im trying to build a similar kinda one can you please let me know the body size so that i can do the same .
Thank you
Hi, mine is a large concert/small tenor scale length - i suggest choosing the scale length you feel mist comfortable with and basing off that. I use this for calculating fret placement: www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/ (or can buy pre-made and just worry about bridge placement) Thickness wise 40-60mm. I like thinner visually but around the 50-60 feels better in hand. Good luck with build.
how did you measure for the bridge placement on your solid body ukulele is it the same as a guitar from 12 fret
Ultimately the same yes- double twelfth. Is a small change to compensate for the bridge type and height. Here is my go to when designing them: www.stewmac.com/fret-calculator/
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Grande música.
and the fret board scale did u use a reg guitar fret spacing or a uku fret spacing
Apologies- my last reply was incorrect. I thought it was for my telecaster build when I glanced at the image. I made the plans myself for this unit. Neck size is concert/tenor and fret spacing Is uke.
Super !!!
But in the end he removed the battery and put what in its place?
The active amp was rubbish, so switched to a good piezo rod and passive unit. Still works in a typical amp but not as boosted in volume.
@@MikeHawkey Yes without the battery it no longer saturates.
Thank you for all the info !
Other projects in sight?
@@fredero76 always something in the works… just real life and time the constant. Hopefully something a bit different but not as visually polished next month. Thanks for dropping by!
What was the cords at 15:10
Hi, that was a C - F - C - G7 - C - F - C - G -C. You now have the power to use my default strum test song!
Hi! Please tell me.. were can i find drawnings, for bulding electro ukulele? 😅 So inspired to build, But cant understand, how to do it properly.
Hi, very basic, but here is my outline plan for this one: www.dropbox.com/s/zk1l4on69r7bsq5/solid%20body%20uke.pdf?dl=0
Another option is to get a piezo rod or disc pickup and attach to any standard ukulele also. Good luck!
so cool
Thanks!
did you go by plans and where did you get the plans from
Hi, the base shape I used some plans from tdpri.com from memory, and then modified for some specific elements on this one. Thanks.
Actually sorry - I thought this was my Tele build when I replied. I made the plans for this myself.
sorry to ask so many question
Not a problem
Don't take it to kitchen or it'll have cut marks all over it. Nice little thing.
I am very confused. where are the pickups?
Piezo rod pickup under the bridge. Thanks for watching!
nice wood work, It look nice. But that tunning machine was too cheap.
Thanks. And yes, its fairly low end!
@@MikeHawkey keep on your works. You have good talent
So, what you have is a 4-string, solid body guitar tuned to G-C-E-A ? Cool.
@@gotherecom no stopping anyone calling it a piccolo 4 string guitar with alternative tuning! :)