Showing posts with label Sopranino. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sopranino. Show all posts

Monday, 11 July 2011

Cigar Box Sopranino, Nearly Finished...




This is serial no. 4 and my second cigar box uke.  Western red cedar top, laburnum fretboard, sapele neck and ash bridge.  Sopranino scale.  Sounds fantastic in D tuning.

Friday, 29 April 2011

Cigar Box Sopranino Completed




Cigar box sopranino finally finished, note the cool multi-coloured  strings.  This one already has a home, will get a video up soon...

Monday, 25 April 2011

Cigar Box Sopranino, oil finish


Pores filled on the neck, oil finish started.  Really brings the fir top to life.

Saturday, 23 April 2011

Cigar Box Sopranino


Mini cigar box uke prior to finishing, tuned ebgd an octave higher than baritone.  Made from an old solid cedar Henri Wintermans cigar box.  Bookmatched Douglas fir top (off-cut), sapele neck (off-cut), and English laburnum fingerboard/bridge.