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Original Post By:
Rob Uker
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Date: 2/8/2016 3:22:31 PM |
Go to the link below to see an amazing video from 1917 of a ukulele being made.
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/1917-making-ukulele |
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Posted By:
poster one
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Date: 2/8/2016 8:41:37 PM |
| WOW!!
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Posted By:
Dave Means
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Date: 2/9/2016 1:04:21 PM |
That is indeed the way the more primitive ukes were made in the original Hawaiian style that evolved from the Madeiran machetes. By the '20s and '30s, nearly all non-Island builders had adopted more sophisticated methods because the original Island-style ukes were very prone to cracking in a Mainland environment, had little control of symmetrical body shape and neck alignment, and were limited to 12 frets by the lack of a separate fretboard.
I'll guarantee that Martin and Gibson never built a uke that way!
These days, the Island builders have adopted the Mainland methods, by and large.
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Posted By:
Ukulele Rob
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Date: 2/12/2016 1:17:11 PM |
| Wow! Many thanks.
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