Make Your Own Ukulele: The Essential Guide to Building, Tuning, and Learning to Play the Uke
Autor Bill Planten Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2012
It’s no wonder that the popularity of the ukulele is quickly rising. It’s a versatile instrument that is easy to play ߝ yet can also handle complex chord patterns. A good quality handmade ukulele has beautiful tone and is a delight to play, but also very expensive…unless you make your own!
Inside this book readers will learn how to make two different ukuleles. For beginning woodworkers, a basic box-shaped ukulele is included. For those looking for a more sophisticated project, instructions are included for making a professional grade soprano ukulele. Detailed woodworking plans, instructions and demonstration photographs are included for both projects.
Basic information for tuning, setup and playing your new ukulele are also included. Sidebars, tips and trivia add personality and a bit of fun to this great project book.
Inside this book readers will learn how to make two different ukuleles. For beginning woodworkers, a basic box-shaped ukulele is included. For those looking for a more sophisticated project, instructions are included for making a professional grade soprano ukulele. Detailed woodworking plans, instructions and demonstration photographs are included for both projects.
Basic information for tuning, setup and playing your new ukulele are also included. Sidebars, tips and trivia add personality and a bit of fun to this great project book.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781565235656
ISBN-10: 1565235657
Pagini: 95
Ilustrații: color photos throughout
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN-10: 1565235657
Pagini: 95
Ilustrații: color photos throughout
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 6 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: Fox Chapel Publishing
Cuprins
Chapter 1: Designing a Ukulele:
*How it all works, Design considerations. Acoustic considerations.
Chapter 2. Selecting Construction Wood:
* Where to buy, Grading, Types of wood and their characteristics.
Chapter 3: Construction of the Soprano Ukulele
* Thicknessing the tonewood. Resawing, Thickness sanding, Lathe drum sander, Drill press sander, Cabinet scraper,
* Front and back panels. Joining bookmatch panels, Truing the joint edges, Gluing
* Bending the ribs. Shop built bending iron, Electric bending iron, Using a bending iron, pattern, and jig. Bending figured wood.
* Body assembly. Heel and neck blocks, Lining, Fitting the soundboard. Routing the top, Bracing the soundboard, Tuning the soundboard,
* Binding, Types of binding, making rope binding, Rebating and fitting binding, gluing.
* Neck construction. Sawing the head angle, Neck joints, Bandsawing the neck shape, Shaping and sanding.
* Fingerboard. Scale length, Setout, Cutting the slots, Marker dots, Fitting and finishing the frets.
* Fitting the neck to the body.
* Back, bracing and fitting.
* Bridge construction.
* Pickups, Types of pickups, fitting.
* Nut construction and slotting.
* Fitting the bridge
* Finishing, Sanding, Grain fillers, Coating,
Chapter 4. The Easy Ukulele Project
* Tools required for the job, Materials list.
* Making the box
* Making a neck, Cutting out the neck with a handsaw. Shaping and sanding
* Fingerboard. Fitting the frets.
* Fitting the neck.
* Bridge construction
* Nut construction
Chapter 5. Set Up and Play Your Ukulele
*How to set up the playing action of your ukulele
*Tuning the ukulele
*How to play a ukulele
* C and F chords.
* First song, Polly Wolly Doodle
Tips, Sidebars on uke playing and cultural references of the uke throughout.
*How it all works, Design considerations. Acoustic considerations.
Chapter 2. Selecting Construction Wood:
* Where to buy, Grading, Types of wood and their characteristics.
Chapter 3: Construction of the Soprano Ukulele
* Thicknessing the tonewood. Resawing, Thickness sanding, Lathe drum sander, Drill press sander, Cabinet scraper,
* Front and back panels. Joining bookmatch panels, Truing the joint edges, Gluing
* Bending the ribs. Shop built bending iron, Electric bending iron, Using a bending iron, pattern, and jig. Bending figured wood.
* Body assembly. Heel and neck blocks, Lining, Fitting the soundboard. Routing the top, Bracing the soundboard, Tuning the soundboard,
* Binding, Types of binding, making rope binding, Rebating and fitting binding, gluing.
* Neck construction. Sawing the head angle, Neck joints, Bandsawing the neck shape, Shaping and sanding.
* Fingerboard. Scale length, Setout, Cutting the slots, Marker dots, Fitting and finishing the frets.
* Fitting the neck to the body.
* Back, bracing and fitting.
* Bridge construction.
* Pickups, Types of pickups, fitting.
* Nut construction and slotting.
* Fitting the bridge
* Finishing, Sanding, Grain fillers, Coating,
Chapter 4. The Easy Ukulele Project
* Tools required for the job, Materials list.
* Making the box
* Making a neck, Cutting out the neck with a handsaw. Shaping and sanding
* Fingerboard. Fitting the frets.
* Fitting the neck.
* Bridge construction
* Nut construction
Chapter 5. Set Up and Play Your Ukulele
*How to set up the playing action of your ukulele
*Tuning the ukulele
*How to play a ukulele
* C and F chords.
* First song, Polly Wolly Doodle
Tips, Sidebars on uke playing and cultural references of the uke throughout.
Notă biografică
Bill Plant is a woodworker from Australia where he has taught furniture design, joinery and general woodworking at a local college (Goulburn Ovens TAFE). He also teaches private classes. He has been published in Australian Wood Review, Australian Woodworker, Practical Woodworking (UK), Good Woodworking UK) and IO magazine. He has written brochures for Mitre 10 (an Australian hardware chain). He has a degree in fine arts including photography and has studied writing. He has taught over 300 people how to play the ukulele and has started several ukulele groups. When he is not surfing in South Australia or touring the desert, tropical rain forests, beaches and reefs---you’ll find him in his shop playing or making ukuleles.
Descriere
Inside this book, readers will learn how to make ukuleles, from the basic box-shaped instrument to more professional grade designs. Detailed plans, instructions, and demonstration photographs are included with tips and trivia to add personality and fun.