What’s with the bridge?

What’s with the bridge?

The New Drilled-Through Bridge In our most recent ukulele builds we’ve changed over to a drilled-through bridge. There are a number of reasons for this and we’ll go over them here. Besides looking very clean and simple, the drilled-through bridge offers...
Cutting soundboards and backboards

Cutting soundboards and backboards

As I rehabilitate my shoulder, I’m doing what I can in the shop, making the various bits and pieces I need for building our ukuleles. I’ve got some beautiful Poplar and a nice piece of Mango that we’ve been cutting up. Poplar is so varied. It’s...
Headless or not? That is the question.

Headless or not? That is the question.

Headless or not? As we’ve been playing our first solid body electric basses, we’ve definitely noticed the weight, particularly after playing ukuleles. Our v1.x basses, while lighter than most full-size basses, still are quite hefty. So the notion of going...
Workshop – V2.2_opt.B

Workshop – V2.2_opt.B

Design of the workshop continues apace Space planning is fascinating to me. We recently re-designed our kitchen and it is now a functional masterpiece. You won’t see it’s modest design featured in Architectural Digest but whether you’re cooking for...
Back to the bass drawing board

Back to the bass drawing board

So the “California” bass gave us a LOT of information and we’re incorporating some changes into the next design in the development of our short-scale bass. Here’s a bit of a rundown on the changes. Scale Length We’re actually going to...
We’re just about ready for Reno

We’re just about ready for Reno

Our favorite show of the year, the Reno Ukulele Festival, is right around the corner. After a very successful show in Palm Springs in February, we hit the ground running and went right back to the shop. And now, after a lot of steady work, we’re ready for Reno...