Feb 13, 2017 | FEATURED, lutherie
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...
Oct 18, 2016 | FEATURED, short-scale bass
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...
Aug 31, 2016 | FEATURED, IU Workshop
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...
Jun 3, 2016 | FEATURED, lutherie
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...
Apr 9, 2016 | 2016 Reno Ukulele Festival, FEATURED
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...