Another Ukulele that seems a little hard to play. A very high action so the first job is to reduce the action height at the nut. Unfortunately the nut on this one was hollow so cutting deeper slots was not an option. The only choice is to cut a new one from Bone. Start with […]
Category: Acoustic
Ukulele Nut
Not quite a guitar but the owner was unhappy with the action on this Ukulele. The slots in the nut are very shallow giving it a very action at the first fret and so making it very difficult to play barre chords at the top of the neck. Quite a simple job. I took the […]
Spanish Acoustic – Final Update
Well its done. It didn’t come out quite as well as I would have liked. I just couldn’t find the right shade of wood veneer, but its better than the hole it had to start with! Click here to see the start of this project. A comment from the owner: “Thankyou very much George for […]
Spanish Acoustic – 2nd Update
Having chosen the piece of wood I’ve cut out a slot on the guitar and a matching slice of veneer. Glue the piece of veneer in place… Once the glue has dried, its sanded in to get a smooth surface and some lacquer it should look OK. To see the final results click here.
Spanish Acoustic – 1st Update
Things didn’t work out quite as I would have liked. The colour match wasn’t quite right and the damage to cover is a little too large. Since it’s in such a prominent position, right on top, it will need some closer attention. I’ve found some small pieces of wood veneer on e-bay, I just need to work out which […]
Spanish Acoustic
This one looks a little un-loved, in need of a good clean and a new set of strings. It does have one more complicated problem, its got a bit of a hole where something was dropped on it, ouch! Since the hole goes all the way through its going to be difficult to fill. I’ve […]