There is a full size plan on the last page of the pdf file. Note that these are digital downloads for your ease and convenience to print up to 3 copies to use for your ukulele building aspirations. The following ukulele plans, designs and instructions are free. These are the drawings i used to build my tenor ukulele. Plan is shipped folded in an envelope product information item weight 0.
Free mechanical drawings 16 free musical instrument plans. Tenor ukulele plan woodworking uke plan templates musical. Some of the plans are excellent, giving a great deal of. The ukulele plans require basic to expert woodworking skills depending on the specific guitar project undertaken. If you click on an ad or link we may receive a fee or a commission if you purchase an item. There are a number of tunings but for the soprano, the concert and the tenor ukes the most common tuning is known as the c tuning or gcea. This plan was made after a martin ukulele from the 40s. Tenor ukulele plans pdf what makes the perfect woodworking plan. This is the intermediate size of the ukulele family. A very detailed plan for a tenor ukulele 17 scale length. But note that the fourth string g is a high g and one tone below the first string which is the a. County must include scaled floor plans and a scaled plot plan.
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Having an experienced guitar builder such as pat to turn to for advice gave me the courage to build one. It features a moderately complicated marquetry rosette. If your ukulele is not in tune, no amount of effort or hard work will help you sound better. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. You can also download the sketchup cad model of the ukulele.
Always read the ukulele plans carefully and make sure that there is enough information provided for you to be able to complete the project before you invest in materials. The ukulele has transcended its origins, and can be used to play many kinds of music. A homemade hawaiian cigar box ukulele popular mechanics june, 1917 in the pines cigar box ukulele lesson from onehand dan russell. Note that these are digital downloads for your ease. This is a terrific write up from woodgears with tutorials, videos and free plans for you to. Ukulele woodworking plans, woodworking projects for beginners. Quick navigation ukulele building luthiers lounge top. This listing is for the printed paper plans version of my michael j king tenor ukulele 4 x a1 printed paper sheets full size, folded for easy delivery anywhere in the world. Free ukulele plans pdf download informer technologies free download ukulele plans pdf files at software informer powerful building and drafting tools help design professionals quickly create plans according to standard building practices. Download the pdf if you plan to view or print the plan. I could explain it here, but brett over at ukulele tricks does a great job demonstrating the basic first position c major scale.
My friend pat hawley encouraged me to try to build a ukulele. This uke plan is similar to all of our other plans, and shares many details with the other ukes. Acoustic travel ukulele free plans bennie jones october 28, 2016 at 2. Im sorry, i couldnt figure out how to do a tulipette. Includes all dimensions and specifications, a fret chart, bracing profiles and more. My friend pat hawley encouraged me to try to build a ukulele having an experienced guitar builder such as pat to turn to for advice gave me the courage to build one. Sometimes, it is in the slightly out of tune toy piano or ukulele where we. Concert size ukulele body template in pdf format music guitar, ukulele, acoustic. In turn, there is a good chance your confidence will deflate. The plans were incredibly helpful for cutting the shape of the neck, fretboard, and fret positions. Jun 4, 2017 tenor ukulele plan is a full working drawing. Every element placed in the plan has commonly used defaults to make the design process efficient. But i have no idea of the real neck to body joint, so i drew a dovetail mortise and tenon. Remove the paper carefully, so as not to mar the surface, soaking it if necessary.
Im not going to write step by step plans on how to build it, but i will give give some hints and helps. Our fullsize drawings will cut out a lot of the guesswork, and let you focus on the woodworking part of building your masterpiece. A down and outward pluck with the pad of your right thumb generally on the g or c string a downward motion using your right hand fingernails over the high strings generally on the c, e, and a strings. Stepbystep instructions from the early 1900s, including a detailed diagram, on building a cigar box ukulele. All master ukulele plans include 5 fullscale diagrams of the ukulele plan, sections, bracing layouts, brace templates and much more. But once i got started, i experimented with how i could build it without the specialized equipment that many guitar builders use. The free ukulele plans require basic to expert woodworking skills depending on the specific guitar project undertaken. Please check out the ukeoke app for ios and android with easy chords, backing tracks and lyrics for over 2000 hit songs. At first i searched online for free ukulele plans, i did not find much variety, and. Microsoft word acoustic travel ukulele plans compressed. Acoustic travel ukulele free plans circuits and strings. I printed the fretboard guide for the travel ukulele he came out being an inch and 58 wide can you give me a measurement from the 04 to the 12th fret to check my proper printing size thank you very much cool instruments. Ive been asked a lot of questions about how to build one over the years. Stepbystep blueprints tenor ukulele plans pdf stepbystep blueprintshow to tenor ukulele plans pdf for custom garage plans.
Next, work on studying all the natural notes up to the 5th fret. This neat ukulele was made at a cost of 30 cents, by careful selection of materials from the shop scrap stock. Tenor cutaway ukulele with maple body, walnut fingerboard, and kula electronics blue stain. All plans can be downloaded for free as pdf files that print on paper 36 inches by 24 inches. The specifications for the plans have been taken from my experience with thousands of ukuleles over the past 30 years. Ukulele build john anthony guitars, luthiers plans. We offer a widerange of body types and styles for fun little instruments. Tenor ukulele with mahogany top, back, and sides, mahogany neck, and rosewood fingerboard natural. This is a handy fretting scale length template, with four separate fretboard templates showing fret placement for 16inch, 17inch tenor ukulele, 18inch and 19inch baritone ukulele. That basic shape covers the bottom three strings, so all you have to add is the open gstring and a on the 2nd fret, gstring. Concert size ukulele body template in pdf format ukulele. Been toying with the idea of a 14 scale uke for a while and finally got a little time spare to make a start. Ukulele plans these are the drawings i used to build my tenor ukulele you can download this profile as a png file which you can use with the free eval.
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