Ukuleles on Strings And Tines

La Palina Cigar Box

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 00:00:00 +0000

I made this Uke as a gift for a good friend of ours. Her husband had given me a bunch of cigar boxes when he learned I liked to make instruments. As a thank you, I made them this Ukulele. She actually knows how to play the Ukulele so I was happy to make this one to add to her collection. The neck is made from a water ski that somebody threw away. I used a door strike plate to hold the strings, and the emergency key that comes with door knobs as the bridge. Scroll down for a few pictures from the build!

Dutch Masters Cigar Box Ukulele

Sun, 16 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000

I made this Uke as a gift for my brother in law, who is a chef. I wanted to add a couple of kitchen touches, so the bridge is made from a spatula handle, the strings are held in place by a leaf from a vegetable steamer, and the sound hole has a cheese grater as its cover. The neck was made from butcher block scrap wood.

The finished product

Star Wars Lunchbox

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

I had a great time making this Uke from a Star Wars lunchbox. I shaped the neck entirely by hand so it would taper at the headstock, and added a piezo so it can be played through an amplifier. It’s too bad my fingers are too big to play this comfortably, which is why I can’t play it very well. Actually, I don’t really know how to play Ukulele, so that may also have something to do with it.