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Travel Uke from a Fallen Tree

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A walnut ukulele with an aluminum piece routing strings at it's base which is facing the camera. The neck of the instrument extends away from the viewer and is held at an angle by a hand with striped sheets in the background.

When faced with what to build from the trimmings of the walnut tree in her yard, [Amy Quian] decided to build a headless travel ukulele. [via MAKE:] Headless instruments relocate …read more Continue reading Travel Uke from a Fallen Tree→

Some Strings Attached: Electric Tenor Guitar Built From Scratch

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Sven Gregori

It’s no secret that we have a soft spot for musical instruments here at Hackaday, especially for the weird and unusual ones. An instrument that definitely fits the unusual category is the four-string tenor guitar, which — as legend has it — originated back in the 1920s by frankensteining a …read more

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