Sunday, August 29, 2010

Home stretch for Glyph!

I just got an update from Dave Means last night about my Glyph mezzo-soprano. It sounds like we're a couple of weeks from completion. Things are looking pretty good for my "mini-Jake" ukulele. It's been a while since I've bought a uke, and I can honestly say I haven't felt any UAS for quite a while now, but I'm getting a little excited to finally get my hands on this one. After all, it is three and a half years in the making. I guess I got to get going on getting proficient on a new song so I can post a halfway decent video with it once it arrives.

Anyway, onto the pics:

Fine tuning the fit of the neck to the body


Pressing in the frets


The fretted board


Gluing on the fretboard


Gluing on the headstock overlay


Drilling the holes for the tuner shafts


Cleaning up the headstock slots


Ramping the headstock slots


Test-fitting the neck


The uke after fitting the neck


Close-up of the headstock (the tuners are not screwed in yet)