Telecaster Electric Ukulele

I love Telecasters. I love ukuleles.

These two loves combined to form the Telecaster Ukulele!

Much of the work that went into this project is the same that would be done on a full sized electric guitar build.

I modeled this electric ukulele after a Midnight Wine Standard Telecaster.

http://ukeland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSCN6801.jpg

The body is made of 1.5 inch thick alder.

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The neck and fretboard are formed from one solid piece of maple. The scale length is 15", which makes for a "concert" sized ukulele.

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After the body was routed, I put some grain filler on the wood before I sealed the body.

http://ukeland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/DSCN7137.jpg

Before I painted the body, I made sure that all of the parts fit properly.
Nitrocellulose primer, Midnight Wine paint, and clear gloss were used to finish the body.

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I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Here it is in action!!

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Cool, is that a bass bridge, or is that a custom deal?

That is nice!

Cool, is that a bass bridge, or is that a custom deal?


It a four string cigar box guitar/ukulele bridge that I found on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-STRING-GUITAR-BRIDGE-CHROME-CIGAR-UKULELE-TENOR-BASS-/190512763769

Very cool!!!!

congrats!!!

Well done!

I built one very similar to yours a little while back. Mine is a soprano scale neck and I outsourced the neck.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lawojuu4ox1qc3y2ro1_500.jpg

Great! I always want an ukutele

Nice job but wow .... those are large pictures. I'm sure that Nikon has a lower resolution setting.

does the neck taper in the opposite way from usual? or is that an illusion?

Nice work; I like the Midnight Wine.

Is your body cross-grained? The pics make it look like it is; if so, that's an unusual choice. With lower uke string tension, though, it might not matter, especially on such a thick piece.

Looks good!

does the neck taper in the opposite way from usual? or is that an illusion?

It does look that way, but it is an illusion because of the string angles . It actually doesn't have a taper. It's the same width at the nut as is at the end of the neck.

Is your body cross-grained? The pics make it look like it is; if so, that's an unusual choice.

Yep, the grain is the wrong way. I had an end piece of wood that would only fit the ukulele body if I turned it sideways.

Where did you find the midnight wine color?

Where did you find the midnight wine color?

I got it from Reranch. http://reranchstore.stores.yahoo.net/fencuscol.html

A bit rough around the edges, but none the less very cool.

I've got a couple grandsons that would each love one of those. I think I now have a couple more projects to do before next christmas.

Here is mine:

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17" scale

What string gauges & tunings are you guys using? I'm using the top 4 from a set of electric .010s, string seams really high.

Steve

I love Telecasters. I love ukuleles.

These two loves combined to form the Telecaster Ukulele!

Much of the work that went into this project is the same that would be done on a full sized electric guitar build.

I modeled this electric ukulele after a Midnight Wine Standard Telecaster.



The body is made of 1.5 inch thick alder.



The neck and fretboard are formed from one solid piece of maple. The scale length is 15", which makes for a "concert" sized ukulele.







After the body was routed, I put some grain filler on the wood before I sealed the body.



Before I painted the body, I made sure that all of the parts fit properly.
Nitrocellulose primer, Midnight Wine paint, and clear gloss were used to finish the body.




I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Here it is in action!!

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Just wanted to see it in action so I fixed the YouTube link.
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