Australian/New Zealand Luthiers Forum

Hello all.

John got a job to build a biscuit uke. Customer supplied the tin (sans contents)
So ... it plays well. It's good fun. Sounds like a cross between a banjo and a uke. Through an amplifier it ramps up enough to suit a metal player ... according to John. He has all the specs and tech detail ... I just take the photos.

Regards Pete and John

Ha! all you need to go with that is a nice cup of tea.

Jim

Looks awesome, I want one

Col

You might have to wait a long while, Col.

This is definitely a one-off. I thought this would be a SIMPLE build, ha ha!! ... The tin was supplied (50 cents at a garage sale); all it seemingly needed was a concert-scale neck, fretboard, tuners, bridge/saddle, tailpiece and some strings. Turned out it was anything BUT simple (the tin's lid is decoratively embossed so getting the bridge to sit properly brought it's own challenges). Many, many evenings and weekends went into the build, and I had originally only quoted $150. Silly me - the K&K pickup alone was close to a hundred bucks. We live & learn, but I had a whole lot of fun getting this baby finished, and learnt an awful lot in the process about engineering & building something without using a scaled plan.

Cheers!

Thanks for the heads up on the embossed lid, I will definitely make one with a flat lid. There are plenty of biscuit tins around at this time of year, so shouldn't be too hard to find one.

Cheers

Col

a very Tasty instrument