Tim Spittle ukulele building workshop

[Wayde Christie]

Hi all,

I was lucky enough to spend a week building a ukulele with Tim Spittle recently, and I thought I'd record the process for posterity.

I met some top blokes at the course (including a few from this forum), and we all had a great time. If you have an interest in building a uke, I highly recommend you give Tim a yell. He's at http://www.australiantonewoods.com or TimS on this forum.

There are loads of photos and videos from the course here:

http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-1/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-2/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-3/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-4/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-5/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-6/
http://www.maluguitars.com.au/newcastle ... hop-day-7/

Hope you enjoy reading my blog posts as much as I enjoyed writing them

Cheers,

Wayde.

[Bob Gleason]

Wayde-Very nice detailed write-up. You spent some major time on that and it should be very useful to any builder who is thinking about taking a class. Especially nice to see your honesty in regards to things you had problems with. I've taken and presented lots of lutherie classes over the last 40 years, and learning from the mistakes is always a very big part of the experience. For the lutherie deranged, classes are an awesome experience in my book. The learning and the camaraderie just can't be beat. Enjoy your building! Bob http://www.pegasusguitars.com