One of the beauties of building a cigar box uke is that there are few rules in terms of what it should look like. Of course you would like it to sound as good as possible so there are some rules of acoustic physics that are pretty well non-negotiable, but unlike building say a Martin copy you are not limited to what someone else says looks right.
The neck that i will be using for this project is off a Chinese made Ohana ukulele (probably about a £30 one) - Its quite a pretty looking one i think.... but I dont want to build something that is so obviously 'not mine'. So how might i make my mark on it? Well chop off the distinctive shape on the end of course!
The headstock has the Ohana logo on it. I wasnt sure if it was inlaid or printed (if it was printed it would be easy to rub off) Amazingly, it was inlaid (not with mother of pearl i suspect ;-) which meant a fair amount of sanding required to get back to a flat surface (which incidently is a veneer and is now very very thin)
Final result? - I rather like :-)
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