Ukulele Build : Installing binding on ukuleles

It was a very productive week! All of the ukulele bodies are together and sanded and cleaned up. The tail piece was installed on all of the ukes and the bodies are ready for binding.

Here are three of the 4 tenor ukuleles with the binding installed. The left is curly koa, the center is the white koa and the one on the right is ebony.

 

 

Look at that curly koa! This is going to be one beautiful uke. I’ve wiped a little bit of shellac on the back to show some of the curl and color.

Here are a few of 50 or 60 necks we are working on right now. With ukulele parts like necks, where you want them to look pretty much the same every time, it helps to do them in large batches. This should keep me busy for at least a year or two.

Here is a close up of that blonde uke with the ebony binding. Notice the white/black/white purfling around the ebony.

A quick shot of the Cuban Mahogany tenor with it’s binding.