Recently my daughter has started getting into playing the ukulele, I ran across the instructables post and it seemed like a pretty straightforward project, so I went for it. Video of it playing (terribly) in the substack post. I hope you all enjoy the read.
I 3d printed the ukulele from instructables and wrote about it
12 Comments
OptimistPrime@feddit.de · 8 pts · 3y
Cool stuff, but seriously consider getting your daughter a decent wooden one if she keeps being interested. They don't have to cost hundreds of dollars but something around $50 will give you a decent beginners instrument. From my experience plastic ukuleles sound terrible and are somehow not as easy to play.
mortalic@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Thank you, she does have a pretty decent one, this project was mostly just for fun and now she can choose between a pretty one and a normal one.
ZILtoid1991@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Nice, now play an apology song on it!
squaresinger@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y
Sounds better than I expected
mortalic@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
That was my thoughts. It's got a little twangy to it, and if you play it next to a normal uke there is a definite difference, but for what it is, I was really happy.
squaresinger@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
I expected it to snare like a cracked bowl, but it really doesn't at all.
whereisdani_r@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Thanks for sharing the resource! The documentation people like you share is very helpful in making these projects less daunting
mortalic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
My pleasure, it was a fun project.
properlypurple@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 3y
The ukulele actually sounds quite okay, and it looks like you had fun making this. 🤘
Baines@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I have a plastic backed one with a wood front that has solid tone so I imagine this could work
after reading and listening to the result it sounds better than the wood type that tourists buy on the cheap
mortalic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Good point, it def splits the difference between tourist uke and quality uke. ANd at $34 you can't hardly argue.
sagrotan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Ukulele? Mekulele? Ourkulele!