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Figure 10
shows what the ukulele-to-be should
look like once you have finished test-mounting
the neck. If the neck heel extends below the bot-
tom of the cigar box, you can file/sand the over-
hang away.
Once you’re confirmed everything is good, you
can go ahead and remove the neck, in prepara-
tion for attaching the fretboard.
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In this section we will cover how to get the fret-
board glued onto the neck. The first thing to do is
decide whether you want the fretboard to extend out over the box. This is up to you, since having the fret-
board extend out over the body makes the build a little more complicated… but it does make the instrument
more versatile when played.
This guide shows the simpler method of cutting off the excess part of the fretboard so that it does not extend
out over the box.
Step 1—Dry Fit the Fretboard and Cut off Excess Length
Line up your fretboard on top of the neck, leaving about
⅛
” (3mm) of room for the nut to be glued in place be-
low where the neck angles into the headstock, as shown in
Figure 11
.
Mark a line where the top edge of the fret board will be on the neck.
There are two options as to how the fret board can be mounted onto the neck. You can either have the fret-
This mark was made with a
scratch awl through the
holes drilled in the side of
the cigar box, with the neck
held in moun
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on.
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