Headless Gourd Shaped Ukulele

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<p>This Soprano size ukulele is a 3 piece design:</p> <ul> <li>Body</li> <li>Fretboard</li> <li>Bridge</li> </ul> <p>It has no conventional headstock i.e. headless, in order to minimize overall length. Instead, the tuning pegs are located at the tail end.</p> <p>It has a groove in the neck to accommodate a neck rod to stiffen it as most 3D printed plastic is too bendy under string tension.</p> <p>Use something like this for the in-neck rod:</p> <p><a href="http://www.acpsales.com/.125-x-.325-Rectangular-Rod.html">http://www.acpsales.com/.125-x-.325-Rectangular-Rod.html</a></p> <p>Also it is meant to be fitted with simple friction tuners like this:</p> <p>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00E3UA3JQ</p> <p>You can hear/see a demo of it on Youtube <a href="https://youtu.be/MWWb5VRRV_g">https://youtu.be/MWWb5VRRV_g</a></p> <h3>How I Designed This</h3> <p><strong>OpenSCAD</strong></p> Category: Music