Instruments
Roger’s Luthier Work
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#4 Sequoia Banjo Ukulele
I built this tenor banjolele for my son, Zak Sequoia. I steam-bent the rim and added segmented bubinga edges. The Big Tree fretboard inlay is padauk and other woods. I inlaid the heel cap in a redwood cone design with… Continue reading
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#3 Indy Banjo Ukulele
This tenor banjolele was built in 2019 as a gift for my friend Tom Aust, who managed my Carpet One flooring store for years. The steam-bent rim and neck are cherry with bubinga accents. Tom was raised in Indianapolis, and… Continue reading
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#2 Soprano Ukulele Kit
This was my first ukulele, built from a Stewart MacDonald kit as a Christmas gift for my wife Katherine, in the midst of completing my Evolution banjo in 2012. The sides were pre-bent mahogany, the top and back were pre-cut… Continue reading
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#1 Evolution 5 String Banjo
This was the first instrument I built, starting in 2009 and finishing in 2013. I built it from scratch, following Roger Siminoff’s Constructing a 5 String Banjo and a book on shell Inlay. The ideas for the fretboard inlays and… Continue reading
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Guitar Kit
Don “Powder” Lowder, a good friend of my brother Dave, started building a dreadnought guitar kit, a gift from his wife. He made good progress, completing a beautifully built body, with rosette, bindings & purflings, and routing the pockets for… Continue reading
Project Type: Instruments
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Mountain Dulcimer
Howard Replogle, of Ebi Ukuleles, has started building dulcimers. wood rosewood tuners good ones Continue reading
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Cribbage Board
As I built the #5 Baritone, my first all wood ukulele from scratch, I wanted to practice some of the techniques beforehand. Rather than just use scraps to discard, I decided to make a uke-shaped cutting board. I practiced cutting… Continue reading
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