Why this title?
My name is Marian. I've been studying lutherie for 4 years now and decided it was time to put down some of what I'm learning in an organized way. Since I already write a blog why not start a second one dedicated to building ukuleles? So here I am, still a novice but making different mistakes and learning and understanding more each time I build an instrument. I've just started on my fourth instrument, a tenor ukulele. I've built two concerts and one soprano to this point. Next question, what do I call the new blog. I thought about it for quite some time and then decided on Nuts, Frets, and Fingerboards. Why that? Well, each of those words denotes a part of a ukulele. Sometimes I think I'm nuts for having started down this road. Sometimes I say, 'Nuts' (and a few other choice words) when things go sideways. I do quite a lot of fretting when I'm trying to get the details right. And the fingerboards are just fingerboards. I study with master luthier Jake P...