This document summarizes the process of making a soprano pineapple ukulele with a cedar top. It describes cutting the cedar top from a log and using a jig to bend the sides. It then shows gluing the top and back on, adding braces, and binding the sides in white trim. The final images show the fretboard being cut and frets added, and the neck being attached to complete the ukulele.

1. Soprano Pineapple Ukulele

2. Cutting the Cedar
Top
I made this ukulele with a cedar
top cut from this log. It gives the
instrument a smooth, mellow tone.

3. Body Jig
This is the jig I made to build this
ukulele and let the sides set after
bending them.

4. Hot Iron
This is what people use to bend
sides when they have smaller scale
operations. It is not much to look
at, but it does wonders!

5. Sides in the Jig
This is after bending the sides, and
gluing one side of Kerfling on.
(Which is what helps hold the top
and back on)

6. Top and Rosette
Isn't it amazing this beautiful top
came from that ugly log. I added
this nice rosette around the sound
hole to add some flare.

7. Back and Braces
Here I am chiseling away at the
back braces on the mahogany back.

8. Back being
Attached
The back being glued on to the
sides. A lot of clamps and rubber
bands!

9. Back and Sides
After the marriage of the back and
sides, it is beginning to come
together.

10. Gluing the Braces
on the Sound Board
I bet you didn’t think so many
clamps could fit on such a small
space.

11. Top Braces
The braces after being filed,
chiseled, and sanded. I beefed up
the braces on this one since cedar
tends to be a little more brittle than
spruce or mahogany.

12. Top being Attached
Cedar top finally meeting the
mahogany sides and back.

13. Binding and
Cleaning
I cut the sides down, and binded
them in white trim. I thought the
white trim accented the cedar
better than black would.

14. Neck Cutting
Rough cut of the neck before I
started smoothing it down.

15. Rear View
Same cut, different angle.

16. Fret Board
Beginnings
Starting to cut the slots in the fret
board. I decided to use mahogany
as the fret board as opposed to rose
wood. Mahogany just fit the look
better.

17. Cut and Fretted
Final shape of the fret board with
all of the frets installed.

18. Body and Neck
Attaching the neck to the body. Its
starting to get near completion.

19. Front View

20. Back View
The mahogany has some nice curls
that give it a very cool look.

21. Finished Product
Finished product. Set up with
custom made bridge, Grover
tuners, and comes equipped with
D’Addario strings.