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Soprano guitalele
by jwnicholson
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Introducing the soprano guitalele - the newest instrument in my family of 3D printed ukes . A guitalele (or guitarlele, or ukitar) is a cross between ukulele and guitar, with six strings tuned like a guitar but the small size of a ukulele. You can choose between two models, a soprano guitalele, with 13.625 inch scale length, or a super soprano guitalele with a longer neck and 17 inch scale length. It's small size makes it an ideal travel instrument.
It turns out the 3 metal plated bass strings wear the 3D printed frets fairly quickly. To deal with this, I have designed a new fretboard with replaceable frets. This way, when a fret gets worn, you only need reprint a single new fret. Slide out the old fret, and replace it with a brand new one!
The soprano guitalele is tuned to C, with the string tunings CFA#D#GC from lowest to highest.
The super soprano guitalele is tuned lower than the soprano, on A, with string tunings ADGCEA from lowest to highest.
Sound demo of the super
It turns out the 3 metal plated bass strings wear the 3D printed frets fairly quickly. To deal with this, I have designed a new fretboard with replaceable frets. This way, when a fret gets worn, you only need reprint a single new fret. Slide out the old fret, and replace it with a brand new one!
The soprano guitalele is tuned to C, with the string tunings CFA#D#GC from lowest to highest.
The super soprano guitalele is tuned lower than the soprano, on A, with string tunings ADGCEA from lowest to highest.
Sound demo of the super
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