u/kibaruzo

I've been wanting to get into playing lute for a while, but it's a little discouraging when even subpar lutes can cost hundreds of dollars!

So I figured… why not make my own subpar lute? 😂

This is my current 3d printed prototype (595mm bridge to nut), and it's actually holding tuning! Still very much a WIP and need to get frets on it, but I've learned a lot through the process and I'm pretty happy with how far it's come. And yes those are ukelele tuners. The traditional peg style wasn't holding well and figured this is already a bit of an abomination so why fight it lol.

Here's a video of where it's at so far.

Back to the woodshed!