Hi, new here. I just finished making a StewMac baritone ukulele I got as a gift from my son and his wife. I had so much fun making that (with lots of mistakes), my wife got me the Saga AM-10 kit for Valentine's Day. I'm not particularly handy or experienced in woodworking, but the uke still turned out nice (it's a great starter kit, and ukes are very forgiving.)
But I can't find numbers to graduate the top plate for the Saga. The Siminoff book is no longer in print. It's available online for $250 (!) but that's over the budget. I bought the Kindle version, but it's missing what I needed most: the drawings!
I've seen the drawings here for the Loars. I wondered if those would be useful for the A-style body, or if anyone has a good drawing for the Saga.
I'm also happy to entertain any advice. I've read a few threads here from folks building this kit.
A little about me: I'm mainly a keyboard player -- piano, Rhodes, Hammond, the classics, not so much synthesizers. I also play guitars -- dreadnaught, Spanish, and some electric; fingerstyle and plectrum. And now uke, though that's easy coming from guitar it's still a bigger head shift than between the others. I've never played mando but I have a friend I play with a lot who's a class fiddle/mando player (concert harp too.) I've occasionally noodled on someone's mando and it's a great instrument! I'm looking forward to being a not too terrible rhythm player maybe someday. It'll also help me work out arrangements for friends. I'm a big fan of folks like David Grisman, Sam Bush, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, and Chris Thile.
If you'r interested, some home recordings I did back in the early 2000's are available on Reverb Nation and Soundclick (same stuff both places but I think there's more info on Soundclick.) Don't expect professional results, and watch your woofers.
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