It was a pleasant surprise to get a big box delivered to my door today. The box contained tenor ukulele gig bags made by my friend Jesus Jurado in Mexico. Jesus makes wonderful padded gig bags using nothing but the best of materials. If you are hauling your uke around in a hard case, you also need one of these. Save your hard case for flying and hard travel enjoy a soft and padded gig bag for the trips to your local gig or your friends house. only $50. These are terrific gig bags.
Well padded with foam, covered with excellent canvas. Smooth operating zippers, a music pocket and a strong and adjustable strap.
And they come in three lovely colors of canvas with contrasting piping.
Meanwhile, down in the workshop I was making progress on Ree's ukulele. The side sound port coaming was installed and faired in.
 Got a good close fitting. The wood matches the wood of the neck. |  Not as pretty on the inside, but you can see the veneer patch with its grain opposing the grain of the side. |
With the side sound port done it is now time to box the ukulele up, glue on the back. First we need to cut notches for the cross braces.
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The back is now glued on and the ukulele is" boxed".