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Nice uke Jerome! 
To speed up the learning of chords & scales and understand that "bizarre tuning".
  I'd like to share with all interested a simple piece of info that,for most guitar players,is like turning on a light switch when it comes to learning to play a uke.
  If you place a capo on your guitar at the fifth frett and only use the 1st,2nd,3rd & 4th strings, you have a uke tuning, A E C G. So, all movable shapes and scales you might use on a guitar capoed on the fifth, using only those 4 strings, can be applied to the uke.
  I hope I explaned it right, and I hope it helps

I like that song daddycool!!  If she's across the street or down the block or just the greener grass on the other side of the hill. There's always one somewhere if your looking. But like the chorus says;"so don't go playing around".  Damn straight brother!  And to borrow a well known phrase        "stay cool"

I really enjoyed your step-by-step photos. The sound port looks great! I can understand how the player would hear things better, but does the person in front of the guitar hear it differently? When you do your next one, could you make a before and after recording? If so, let us know your thoughts on that, please? Also I'd like to see the Yairi emblem when completed,as would others I'm sure.

Since it played great for a week or so, it does seem odd that it's rapidly getting worse. Hope they can fix it for ya.

Now now cytania , I wasn't  advising Seersha to tune by hear, only trying "poorly I guess" to explain what to listen to when tuning by ear,   
But if your tuner was ever misplaced and your pegs were loose and I was nearby. You could use my tuner, I'm never without one. In standard pitch is the only place to be, just ask the piano player! 

To the question--how do people tune it by ear?--
  With every ones ears being different . For me, if I gently thumb pick an in tune open A,then while it's still a firm sound. Gently thumb the D string. When you can hear the oscillating tone from the D, adjust the tuner -up or down in tone- till the D is a straight sound wave in your ear with the A string. Then the G string to the D. and so on an on. To get the A string in tune. Use a 'A' tuning fork and tune the A string to it with the same method of listening to the oscillating tone waves and trying to make them parallel . I think every one can hear this , if they pay attention and know what to listen for. It usually "not always" works for me.  Hope this helps, never tried to explain this before.

  P.S. when tuned this way, any open string's wave will be parallel with any other open string and to any fretted note, if fretted just right, and if the intonation is superb. And judging only by the appearance  of your beautiful guitar, this should work.

Hey SouthPaw41L "Toney, I think?"  I believe,don't know for sure, marcalan could be refering to playing in double stops. I don't know of any site that would show this. But if there's one out there, YOU are the MAN of all links.  Love them links!! 

One other thing no one has mentioned naolslager is to be sure your thumb is positioned to give you the best leverage. Move your thumb and wrist around a bit till you find that sweet spot where your forefinger has the most power with the least effort 

Here's an easy one!
  Take a smoked sausage or hot dog,slice it length wise but not all the way through, so it's like a hot dog bun.
  Slice some pepper jack cheese (or whatever kind you like)1/2"x1/2"x length of dog, lay it in the dog
  Lay sausage or dog diagonally on a buttered slice of your favorite bread
  Place 6 or 8 of these on a cookie sheet
  Broil for 3 or 4 minutes 

ozy, if it's THAT good, please get well soon and do post. But do get well !

Thanks for the link Cam very nice    if ya got more, keep em comin'

You have a nice voice Crevs. Very relaxed and steady. Only four months? Wow!
     I'd say, No Limits!!