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Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:13 pm
by Allen
This uke has some tweaks to the last one I built, and a set of
South Coast Uke Strings (Linear Set) that on this scale length works best tuned GCEA just like a regular tenor etc.
I've been trying to replenish my stock for the Cairns Uke Festival in a couple of weeks and this has been the first instrument that I've been able to add to my stock for quite some time, but I don't think it's going to stay there long. By far the best sounding uke I've built to date.
Body - Blackwood
Top - Euro Spruce
Neck - Spanish Cedar
Fret Board - Gidgee
Bridge - Ebony
Head Plate and Back Graft - Ebony
Finish - Mirotone 3220 Satin over Boat Coat Epoxy for pore fill
Rosette - Koa with sapwood
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:18 pm
by Lee
Very, very nice. Will make someone a marvelous friend
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 6:42 pm
by nnickusa
I'm really digging your rosette work, Allen.
Nice piece
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:41 pm
by Tod Gilding
Yeah Al What Nick Said, That Rosette Work Of Yours Is Coming Ahead nicely, Your A freak Mate.
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 8:54 pm
by 56nortondomy
Really nice uke Allen, great rosette and some great looking blackwood.
Wayne
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:07 am
by Nick
Awwww man you're really raising the rosette standard around here Allen, I was just getting a few ideas together for a rosette for the Uke build I'm doing at the moment. One look at yours & I can see I'm gonna have to scrap those & lift me game to even get in the same ball park!
Very tidy Uke all round, the headstock just smacks of simple elegance & the sapwood accent down the back's centre. What's not to love?!!!
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:48 am
by liam_fnq
I was round playing this uke last weekend and it is a stunner. Beautifully smooth, harp like tones. I didn't want to put it down. The new back garden's a pretty nice place for a cup of tea and some nice uke too.
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 6:50 pm
by Tod Gilding
New Back Garden
Where did he find the time to do that.
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:45 pm
by J.F. Custom
Crikey !
Turn my back for five minutes and Allen gives birth to triplets
Lovely Bari Allen. Beautiful rings in the Gidgee and some very colourful striking blackwood - nice to see.
Thanks for the heads up as to South Coast Uke Strings too - I had not come across them before. Now added to my list...
The best news though is hearing you suggest it is your best to date - now that's saying something! And something in the right direction too I might add
Any chance of a quick tapping into VA for a 'sonic signature' of this before she disappears? Of course, it would be relevant more to Baritones and your own build style than anything else, but given the lack of data available, it all helps paint a picture - just as Craig is doing.
Jeremy.
Re: Baritone Uke - Blackwood and Euro Spruce
Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:42 am
by Allen
I've got a set the Trevor and Gerard's books on the way and will try and find time to read them. But all the stuff you fellows have been talking about is a bit out of my league at the moment. However I have more commissions for this instrument, so perhaps if this one goes soon, I'll have some more down the track when I wrap my head around this stuff.