Two ukuleles I finished in November.
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2014 8:40 am
I completed this Martin shaped 14 fret to the body tenor ukulele early last month. Sounds pretty good right now. It is spruce so it will be interesting to see how it sound in a couple of day. I made it for a friend living in Oahu who has taken up the ukulele.
Bear Claw sitka top
Hawaiian Koa back and sides
Honduran Mahogany Neck
Cocobola bindings
Amboyna Burl Rosette, Head Stock, heel cap
Shellac French Polish with a CA pore fill.
The trip to Hawaii to deliver the ukulele was really fun: snorkeling, hiking, volcano's and best of all playing the ukulele with my friend Nikko. She really liked the ukulele. We also went to see one of the best slack key guitars and ukulele players of the island of Oahu, Ledward Kaapana in a small local pub. He is really good.
This Ukulele is the last of three instruments I have building together. I promise it will be awhile until I post another. Anyway:
Top - Adi Spruce
Back and sides, Some kind of rosewood.
Fretboard cocbolo
bridge ebony
Binding Australian Blackwood.
Bear Claw sitka top
Hawaiian Koa back and sides
Honduran Mahogany Neck
Cocobola bindings
Amboyna Burl Rosette, Head Stock, heel cap
Shellac French Polish with a CA pore fill.
The trip to Hawaii to deliver the ukulele was really fun: snorkeling, hiking, volcano's and best of all playing the ukulele with my friend Nikko. She really liked the ukulele. We also went to see one of the best slack key guitars and ukulele players of the island of Oahu, Ledward Kaapana in a small local pub. He is really good.
This Ukulele is the last of three instruments I have building together. I promise it will be awhile until I post another. Anyway:
Top - Adi Spruce
Back and sides, Some kind of rosewood.
Fretboard cocbolo
bridge ebony
Binding Australian Blackwood.