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This baby sounds as good as it looks. The body wood is Palo Escrito, a popular guitar wood in Mexico. The soundboard, Sonic graded Lutz Spruce from our local Pacific Rim Tonewoods. The neck is Black Walnut and the peghead plate European Birch. This is a good one.
These fine grain pieces of Sitka Spruce will become the tone bars of tenor uke #273. They will be carved into proper shape as dictated by the Kasha bracing system, then glued to the underside of the soundboard. They are placed in their proper position on the Western Red Cedar soundboard awaiting the whittling .
Always fun to have visitors to the shop, Yesterday Shane from British Columbia and his wife J J dropped by to have strap buttons put on their ukes. They also bought a couple of my colorful straps. Shane was kind of intrigued with this unique soprano with a tenor neck and a doubled octave G string. The sound holes are in the back and both sides. Here is J J , they are both fledgling ukulele players, excited with their new activity.
THIS VERY NICE TENOR JUST SOLD AND WILL BE TRAVELING TO TEXAS IN ITS STOUT CROSSROCK CASE. ITS A NICE ONE, KIND OF SORRY TO SEE IT GO. NOTE THE MEDULLARY RAYS ON ITS LUTZ SPRUCE TOP.
THIS OUGHT TO BE A GOOD ONE.
PALO ESCRITO BACK AND SIDES- RED CEDAR SOUNDBOARD-MAHOGANY NECK KASHA BRACING- IRONBARK FRETBOARD AND BRIDGE THIS WILL ALL TAKE A FEW WEEKS TO PUT TOGETHER And it sounds great Looks pretty good too East Indian Rosewood body, sonic graded Lutz Spruce tone board Honduran Mahogany Neck, Ebony Fretboard, Gotah UPT tuners.
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