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A NEW BEGINNING

8/28/2013

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It is strange the way the urge to start anew begins to work at me as I am about half through the French Polishing on the last set of ukes.  It begins with my visualizing the next ukes I want to build.  The next build cycle will include two ukes that are pre-ordered.  One with a cedar top, quilt maple sides and a yet un-decided back.  Another for a gent down south who wants a master-grade koa body and a cedar top, and then I think I must make another "blonde"  I have some very nice Englemann spruce for a top, some rather plain un figured koa for sides and body and just enough of that spectacular figured Australian Blackwood for bindings.  Topped with a Honduran Rosewood fret-board and a golden Alaska Cedar neck and this will be another beauty.  
I have been rummaging through my wood supplies in the workshop.  I have plenty of cedar for tops, some spectacular quilt maple,  some nice Engelmann tops and today I ordered some  figured koa for that cedar top.
I have a friend with some lovely Alaska cedar two by fours stored in the rafters of his basement.  I will see if I can talk him out of a piece of that for a neck, and perhaps I will use some of my walnut stash for the neck of the master grade koa uke, or I think I have some Honduran mahogony for that neck.  It is always fun to plan the next build cycle, and I am just beginning that now.  I also committed today to build another tenor banjo uke for a friend.  Maybe I will make several of those and have a six uke build for this fall. I will need to head up the Skagit to Pacific Rim Tonewoods to buy some nice curly maple for necks bodies and resonators for those banjos.  I like that look- Oh! it is always fun to start anew.  I will keep you posted as I plan the next build.
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