One will be an East Indian Rosewood and Redwood instrument for a lady named Beth. It will be just like the tenor that Stuart Fuchs commissioned.
The second is an experimental tenor that will mimic the last two terrific baritones I have built, with Bubinga back and sides and a bear claw Sitka Spruce soundboard. I want to see if that wood combination works as well with tenors as it surely has with those baritones.
The second is an experimental tenor that will mimic the last two terrific baritones I have built, with Bubinga back and sides and a bear claw Sitka Spruce soundboard. I want to see if that wood combination works as well with tenors as it surely has with those baritones.
This afternoon I got a good start by cutting the rosette groove and the sound holes for both ukes. This is the template I use to guide the router for both tenors and baritones.
The cuts are made and the rosette installed before sanding the top down to its final thickness. Then the top surface is sanded to perfection, the final thinning is done sanding the underside only.
Both tops just received their rosettes and the thin superglue to hold them in. That fresh superglue stain will soon dry and be sanded off,.
This soundboard has now been sanded down to .080 or a little less and I have marked in the locations of the twelve sound bars that it will receive on its underside. Can you see the beautiful bear claw markings on this top. It will be most striking when finished.