PAT MADSEN came in today to talk ukuleles. He brought his Moore Bettah beauty "Two Feathers" along with his Griffin Redwood/east Indian tenor and we compared sounds of different woods, different strings, and many other things Ukulele. I took some pictures of our subjects, especially that beautiful Moore Bettah.
This lovely work of art has a bear claw Sitka spruce top, Milo sides and back, Honduran Mahogany neck, curly Koa binding and is simply gorgeous. The workmanship is breathtaking, Wow, what an artist Moore is. It is a privilege to see and touch such an instrument.
Here is a table full of Griffin ukuleles, three of them in the final stages of finishing. The first three all have juniper tops. I am really eager to hear what the two new ones sound like. I love the look of the finished juniper, rich and red, and fine grained and a bit untamed looking, It is very interesting wood and may be a breakthrough in sound, gentle, balanced, kind of sophisticated and very lovely. We shall see. The other tops are western Red Cedar, Sitka Spruce, Engelmann Spruce, Engelmann again and finally Redwood. They each have their sound. fascinating!
We had two kinds of strings on eight tenors. Southcoast rw/s and Oasis warms. I think both are great strings. The Oasis smooth and soft to play, the Southcoasts maybe bring out a big sound better. Suspect it depends on the instrument which string sounds best. It is all terribly subjective, a fun subject to pursue.
We had two kinds of strings on eight tenors. Southcoast rw/s and Oasis warms. I think both are great strings. The Oasis smooth and soft to play, the Southcoasts maybe bring out a big sound better. Suspect it depends on the instrument which string sounds best. It is all terribly subjective, a fun subject to pursue.