I had the great pleasure of driving up to Blaine this morning to deliver a new Pinecone to my good friend Pat Madsen. Pat and I discussed the different strings on three concerts that I brought along, as well as playing baritones, a new Pono steel string parlor guitar sized uke, and our twin East Indian Rosewood/Redwood tenors. We concluded that the Southcoast strings won the contest.
Lots of fun with my old friend. The Pinecone #90, is the fifth Griffin Uke Pat has purchased.
Lots of fun with my old friend. The Pinecone #90, is the fifth Griffin Uke Pat has purchased.
Back in the workshop this afternoon I began work on the new build of tenors. They will each have one of my signature spalted maple rosettes. Here is how that rosette begins, as strips of spalted wood sawn into lots of tiny little pieces angled to fit around a circle.
Spalted maple is strikingly beautiful wood with bizarre stripes and lines running through it in un-predictable and un-imaginal ways. When finished its richness and variety makes marvelous rosettes of extreme beauty. I have a nice cache of this wonderful wood.
