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PINECONE DELIVERY

1/3/2017

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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.
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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. 
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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.
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roger plunk
1/6/2017 01:08:06 am

Hi Brian,
On construction, I noticed that some of your Ukes have pin bridges and some have string-thru bridges. I'm new at this, but the string thru seems simpler and more elegant, tho perhaps the the pin bridge has advantages. What bridges will the tenor you are building have?

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Brian Griffin
1/6/2017 09:10:44 am

Roger. I use bridge pins on my tenors because I like their looks and because the still provide "string-thru" security with the knot held against the under soundboard brace by the pin. They make it easier to change strings back and forth also. I don't use them on the Pinecones because on that model I don't like their looks. Just personal taste I guess. In any case, far better than attaching the string to a bridge glued to the top of the soundboard.

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roger
1/6/2017 09:51:15 am

Ah, I see. Thanks Brian.

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