MY FRIEND PAUL CALLED ME a few months ago and offered some redwood that he had torn out during a bathroom remodel. I selected a few pieces and built a tenor uke using some of his Redwood as tone wood. The uke turned out to have a lovely tone, I was impressed with my first effort with Redwood. I called him recently and asked if I could cherry pick any Redwood pieces he still had. I came home with this nice stack of quarter sawn Redwood. Each one of these pieces will make one tenor uke top. If I can tune my bandsaw properly, maybe more. Just goes to show you that good instrument wood can be found in the strangest places, even bathrooms.
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