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WHATS NEXT ?

4/20/2017

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Thats the question that always begins just as I finish up a " build"of ukuleles.  The four tenors are almost done and that old itch to start a new batch is working at me
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Here is the "star" of the last build.  A Cocobolo and Cedar tenor that sounds as good as it looks.  I have a little more Cocobolo and maybe I will make another for myself.  The combination of this wood and the cedar top was outstanding.  I hate to sell this instrument but maybe I can build another as good.
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Here is the set of Cocobolo that I would use.  Lovely wood but not as spectacular as that used in #95.  Who knows, it might even sound better.
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A closer look at this really magnificent wood.  It is extremely hard.  Very oily and a challenge to glue, and extremely toxic.  You must where gloves and mask when sanding it,  but wow does it make a good sounding instrument.  
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Or maybe I will use some of the other great woods in my stash.  This is some marvelous Sycamore from my friend Jon in P.A.  He says it makes fine instruments.  Maybe I had better match this with a NYC  water tank Redwood top and see if he is right.
Or maybe, if that gent in Japan decides he wants a concert Pinecone, I will make three of those cool ukes.
Or maybe I will do an experimental uke I have been thinking about, A tenor sized Pinecone.  It would be about 20% larger than the concert, have a deeper carved and convex maple back, longer strings, tenor neck with 1 1/2 inch width at the nut.  Boy that might be a real winner.  
Well, I will let these thoughts float around until I get the last of the four tenors off to its new owner.  The decision will come, it always does.

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