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Claro Walnut Tenor Ukulele

Claro Walnut Tenor Ukulele - Sold

NEXT:  Claro Walnut Tenor Ukulele.  This is a standard tenor. It's All About The Wood Back and Sides:  Curly, colorful California Claro Walnut.  This is just about as good as it gets in the Walnut catagory.  Claro walnut might be…
Another Big Baritone Ukulele

Another Big Baritone Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold

Here's Another Big Baritone Ukulele. This is one elegant lady!  This is going to be the year of the baritone in my shop for sure. It's All About The Wood Body:  figured Claro Walnut with curly Koa backstrip. Sound Board:  Fort…
Three Amigos Super Tenor Ukulele

Three Amigos Super Tenor Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold

It's an inside joke.  Here's the Three Amigos Super Tenor Ukulele on it's way to the great state of Texas. The Woods See what you started Pat! The Soundboard is curly Port Orford Cedar.  This is stump salvage. The Back and…
port orford cedar and claro walnut ukulele

Port Orford Cedar and Claro Walnut Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold

Here's the latest instrument to leave the shop. This is a Port Orford Cedar and Claro Walnut Ukulele.  A custom Super Tenor shape. This project was proposed with the client researching and purchasing the woods for the ukulele.  After…
claro walnut baritone ukulele

Claro Walnut Baritone Ukulele

I just got back from a week off.  Before I left, I delivered this Claro Walnut Baritone Ukulele.  A few posts back you might have seen a claro walnut long neck concert ukulele which looked very similar. This instrument sports a Sinker…
alternative luthier tonewoods

Alternative Luthier Tonewoods, Just Because I can

I just put strings on this custom tenor ukulele last week.  This build was a bit of a materials experiment using a variety of Alternative Luthier Tonewoods.  This was not a custom order but I build these as shop instruments occasionally,…
alternative luthier tonewoods

New Black Walnut Concert

This concert ukulele is made from the following woods: back and sides--figured Claro Walnut; sound board--Canadian Red Cedar; neck--Oregon black walnut;  accents--Maidou burl.  The binding is East India Rosewood.  I also used an extended…
alternative luthier tonewoods

My Favorite Time of the Build

I'm sure every luthier has a certain time in the build process that he enjoys the most.  For me, this would be after the instrument body comes out of the mold and at the first application of sealer.  If  I could just quit at this moment it…