Got Bear!

Here’s a new completion:  tenor Koa ukulele (see Cut, Color and Curl post) with a nice bear claw Sitka Spruce top with Paua Abalone purfling.  Accents are Vanuatu Maidou burl–love the burl.  Binding is curly maple and that theme is replicated in the laminated neck:  baked curly maple with Koa/curly Maple/Koa  “T” band.  The finger board and bridge are Macassar ebony.  Just waitin’ for strings.

Bear’s new owner writes from Memphis:  “The bracing inside is amazing!  It sounds and plays so wonderful!”  Ahh, music to my ears!