Myrtle Port Orford Baritone Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold
I didn’t have to select any of the woods for this Myrtle Port Orford Baritone Ukulele. My client did all the leg work.
The Woods
Body: Curly and colorful Oregon Myrtle. You know, the Koa of the Pacific Northwest.
Curly, blond and brown Oregon Myrtle wood.
Sound Board: Curly Port Orford Cedar–yummy and warm.
Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon truss rod. I usually use Black Limba for most of my Myrtle builds but there is so much brown in this myrtle set that mahogany proves to be the better choice.
Honduran neck a good match.
Binding and Accents: Curly Hawaiian Koa with blue/black fiber purfling.
Curly koa binding with blue/black purfling accents.
Finger Board and Bridge: Ebony species. 21 inch scale.
The Rest of the Build
Case: Crossrock ABS.
Strings: Pepe Romero flourocarbon with wound 4th.
Nut and Saddle: bone.
Tuners: Gotoh UPT in black.
Fender style peg head with Gotoh UPT’s.
And
The double puka design size and placement is a collaboration between the client and I. The sound holes are not the same size and are asymmetrically placed. The side port is retained in this build. The bridge also is a design collaboration.
Just your basic curly Myrtle wood.
Originally I intended to use Oasis Baritone strings with wound 3 & 4 but I ordered the wrong set–duh! Actually the string diameters of the Oasis and the Romero are approximately the same so I used my standard Romero set and included a set of the Oasis as well for the new owner to try at his leisure. After the strings started to set, I found the sound to be very pleasing. I’m really not sure that the wound 3 is a necessity. A wound 3rd gives the instrument a bit more punch but is also a little more guitarish in sound. Depends on your ear I guess.
I believe this Myrtle Port Orford Baritone Ukulele is going for an around the world cruise this coming year and should sound good playing “Tiare O’Tahiti”. Pictures please!
