Your Basic Baritone Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold
This is Your Basic Baritone Ukulele.
Looks like a small body guitar.
It’s all about the wood.
Back and sides: African Pomelle Sapele. Well, I guess this isn’t your basic back and sides. I still can’t get enough of this look. This is the new baritone size and shape.
Oh, I love me some Pomelle Sapele.
Sound Board: Alaskan bearclaw Sitka Spruce. Well, I guess this isn’t just your plain old sound board either. Lot’s of vertical “claw” marks.
Love the bearclaw.
Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon fiber truss rod. Well, I guess this is a standard, but I shaped it with a touch of “classical guitar” and not my normal “steel string” shape.
Finger Board and Bridge: African Ebony species. Well, another standard. This is a touch wider than normal by 1/16″ inch, radiused and 21″ scale/15 frets to the body.
Accent Woods: Indonesian Camphor Burl.
That’s a Camphor Burl backstrap.
Binding: India Rosewood with white/black fiber purfling.
The rest of the build.
Tuners: Gotoh UPT in black.
Pomelle sapele face plate with black Gotoh tuners.
Strings: Oasis but with a non-wound “G” per request.
Case: Crossrock ABS.
Nut and Saddle: brown stained bone.
And.
Well, maybe it’s not that basic but since it’s a “no frills” kinda build I’m calling it basic. I delivered this and a couple of other ukes to central/coastal California about 3 weeks ago. I got to meet with some super nice people and also see and play a bit some of the most high-end ukes presently made. There were only a couple of custom instrument builders not represented. I was extremely pleased that this instrument held it’s own with all it it’s class.
You know, they all have different tonalities and they all wanted to be played a bit differently. No complaints across the board.
Just Your Basic Baritone Ukulele.
