Curly Burly Tenor Ukulele - For Sale $1650

Guess I’m not done with the burl thing yet.  Here’s the latest, a  Curly Burly Tenor Ukulele.  This is a standard tenor.

It’s All About the Wood

Body:  Asian Camphor Burl.  Now, I built one out of this wood maybe 2012 but wasn’t a big fan at the time.  But seeing as how I couldn’t resist this beautiful wood from my long time friends at Gilmer Hardwoods I thought I had to give it another try.  This burl is very solid but not much on tap tone. It also needs to be a bit thicker than most.   Ah, but don’t knock it yet.  Martin mini zipper backstrip.  This wood will oxidize slightly and become a little richer in color.

Sound Board:  Canadian, bearclaw Sitka Spruce.  With reddish tones to go with the burl.

Binding:  Curly big leaf Maple stained cardinal red.  Looks a bit like venous blood to me?  The color is solid all the way through and the shade is almost a perfect match with the red mallee burl. Just plain ‘ol black/white fiber purfling.

Fret Board, bridge and headstock face:  Red Mallee Burl.  I got this beautiful wood from Secret Stash Hardwoods.  Shhh, it’s a secret. It looks a bit like molten lava. Just wowzers!  Stabilized with acrylic.  The neck is not radiused and is 7/16″ at the nut.

Neck:  Curly big leaf Maple.  Natural.  Goes well with the burl I think.

Accent Wood:  big leaf Maple Burl.

The Rest of the Build

Nut and Saddle:  bone stained brown.

Strings:  Pepe Romero flourocarbon, low “G”.

Fret Markers:  white MOP.

Tuners:  Gotoh UPT.

Case:  Crossrock ABS.

And

You can never have enough curl and burl.   For all my complaining this turned out okay.  It probably sounds a bit like mango (mid-range) maybe but different because of the spruce top.  You can really feel the vibration of the body against yours–aaargh! that sounds kinda kinky.   Plenty of volume and warmth in this one-of-a-kind Curly Burly Tenor Ukulele.