Pomelle Sapele Concert Ukulele - Sold

It’s summer, it’s hot and I’m lazy!  This Pomelle Sapele Concert Ukulele went out about 3 weeks ago.

It’s All About The Wood

Body:  Pomelle Sapele.  It really looks like this and it’s got a really sick figure.

Sound Board: Fort Ross Chapel Redwood.

Neck:  Honduran Mahogany with carbon fiber truss rod.  This is a “long neck” concert with a tenor 17″ scale.

Accent Woods:  Pomelle Sapele.

Binding and Rosette:  Yup, Pomelle Sapele with lime green and black purling.

Finger Boad and Bridge:  radiused Brazilian Rosewood.

The Rest Of The Build

Strings:  Pepe Romero tenor, low “G”.

Tuners:  Gotoh UPT.

Amplification:  Mi-Si.

Case:  Crossrock fiberglass.

Nut and Saddle:  unbleached bone.

And

Not bad.  This Pomelle Sapele Concert Ukulele, with it’s smaller body and volume has a bit more punch than the tenor in the same woods.  So, I’m thinking that it will hold up well for a variety of playing styles.   I’ve always liked redwood sound boards–they are easy to play and have an interesting bright/clear, bell-tone note.

This is probably the second to the last concert instrument that I plan to make.  The next will be a dark, curly Koa and then “that’s all she wrote”–at least for concerts.