Dark Forest Cypress Tenor Ukulele - Sold
This is the first of my Dark Forest ukulele builds. I’m calling it a Dark Forest Cypress Tenor Ukulele. This is a super tenor shape.
Dark Forest Cypress sound board.
It’s All About The Woods
Body: Dark, Asian Munn Ebony. I’m liking the variety of this ebony a lot. It can be really dark like this set, but it can have some dramatic figure as well. It works a bit better than the African varieties.
Asian Munn Ebony body.
Sound Board: Okay gang, this is the latest and maybe the greatest tonewood to hit the market place so far this century. This is sinker Bald Cypress from the Carolina’s. The carbon dates on this wood vary from 500 to 3000+ years. Tonally, it can vary from a Sitka sound to Redwood, so I am treating each set as an individual. The color ranges from brown/grey to almost grey/black. This is probably the first ukulele to be made from this wood in the USA. Expect more from me and the rest of the gang when they get the clue.
Dark Forest Cypress with Hawaiin Koa binding.
Binding: curly, blond/grey Hawaiian Koa. Purfling is red/black with a black MOP. Rather than keep the MOP “up top” where the variety of appearances is so dramatic, I buried it a bit to make it a bit more subtle so the appearance is almost a dull grey.
Hawaiian koa accents.
Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon fiber truss rod. The neck is epoxy finished sanded to 4000gt.
Fret Board and bridge: radiused Brazilian Rosewood.
Accent Woods: Hawaiian Koa.
Curly koa and Munn head board.
The Rest Of The Build
Strings: Pepe Romero low ‘G”. I kinda out did myself with a low action on this uke. Hopefully that won’t provide problems?
Nut and Saddle: unbleached bone.
Fret Board Markers: white MOP.
Tuners: Gotoh UPT.
Case: Gotoh ABS.
And
I’m pleased and my client is pleased. He feels that the tonality is balanced with good overtones. Instrument volume is on a par with most of my uke’s, so no problems there. It didn’t hang around too long so I don’t have much more to say here. It would be nice to have instruments here for awhile so that strings will fully set and I can compare with what I have on stock. For now, though, I’m thinking that I really like a Dark Forest Cypress Tenor Ukulele with more fun to come!
