Sapele and Redwood Tenor Ukulele - Custom Build-Sold
I’m still working. Just seems slow for some reason. Here’s the latest to hit the skids. This is the Sapele and Redwood Tenor Ukulele. This is a custom build.
Let The Wood Speak For Itself
Body: Pomelle Sapele. This is a super tenor shape with a florentine cut-a-way.
Highly figured pomelle sapele.
Sound Board: Ancient Redwood. Well most old redwood is ancient. Each half of this set is 150 years old but I’ll bet the tree was thousands. I used both Adirondack and Sitka spruces for the bracing.
Ancient redwood sound board.
Binding and Accents: Masur Birch with black/mustard yellow purfling.
Masur birch binding and accents.
Fret Board and Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood. Radiused.
Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon truss rod.
Sapele and masur birch combo.
The Rest Of The Build
Nut and Saddle: unbleached bone.
Tuners: Gotoh UPT.
Fret Markers: White MOP.
Mi-Si amplification.
Strings: Pepe Romero tenor with wound low G.
Amplification: Mi-Si.
Case: Crossrock ABS.
And
Good combo of low’s and high’s so I think (I hope) I’ve nailed the clients requests. Redwood is an interesting soundboard–not quite as warm as cedar and not as tight as spruce with just a little bit of bell on the trailing note. The action is super low and easy to play. Let’s see, a Sa-Sa Sapele and Redwood Tenor Ukulele sa-making me sa-wing! Happy Thanksgiving ya’ll! New post next week.
