Here’s a few pic’s of a new Hawaiian Tenor Ukulele made from Hawaiian Spalted Mango. This instrument is made from the same wood as the last Mango ukulele, but each instrument can appear dramatically different due to the rapidly changing patterns in this wood. Because the wood is so appearance active, I have kept most of […]
Here’s a Hawaiian Ukulele with a Koa/Mango combination. I’ve used some of my spalted mango for the back strip and sound hole rosette. I was going to use mango binding but opted for a curly off-color maple which matched well. The neck is Oregon Black Walnut and the accents are Vanuatu Maidou Burl. The fret board and […]
Aloha Ya’ll, Just thought you might like to see a couple of pictures of a wood mill that I stopped at in my search for some new bearclaw Sitka tops. Sound Board Inc. cuts for some of the biggest American guitar makers as well as for the little people–me. Most of this Sitka is from south […]
On this Hawaiian tenor ukulele I have taken an old theme and applied it to the front and back. This is the last full set of this particular Koa that I have and the laser cut petroglyph design really shows up well in the sap wood. In case you are interested, the laser cut is […]
Just in: premium compression curl Koa from the island of Kauai. Couldn’t wait to clean it up a bit and show ya’ll. It is really interesting to see how this wood grows in the different environments of the islands. This particular Koa is really dense and hard. I favor this look over the […]
Here’s a recently completed “shop” tenor ukulele. The body is solid curly Koa. The neck is also Koa but with a curly maple stringer to match the curly maple binding. I’ve accented with Vanuatu Maidou burl. The fret board and bridge are Macassar Ebony. I’ve also used LMI’s gold “evo” frets and Gotoh planetary tuners. Phd […]
Here’s a pic of some new premium wood that I have received. This is called “Tiger Stripe “. This particular back and side set also exhibits some pretty good curl. This look in Myrtle is rare. I’m going to pair it with a bear claw Sitka Spruce top, curly Koa binding and Abalone purfling. Haven’t […]
Two weeks ago I purchased this Koa from a local wood supplier who had been storing this wood for the last 15-20 years. Who knows how old it was before this individual purchased it. The billet was a bit pricey but what quality Koa isn’t these days. I prefer this look in Koa–movement in the […]
Ron Seno takes a break from a recent gig in San Diego to show off his Myrtle Ukulele (see blog post “Oh Myrtle”). You go Ron!
