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Curly, Burly, Quilty, Naughty Myrtle
No rules in ukulele! Just keep it fun! Here's a Hawaiian ukulele that made me smile a lot while working on it. George really got into some new, freaking gorgeous Oregon Myrtlewood that I received and couldn't resist. It's…
Oregon Wood 2015
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…
Ron Seno
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!
She’s a real cutie, a Mexican beauty. . . . .
I need to write Jimmy Buffett and give him these words--could be the making of a great song.
Here is a new instrument made from Mexican Palo Escrito (a genuine rosewood). This is one of those "off the grid" woods that hasn't been over…
More Black
I haven't been able to keep one of these instruments for too long. After the last sold, I started a new one and decided to keep it a little more conservative--meaning, no beetle holes. Here is that effort. Of course the body is solid Black…
Not Another Maple Ukulele!
I don't know, I just can't resist. I've had the opportunity to build some "shop" instruments and decided to do another maple/sitka combination. ALSO, the latest run of instruments have all been strung up with Jason Arimoto's PHD, low "G"…
More Myrtle, and….
Here's a new tenor with a combination of figured, "crotch" Oregon Myrtle for sound board and beeswing African Imbuia (huh!). I accented the instrument with Oregon curly Maple binding and black/white herringbone purfling and matching backstrip.…
More Myrtle
Just finished this Myrtle Wood and Black Walnut tenor ukulele. I don't think the pictures do justice to the beauty and unusual qualities of the sound board--it's a cross between tiger strip, curly, figured and crazy. It compliments the figured…
