sequoia
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I've accumulated these bits and pieces around my shop that just didn't make it for whatever reason and were thrown aside. The fretboard that wasn't fretted right and tore out something bad when re-fretted. The the sides that didn't bend just quite right because of knots and grain. The really ugly bridge that got tossed into a box. The sorta ugly gold tuners with the too small knobs. The really nice spruce top that showed a seam. Etc, etc, etc.
So I decided to build an ukulele out of seconds that would be for me to play and the emphasis would be on sound rather than looks. The immediately flawed uke...
Something interesting happened. I paid less attention to joinery issues and my work suffered because of it I think. I wasn't fully committed and got a little sloppy. There was no love. Anyway, the thing sounds very nice and maybe that is the important part. But I don't love it.
So I decided to build an ukulele out of seconds that would be for me to play and the emphasis would be on sound rather than looks. The immediately flawed uke...
Something interesting happened. I paid less attention to joinery issues and my work suffered because of it I think. I wasn't fully committed and got a little sloppy. There was no love. Anyway, the thing sounds very nice and maybe that is the important part. But I don't love it.
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