sam13
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NEW PICTURES HAVE BEEN ADDED OF BELLA AFTER BUFFING ... cheers.
Hello All,
Last year, many of us have seen Ukuleles posted online as NUD’s or resales of world class luthier Luis Feu de Mesquita, referred to as an LFdM Ukuleles.
Well, my UU friend Hawaii50 who lives in Hawaii told me to check out this builder … and I was smitten with the tone, the look and UAS flared up. As I reviewed his site, I was shocked he was located in MY HOME TOWN about 10 minutes from my house. What fortune!
I picked up the phone and Luis was gracious enough to invite me to visit his shop to see his just finished line up of 5 Ukes. I told DownUpDave (he is the DuD) and we hit his shop like kids in a candy store.
OMG! We walked out 2 hours later having felt we met a luthier genius … on par with some of the greatest minds like Einstein, Voltare, Shakespeare, Homer Simpson, well you know what I mean … but in a Ukulele kind of way. Luis is one of the most gracious, caring, gentle and thoughtful people I have met. He is meticulous with design, and finishes focusing on tone.
I was completely at peace with buying from him … on the spot.
So I did. I put my money down early summer last year. Well, my wait is almost here (and so is my birthday … so yay for me). (DuD hesitated a bit and his will be ready in December this year.)
I thought it would be fun to show you the construction process of the Ukulele.
Luis likes the purchases to name their Uke, and I struggled with it for awhile but I would like to introduce you to: Bella (Beautiful in Italian).
Details of Bella:
Tenor
I provide the case, an older Pono case to fit the larger lower bout.
I saw Bella about a week ago. I love it, really love it.
I hope I have been able to get the pictures in the correct order.
Andrew Kitakis at Hawaii Music Supply is now the world wide retailer of LFdM Ukuleles. Contact him for more information. Enjoy
Hello All,
Last year, many of us have seen Ukuleles posted online as NUD’s or resales of world class luthier Luis Feu de Mesquita, referred to as an LFdM Ukuleles.
Well, my UU friend Hawaii50 who lives in Hawaii told me to check out this builder … and I was smitten with the tone, the look and UAS flared up. As I reviewed his site, I was shocked he was located in MY HOME TOWN about 10 minutes from my house. What fortune!
I picked up the phone and Luis was gracious enough to invite me to visit his shop to see his just finished line up of 5 Ukes. I told DownUpDave (he is the DuD) and we hit his shop like kids in a candy store.
OMG! We walked out 2 hours later having felt we met a luthier genius … on par with some of the greatest minds like Einstein, Voltare, Shakespeare, Homer Simpson, well you know what I mean … but in a Ukulele kind of way. Luis is one of the most gracious, caring, gentle and thoughtful people I have met. He is meticulous with design, and finishes focusing on tone.
I was completely at peace with buying from him … on the spot.
So I did. I put my money down early summer last year. Well, my wait is almost here (and so is my birthday … so yay for me). (DuD hesitated a bit and his will be ready in December this year.)
I thought it would be fun to show you the construction process of the Ukulele.
Luis likes the purchases to name their Uke, and I struggled with it for awhile but I would like to introduce you to: Bella (Beautiful in Italian).
Details of Bella:
Tenor
- Top: Sinker Redwood
- Back and Sides: Malaysian Blackwood
- Cutaway
- Grand Bouche (large mouth sound hole)
- Rosette and Binding: Curly Koa
- Sound Port
- Laskin Armrest: Curly Koa
- Radius Neck (of course … Sam I am, I am the Radius man … and you know it!)
- Wider neck 1.5 inches at the nut (the neck does look wide, but I am 6’5” and have big hands so … it is perfect for me)
- Bone Nut and Saddle
- LR Baggs 5.0 pick up installed
- Strings: South Coast HML RW
I provide the case, an older Pono case to fit the larger lower bout.
I saw Bella about a week ago. I love it, really love it.
I hope I have been able to get the pictures in the correct order.
Andrew Kitakis at Hawaii Music Supply is now the world wide retailer of LFdM Ukuleles. Contact him for more information. Enjoy
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