fretie
Well-known member
We have all seen and drooled over them, beautiful ukulele backs. Tone wood with gorgeous grain, curl, flame, you know the kind I mean. I have master grade koa on the back of my handbuilt uke which its spruce top can't hold a candle to.
We hang our ukes on the wall, or place them in a stand or store them safely in their hard cases, all the time seeing only the front of the instrument. That stunning grain, curl, flame, hidden away from admiring eyes.
So what can we do to showcase this invisible but fabulous feature of our ukuleles? While we are at a meetup, should we casually swing the instrument around when we sit and chat during the breaks thus showing off the wood on the back of our jumping fleas? Coming home, purposely stand or hang the uke backwards, risking putting pressure on the neck and strings so that we can admire the uke's back?
What is the answer to appreciating the often stunning wood that makes up the other half of our instrument's body?
We hang our ukes on the wall, or place them in a stand or store them safely in their hard cases, all the time seeing only the front of the instrument. That stunning grain, curl, flame, hidden away from admiring eyes.
So what can we do to showcase this invisible but fabulous feature of our ukuleles? While we are at a meetup, should we casually swing the instrument around when we sit and chat during the breaks thus showing off the wood on the back of our jumping fleas? Coming home, purposely stand or hang the uke backwards, risking putting pressure on the neck and strings so that we can admire the uke's back?
What is the answer to appreciating the often stunning wood that makes up the other half of our instrument's body?