Moore Bettah Ukuleles
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Getting ready for the ukulele exhibition for the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival next week in Hilo, I just finished this macadamia nut/spruce tenor. It's a bit of a departure for me and gave me an opportunity to do something a little different. After working with koa, mac wood is a dream to work with, bends well and there's no grain to fill. The grain looks like snake skin or fish scales and the color varies enough so that it made a good rosette mosaic. The back is three piece because wide mac wood is hard to find. To make up for the extra work, the top is one piece, partly because I picked up a load of rejected Martin guitar tops which are perfect for ukuleles. Because the show is in a few days I didn't have time to a full glossy finish but I think I like it even better with the steel wooled satin, bringing out the warmth of the spruce.