ukulele soprano walnut and padouk

PiterCh · Jun 7, 2016

Hello,
I want to present you two sopranos. One is made from walnut and the second one from padouk and maple. The first is french polished and the other is finished by truoil. They are completly different in sense of a sound, walnut soprano has much deeper tone in comparison to padouk one, however both have nice tone

If you want to see more pictures please visit polish forum (I hope it is not forbidden - if it is- please remove the links)
https://www.forumlutnicze.pl/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3379
https://www.forumlutnicze.pl/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3405

Piotr

joebok · Jun 7, 2016

Wow - those look beautiful! I really like the walnut one with the single f-hole. It gives a good modern feel using classic elements - very compelling!

PiterCh · Jun 7, 2016

Thank you, I am glad that you like it

piotr

mainger · Jun 8, 2016

They both look very nice!

How is the projection from that walnut one? isn't a single F-hole influencing the sound too much?

Jim Hanks · Jun 8, 2016

Both look very nice. I like the looks of the two-tone padouk but would probably prefer the tone of the walnut.

PiterCh · Jun 8, 2016

Thank you guys for your inquiring.
The tone of both ukes is completely different. Walnut soprano has got 10mm deeper body, so the tone is fuller. But padouk soprano has got much richer high tones. I realy don't know how the single f-hole affect the tone - this is only design issue. My friend made beautiful telecaster from this walnut board and the rest I used for my project:

https://www.forumlutnicze.pl/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3385

piotr

Mutantmoose · Jun 9, 2016

So, what is the bracing like in the f-hole uke? It looks great!

PiterCh · Jun 9, 2016

The f-hole was a problem, a long area which decreases the soundboard stifness. Some beams are around the f heads toward sides. It turned out to be sufficient but next time I will make one cross beam directly under the center of the hole in an arc form. The arc will connect the center of the soundboard with its outer side - behind the F. I need to find a way because inner F side is a bit lower then outer. Not much but it is. I will improve it I hope

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