Blackwood and Sitka Tenor

BR Ukuleles · Dec 20, 2016

Further to exploring a new look to my instruments with an elliptical sound hole, this one just completed.

Curly Australian Blackwood with some dead on the 1/4 Sitka Spruce. Tasmanian Tiger Myrtle bindings. Indian Rosewood fret board with compound radius. MISI acoustic trio pickup and Hipshot machine heads. All finished in a high gloss lacquer.

sequoia · Dec 20, 2016

I like the elliptical sound hole personally. Maybe not traditional or to everyone's taste, but I think it fits the proportions well. I'm guessing you are cutting them with your CAD/CAM? I might notch the fret board slightly less, but who am I to say since you are king of the perfect artistic proportion.

Jim Hanks · Dec 20, 2016

I like the oval sound hole too. But you should reserve it for the long neck models. That way, you can tell people that it started as a regular length model and you just s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d it out which is why the normally circular hole got elongated.

UkieOkie · Dec 20, 2016

Allen, great work. Thanks for sharing it.

Jim Hanks I greatly enjoy your quirkiness. &#55357;&#56832;

Dan Gleibitz · Dec 20, 2016

Lovely as always. I'm not sure about the soundhole, but I'm fascinated by it. I can't for the life of me work out how you made the rosette.

greenscoe · Dec 20, 2016

Whatever you do, the end result always looks great to me.

Ken Franklin · Dec 20, 2016

Looks great Allen. I really like the oval sound hole. Just finished one myself. How heavy are those Hipshots?

cml · Dec 20, 2016

Big fan of your work Allen, your design is always YOU. That's a great accomplishment.
Though I'm probably boring, I prefer your old sound hole design.

BR Ukuleles · Dec 20, 2016

Ken Franklin said:
Looks great Allen. I really like the oval sound hole. Just finished one myself. How heavy are those Hipshots?

They're not too bad. On a tenor they work out well. Body and headstock balance. I wouldn't put them on a smaller instrument though.

M3Ukulele · Dec 23, 2016

Great looking Tenor. I like the oval on this one. I particularly like the design of your bridge with the pins behind the actual bridge. Nice work as is every BR that I've seen pics of.

sam13 · Dec 25, 2016

Super work Allen. I am a big fan of your stuff. Thank you for sharing.

stevepetergal · Dec 26, 2016

Absolutely beautiful. An elegant, classic styling, even with the unusual sound hole. Bravissimo.

hollisdwyer · Dec 26, 2016

Beautiful as usual with all your work Allen.

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