mketom
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After spending a lot of time building tools - a side bender, 3 sizes of body forms, a binding channel router, go-bar deck and still not enough templates, I finally finished my first tenor uke, loosely following a real nice set of drawings from Georgia Luthier Supply.
It's made from some beautiful koa from Mighty Fine Woods with sides that, in spite of its extreme 3D curl, bent like butter! The binding is maple with 10/20/10 BWB purfling. The neck is one-piece mahogany topped by an awesome headstock face by Master inlay artist Craig Lavin. (The background is Rocklite, an environment-friendly 'ebony") Fretboard and bridge are West African ebony but I think I'll try the Rocklite here sometime soon.
As always a great learning experience. One of the biggest challenges is learning the right sequence of steps to follow. Like it seemed a good idea to mount pickup transducers before closing up the box, when you can easily place them in just the right spot, but not sure it was worth having the jack flopping about during all subsequent steps.
Thanks for this forum and to all who contribute their knowledge and support!
It's made from some beautiful koa from Mighty Fine Woods with sides that, in spite of its extreme 3D curl, bent like butter! The binding is maple with 10/20/10 BWB purfling. The neck is one-piece mahogany topped by an awesome headstock face by Master inlay artist Craig Lavin. (The background is Rocklite, an environment-friendly 'ebony") Fretboard and bridge are West African ebony but I think I'll try the Rocklite here sometime soon.
As always a great learning experience. One of the biggest challenges is learning the right sequence of steps to follow. Like it seemed a good idea to mount pickup transducers before closing up the box, when you can easily place them in just the right spot, but not sure it was worth having the jack flopping about during all subsequent steps.
Thanks for this forum and to all who contribute their knowledge and support!
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