Lapyang
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Just received this specially made tenor from Jonathan Dale (Jupiter Ukulele). I cannot be any more pleased with the result.
I love my dogs. My first dog, a Golden Retriever (Gumbo) passed away a few years ago. Since then I have two other dogs. One is a Coton de Tulear(Suba), the other one is a rescued boxer, beagle, lab mix (T-Bone). I contacted several luthiers about making a tribute ukulele for the dogs, but responses were luke warm at best, more often reluctant to discuss further, or the cost for the inlays were sky high. Then I found Mr. Jonathan Dale. He was actually excited and interested in helping me out with the project. He gave a lot of good input with the design. I sent him pictures (probably too many) of my dogs, he showed me drawings...etc. I also requested a more curved fretboard, and Mr. Dale even made a test ukulele with different interchangeable radiused fretboard for me to test out. I ended up with a 7.5 in radiused fretboard. I think Mr. Dale actually enjoys a challenge and likes to create something different. Then a few months later, my one of a kind "Doggie Parade" Tenor was born. As you can see, the dogs are trotting up the fretboard, prancing around on the headplate.
Back and sides-Spalted American Sycamore
Top-Curly Redwood
Neck-Alaskan Yellow Cedar
Binding-2000 to 4000 year old Russian Bog Oak
Fingerboard and Headplate-Richlite
7.5 in degree radiused fretboard
Zero fret
Bridge-Ebony
Dog paws-white mother of pearl
Headplate inlays-golden pearl, white pearl, brown/black pearl, recon stone
Gotoh UPT tuners
Bound side soundport
Rosette-white pearl letter(Dogs' names)
MiSi pickup
Everytime I see this Uke, I smile. Thank you Mr. Jonathan Dale.
I love my dogs. My first dog, a Golden Retriever (Gumbo) passed away a few years ago. Since then I have two other dogs. One is a Coton de Tulear(Suba), the other one is a rescued boxer, beagle, lab mix (T-Bone). I contacted several luthiers about making a tribute ukulele for the dogs, but responses were luke warm at best, more often reluctant to discuss further, or the cost for the inlays were sky high. Then I found Mr. Jonathan Dale. He was actually excited and interested in helping me out with the project. He gave a lot of good input with the design. I sent him pictures (probably too many) of my dogs, he showed me drawings...etc. I also requested a more curved fretboard, and Mr. Dale even made a test ukulele with different interchangeable radiused fretboard for me to test out. I ended up with a 7.5 in radiused fretboard. I think Mr. Dale actually enjoys a challenge and likes to create something different. Then a few months later, my one of a kind "Doggie Parade" Tenor was born. As you can see, the dogs are trotting up the fretboard, prancing around on the headplate.
Back and sides-Spalted American Sycamore
Top-Curly Redwood
Neck-Alaskan Yellow Cedar
Binding-2000 to 4000 year old Russian Bog Oak
Fingerboard and Headplate-Richlite
7.5 in degree radiused fretboard
Zero fret
Bridge-Ebony
Dog paws-white mother of pearl
Headplate inlays-golden pearl, white pearl, brown/black pearl, recon stone
Gotoh UPT tuners
Bound side soundport
Rosette-white pearl letter(Dogs' names)
MiSi pickup
Everytime I see this Uke, I smile. Thank you Mr. Jonathan Dale.
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