Swamp Yankee
Well-known member
Not a builder, but I often notice imperfections in paduak bindings on less expensive ukes. To my eye, they appear to be caused by grain tearout but it's hard to say. I have two Cordoba 24 series ukes, and I have inspected two or three others, and they all show this imperfection in several places in the bindings.
Yesterday I commented on a discussion thread on Facebook in which the owner of a more expensive ukulele was asking about similar voids in the binding of the uke she'd bought. Out of perhaps 50 posts telling her it was shipping damage, I commented that it looked just like the voids I had seen on any number of less expensive ukes with paduak binding and seemed a common problem which might be caused by some peculiarity of that wood.
Is paduak a PITA when it comes to bindings?
Yesterday I commented on a discussion thread on Facebook in which the owner of a more expensive ukulele was asking about similar voids in the binding of the uke she'd bought. Out of perhaps 50 posts telling her it was shipping damage, I commented that it looked just like the voids I had seen on any number of less expensive ukes with paduak binding and seemed a common problem which might be caused by some peculiarity of that wood.
Is paduak a PITA when it comes to bindings?