BobN
Well-known member
I want to try out a tenor, so I decided to build one.
The set is bubinga back and sides and ebony fingerboard and bridge from Hana Lima 'Ia.
The wood is very good quality. I am an amateur, so I don't use fancy wood.
The rosette is paua abalone. If I ever do a shell rosette again, I will get some extra pieces. It took some time to try to match up the grain lines of the shell.
I added black-white-black purfilling to accent the rosette. I actually started with black-white, but I had cut the rosette channel a hair over-sized so I ended up with b-w-b.
This top is from a red cedar shingle that I found in my barn.
Gluing the back braces. You can also see the headplate being glued on the neck. The headplate is a bubinga-curly maple that I glued together.
The sides in a mold that I built.
Now I need to do some research on plate tuning ukulele tops.
The set is bubinga back and sides and ebony fingerboard and bridge from Hana Lima 'Ia.
The wood is very good quality. I am an amateur, so I don't use fancy wood.
The rosette is paua abalone. If I ever do a shell rosette again, I will get some extra pieces. It took some time to try to match up the grain lines of the shell.
I added black-white-black purfilling to accent the rosette. I actually started with black-white, but I had cut the rosette channel a hair over-sized so I ended up with b-w-b.
This top is from a red cedar shingle that I found in my barn.
Gluing the back braces. You can also see the headplate being glued on the neck. The headplate is a bubinga-curly maple that I glued together.
The sides in a mold that I built.
Now I need to do some research on plate tuning ukulele tops.