I'm already in love with peg head tuners. Way better than friction.
One more little photo of my new baby.
This is an absolutely stunning ukulele. It is a super concert made out of 5A curly koa. It's an ebony fretboard with a Spanish Cedar neck.
Initially Chuck wasn't so sure about doing a sound hole inlay. I begged. Really. I'm so glad he changed his mind. The inlay in absolutely incredible! I think Chuck outdid himself with the inlay work. You really can't see how much the inlays shimmer. He has used Abalone, pink Mussel shell, Tahitian Black pearl and a couple other things.
I immediately loved the peghead tuners. They are super easy to use and tuning has become a snap.
I have one or two more pictures to put up that show some beautiful details of the wood and the binding.
Oh! How does it sound? Magnificent. I have been playing a KoAloha concert for 2 years and I really love the sound of it. This ukulele sounds even better. Not quite so harsh, but maybe it's the strings. I can't remember what type of strings Chuck put on. We didn't agree about it, so I told him to put on whatever he wanted. I can always change them. If it sounds this nice now, imagine how it'll sound in a year once it opens up. Chuck told me to think about how the wood has changed from being a tree to being an ukulele. Makes perfect sense to me.
This is the be-all-end-all ukulele for me. It's gorgeous, it sounds gorgeous and I feel really lucky to have Chuck Moore build me this ukulele. I think he enjoyed making it too. Except for the flamingo theme he had pretty much free reign to make what he wanted. He read my mind perfectly. I think he is a real ukulele master builder and I am so proud to be a new Moore Bettah owner.