Thank you all for the nice comments!
And yes, Tattwo, you need to get some koa. Bluesuke, I got the one with sapwood from Steve at curlykoa.com, the other two I got from Dustin in Hilo.
Drumgerry, post #11 in this
http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?30951-Tad-s-tenor-build/page2 thread kind of shows how I do the rosettes.
Kanaka...do you guys still meet every once in a while in Elk Grove? Not too far from here.
Lexxy, not yet. About 20 people have seen them, maybe half that many played them, and the responses were pretty positive. Looks, sound, playability and all that. Better than I expected, really. Each of these have strong points and weak points and as much as I would LOVE to see someone enjoy something I built, I just wouldn't be comfortable asking for hard earned cash for an uke that comes with an asterisk (*). I learned a lot showing these around, and when I can work out the few little issues that bug the cr*p out of me, then I'll see if there is still any interest. Yours is the hardest question to answer, thanks for asking.
Dom, the finish is McFadden's (Seagrave) nitro lacquer over zpoxy and shellac. It took a long time, but I'm very happy with the result, here's a pic. Now I gotta figure out how to get this finish with about half the lacquer.
Thanks again everybody for the positive feedback,
Steve
