Yewkulele's dark secret..
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Pueo
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She's lovely!
808boy
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Aloha Pete,
I love the way you play......oh, the uke is lovely also...............................BO.........................
I love the way you play......oh, the uke is lovely also...............................BO.........................
Vic D
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Yew rock Pete. Sounds great as always and I love the colors in the woods.
finkdaddy
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It looks and sounds wonderful! So what is the dark secret? 
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Aloha Pete,
Always love your videos...what a nice uke and playing..thanks for sharing....Happy Strummings...MM Stan
Is your dark secret the you play the uke real good??? hmmmmm
Always love your videos...what a nice uke and playing..thanks for sharing....Happy Strummings...MM Stan
Is your dark secret the you play the uke real good??? hmmmmm
Yew wood. As I recall, Englishmen have also used the wood for Longbows. Very nice indeed.
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Pete Howlett
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Yep, that's the wood... however it is used extensively in furniture making. It's very tricksy to work with spiral grain, shakes, bark inclusions... you name the defect it has it. Working this stuff starts with the selection.
AndyM
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Absolutely beautiful,i'm looking into getting a Yew Soprano made for me at the moment(i've used Yew to make bows but a ukulele is way beyond my skills!).
kaizersoza
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that is sweet Pete, would love a tenor size uke like that
ukulian
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Yew's secret is that, although it is a very hard wood, it is, in actual fact, a softwood with all the properties that you get in spruce and cedar tonewoods. From my point of view it combines well with walnut as a soundboard. And yes, Laburnum makes excellent fretboards and bridges.
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Pete Howlett
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|Just commission one from me and find out
Newportlocal
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Just fantastic! Great job and playing.
AndyM
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You'll be getting an e-mail from me real soon Pete
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Pete Howlett
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I think you will find that it is.... as the sap is usually cream colored and very stable make sure if you are bookmatching you chose some sap for the back - it looks super cool.
AndyM
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Very pretty,i've sent you an e-mail Pete,something like that would cure me of my UAS for sure!
ModlrMike
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My local supplier has English Yew on for $32 BF. Might be worth a try when there's less likelihood I'll turn it into kindling.
The pacific yew I need to investigate is $6.50/bf. Not sure if it's any good for instrument building at all - may be completely flatsawn and full of flaws for all I know...but I still intend to check it out.
