GinnyT11
Well-known member
NOW WITH SOUND SAMPLE!
Before Microsoft and Starbucks were behemoths in Seattle, Mr.T and I lived there for 10 years. We were young then (and better-looking!), and we loved the area. We traveled south to the Oregon coast, west to the Olympic Peninsula, and north to Vancouver, B.C. I wanted my Brad Donaldson soprano uke to commemorate our happy time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
I chose Northwest woods---Washington sitka spruce and Oregon myrtle---and on the headstock I wanted a jumping salmon painted like NW Coastal Indian art. Brad made something more beautiful than I had dreamed.
--I asked for myrtle with color, and he gave me stunning chocolate stripes.
--I asked for understated decoration, and he gave me walnut binding and rosette.
--I asked for bearclaw marking, and he gave me a bookmatched piece that looks like moving water.
--I gave him salmon artwork, and he painted an image that could go in the UBC cultural museum.
--I said let's pretend the fret markers are water drops from the salmon's tail, and he said sure.
I am getting more and more attached to it as it opens up.
SOUND SAMPLE with Worth medium brown strings:
http://www.box.com/s/0d400c446da7bda21081
Before Microsoft and Starbucks were behemoths in Seattle, Mr.T and I lived there for 10 years. We were young then (and better-looking!), and we loved the area. We traveled south to the Oregon coast, west to the Olympic Peninsula, and north to Vancouver, B.C. I wanted my Brad Donaldson soprano uke to commemorate our happy time in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
I chose Northwest woods---Washington sitka spruce and Oregon myrtle---and on the headstock I wanted a jumping salmon painted like NW Coastal Indian art. Brad made something more beautiful than I had dreamed.
--I asked for myrtle with color, and he gave me stunning chocolate stripes.
--I asked for understated decoration, and he gave me walnut binding and rosette.
--I asked for bearclaw marking, and he gave me a bookmatched piece that looks like moving water.
--I gave him salmon artwork, and he painted an image that could go in the UBC cultural museum.
--I said let's pretend the fret markers are water drops from the salmon's tail, and he said sure.
I am getting more and more attached to it as it opens up.
SOUND SAMPLE with Worth medium brown strings:
http://www.box.com/s/0d400c446da7bda21081
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