Black & White Ebony Resophonic Tenor

Liam Ryan · May 9, 2012

Here is a resophonic tenor I've had strung up for a few days now.

It features Bear Claw Spruce top with Black & White Ebony B&S, fretboard and headstock overlays.

The National cone is sweet sounding without the harshness that some of the import reso's can have.

The Ebony and Maple rope bindings were hand made and took a significant percentage of the total build time. I think they look pretty smart though.

The gloss finish was completed with the assistance of Allen McFarlen. He must be mighty old to have built up spray finishing chops like the ones he's got

Liam Ryan · May 9, 2012

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consitter · May 9, 2012

Wow. That is one beautiful uke!!

H3ytm@n · May 9, 2012

Very nice indeed. Love the B&W ebony.
The finish looks superb BTW

Chris_H · May 9, 2012

sure is purty! I love B&W Ebony..

tattwo · May 9, 2012

Beautiful job Liam! :drool:

PedalFreak · May 9, 2012

Nice! I'm working on a slide ukulele right now, non resophonic. Been thinking of doing a resonator next

ksquine · May 9, 2012

That looks gorgeous!! I love the rope binding and the single F-hole

SailingUke · May 9, 2012

Very nice looking. The B&W Ebony very different from what I have seen.

BR Ukuleles · May 9, 2012

Turned out a treat mate. You gotta be so proud of that one.

ksiegel · May 9, 2012

I love that instrument! My fingers got hard just looking at it!

(oh, no... I didn't really type that, did I?????)

(Yeah, I did - and I can't change the truth..._

-Kurt

Dominator · May 9, 2012

I'm not much for resonator ukes but that baby is Sweeet! Fantastic work.

Giman · May 9, 2012

Gorgeous build

Fantastic looking and I'm sure it sounds great. The finish and rope binding are too nice for words. What is the body depth? I have only built guitars to this point and wonder about the bracing

Liam Ryan · May 10, 2012

Giman said:
Fantastic looking and I'm sure it sounds great. The finish and rope binding are too nice for words. What is the body depth? I have only built guitars to this point and wonder about the bracing

The body depth is 75mm. The top and back are each 3mm thick. The sides are doubled to add stiffness and mass. The bracing is oversized to achieve an inert box to house the cone. I want the cone using the string energy rather than bleeding it into a light and floppy box.

tonewood · May 10, 2012

Exceptional looking uke Liam. A real work of art. Really like your choice of woods. And the finish is flawless. Great job.

BaldEagle5556 · May 10, 2012

Very impressive...great choice of woods and attention to detail. You are an inspiration to all of us.

Tom

Pondoro · May 11, 2012

Wow! That is a beaut!

erich@muttcrew.net · May 11, 2012

Excellent work, simply stunning and with a superlative coolness rating

Giman · May 13, 2012

Double sides

liam_fnq said:
The body depth is 75mm. The top and back are each 3mm thick. The sides are doubled to add stiffness and mass. The bracing is oversized to achieve an inert box to house the cone. I want the cone using the string energy rather than bleeding it into a light and floppy box.

Do you mean that you used 2 bent pieces for the sides glued up or one thicker piece. I was asking with the impression that a standard wall thickness was about 6 mm. I see that your top and bottom are far thinner than I expected. sorry for the dumb question, but have only built guitars to this point!

Liam Ryan · May 13, 2012

Here's a link to a thread I did on double sides:

http://www.ukuleleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?49652-Double-Sides-How-to

3mm for the top and back is around twice as thick and therefor eight times stiffer than a regular uke top.

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