Babinga and Ancient Spruce Tenor

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I've finished off 4 instruments in the last week, and all of them are quite different from the run of the mill offerings you get from the factory outlets.

This one is a commission to a returning client who likes the unusual. So here are the specs

Back and Sides - Babinga
Top - 3000 year old Ancient Sitka Spruce
Bindings - Blackwood
Fret board - Gidgee with 12" radius
Bridge - Gidgee
Head Plates - Gidgee
Neck - Spanish Cedar with CF truss rod
Rosette - Unkown Burl with Pau Abalone
Purflings - black / maple / black
Tuners - Hipshot
Strings - South Coast Ukes
Finish - Gloss lacquer over epoxy pore fill

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Allen, I'm very curious to how the 3000-year-old spruce sound compares to modern spruce. Does it sound similar?

BTW that tenor is one of the most eye catching ukes I have ever seen, awesome!
 
Brent Cole Sr. at Alaska Specialty Woods dug up the log that had been buried under a landslide when excavating for a new factory he's building in Alaska.

The sound is quite similar to Sitka. As with any wood, how you brace it and string choice makes a really big difference.
 
Allen,

I really like your website...very 21st century looking and represents your ukes well.
 
nongdam said:
Allen,

I really like your website...very 21st century looking and represents your ukes well.
Click to expand...

Thanks very much. I do all the photography and web design myself so I have total control over it. And I've really tried hard at making it reflect my work as I see it, and hopefully others do as well.
 
Your sense of color and shapes using the natural wood textures is superb. Lovely work.
 
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