wadleysf
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Here it is!
More pictures here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amwadley/sets/72157635266870921/
It's a lovely ukulele, and I'm getting to know it well. I'm very grateful to Rob for putting in the extra hours to get this done in time while I was over in the UK. I know it was a push, and thanks to his other customers who took a delay so he could get this out to me before I flew home.
The specs are listed on the Flickr pics (link above) and are, briefly:
Cherry soundboard and sides
Grafted cherry back (like Ben's baritone, from where I got the idea - thanks Ben!)
Laburnum fretboard and bridge
London plane rosette
Yew headstock faceplate
Yellow poplar (tulip wood) neck
Of particular interest to me was that all the woods were UK grown. In fact there's even a report on the sourcing of the tulip wood tree here.
I'm really enjoying playing this new instrument - it's lovely and bright with a lot of sustain and has, at least to me, a unique sound. There may be a sound sample forthcoming if I can get myself happy with a recording!
More pictures here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/amwadley/sets/72157635266870921/
It's a lovely ukulele, and I'm getting to know it well. I'm very grateful to Rob for putting in the extra hours to get this done in time while I was over in the UK. I know it was a push, and thanks to his other customers who took a delay so he could get this out to me before I flew home.
The specs are listed on the Flickr pics (link above) and are, briefly:
Cherry soundboard and sides
Grafted cherry back (like Ben's baritone, from where I got the idea - thanks Ben!)
Laburnum fretboard and bridge
London plane rosette
Yew headstock faceplate
Yellow poplar (tulip wood) neck
Of particular interest to me was that all the woods were UK grown. In fact there's even a report on the sourcing of the tulip wood tree here.
I'm really enjoying playing this new instrument - it's lovely and bright with a lot of sustain and has, at least to me, a unique sound. There may be a sound sample forthcoming if I can get myself happy with a recording!