Manzanita Build #10

Dougf · Feb 22, 2014

A few shots in-progress and the finished product, this one is a 15" concert scale. I'm running out of the bigger pieces, so I did a double book match for the back. The back, sides, fingerboard, and headstock veneer are all from the same piece of wood. The soundboard and neck are incense cedar.

we tigers · Feb 22, 2014

another pretty build, Doug. I like the stripes in the body and the addition of a skunk stripe and a head plate on the back of the head. #10 already! Time to design a sound hole label

Love it!

Doc_J · Feb 22, 2014

Very nice Doug. That Manzanita is sure pretty wood.

Wow. #10 build for you! Congrats.

connor013 · Feb 22, 2014

Great stuff, Doug. Those are some pretty ukes you're building.

ksiegel · Feb 22, 2014

Beauty, Doug.

Are you using friction tuners, or have you decided to try Peghead or Gotoh planetary tuners yet?

And is the bridge a string-through, or something else?

-Kurt

Dougf · Feb 23, 2014

ksiegel said:
Beauty, Doug.

Are you using friction tuners, or have you decided to try Peghead or Gotoh planetary tuners yet?

And is the bridge a string-through, or something else?

-Kurt

Hi, Kurt, I've used Peghed tuners on all I've built so far. I've also used string-through bridges on all of them, which is what Rick Turner used in his class. The finish that works best for me is Tru-oil.

ksiegel · Feb 23, 2014

Dougf said:
Hi, Kurt, I've used Peghed tuners on all I've built so far. I've also used string-through bridges on all of them, which is what Rick Turner used in his class. The finish that works best for me is Tru-oil.

Great! When we met at the Wine Country Festival, I don't remember if I got a chance to get a good look at your uke. I do know that I didn't get nearly enough time to talk to you, but the heat was doing a number on my wife, and (I realized when I got out of it) me, so we ended up leaving instead of going to the open mic.

Any chance you'll be going to the Bay Area Jam on March 29 in SF? I'm planning on being there, and having my Donaldson with me.

-Kurt

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