Handmade Blue Frog Soprano - Solid Black Walnut body with Sitka Spruce Top

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Soprano #39 is back up for sale after the owner decided to trade up for one with inlay.

$400 includes shipping within the lower 48.

Solid black walnut back and sides with cherry binding
Sitka spruce top
Sitka spruce bracing
Mahogany Neck - Shape is modern C
Ebony headstock veneer
Ebony fretboard bound in cherry
Honduras rosewood bridge
13.5" scale
1 3/8" nut width
Bone nut and saddle
Grover Geared Tuners

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As the one who originally bought this uke, I can attest it is amazingly bright and jangley, with a very comfortable feel to it. String-thru bridge is a nice touch, imho.

I played it for all of one week before Vic and I got to talking about inlays and such. As Vic said, I loved this little uke, but wanted a bit more bling. Someone will get a great soprano, from a great builder—and overall human being!—complete with a pair of adorable extra “sound holes” in the side pieces provided by tiny boring critters in the walnut. A real fun touch for me, and I hope for the new owner, too.
 
Thanks y'all!

New information as requested. String action across the 12th fret is right at 1.75mm, with a slight fall-away after the 12th fret. On my sopranos I radius the whole top and scrape / floss the fretboard to match the shape of the top. The fall-away past the 12th is done after the neck is atttached, during the fret leveling process.

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Oh, goodness.
Love the woodset on this one. That bookmatched back (is it sapwood?) ... and walnut grew on my grandparent's farm.
If I wasn't in line for a long neck...
 
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ukeinfused said:
Oh, goodness.
Love the woodset on this one. That bookmatched back (is it sapwood?) ... and walnut grew on my grandparent's farm.
If I wasn't in line for a long neck...
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It is indeed sapwood. I love stripes lol. Walnut grew on my grandparents' farm too. But what I wish I had is a giant Osage orange that the new owners evidently had cut and taken away. Here's a step-stool I made for Mrs. Blue Frog out of the same tree as the sopranos I've been making.

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Diogenes Blue said:
It is indeed sapwood. I love stripes lol. Walnut grew on my grandparents' farm too. But what I wish I had is a giant Osage orange that the new owners evidently had cut and taken away. Here's a step-stool I made for Mrs. Blue Frog out of the same tree as the sopranos I've been making.

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Very pretty .... the uke as well!
 
Beautiful uke and the bench is a great design. Texas used to have a lot of Osage. They used them as hedgerows, I believe.
That uke sounds wonderful, so tempting, but long necks R us!
 
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