Bob_H
Active member
Hi - just sharing my fourth ukulele - a blackwood baritone with a sitka spruce top and jarah fretboard and bindings. After initial problems with the side bending, things have progressed fairly well. I have some issues with the top, where I have two problems:
1. There appears to be some subsidence between the bracing, which translates to some unevenness in the top and some light patches over the braces after sanding. Is this usual with sitka?
2. Some gaps between between the grain lines after sanding - as if the thin darker lines have "dropped" in places, leaving odd patches where the surface is ridged.
I haven't had this problem with other woods - is it a sitka spruce thing?
1. There appears to be some subsidence between the bracing, which translates to some unevenness in the top and some light patches over the braces after sanding. Is this usual with sitka?
2. Some gaps between between the grain lines after sanding - as if the thin darker lines have "dropped" in places, leaving odd patches where the surface is ridged.
I haven't had this problem with other woods - is it a sitka spruce thing?