Lapyang
Well-known member
This actually is a not so new NUD. I received this LFdM Tenor in May. I just did not get a chance to make a video and post the pictures.
It took about 7 months from the first e-mail to the completion of the ukulele. I actually visited the shop of Luis (Ontario, Canada) to pick out the wood in person. That visit was surely an eye opener. Luis' shop is cleaner than my living room. I think it speaks volume of the Luthier. He is a true gentleman and a scholar. He showed me how to listen to the tapping tone of a sound board, how the body wood can affect the overall sound, how the style of playing in relation to fretboard radius...etc. I felt like I attended a class of Ukulele Building 101.
Maccaferri Style Tenor
17in scale
10in radius fingerboard
Bearclaw Sitka Spruce
Cocobolo Back and Sides
Living Water Low Tesion for A, E strings
Thomastik CF 27 for C
Fremont Soloist for Low G
This is no doubt my best Ukulele. The Holy Grail. The sound is out of this world. The craftsmanship is the best I have seen. Just holding the uke could send chills down my spine.
Here is a video of "Castle in the Sky" play on the this superb Tenor. This uke made it sound better than I could play. The first half of the song was modified from the arrangement of Rainy Day Studio (YouTube), the second half was my version.
It took about 7 months from the first e-mail to the completion of the ukulele. I actually visited the shop of Luis (Ontario, Canada) to pick out the wood in person. That visit was surely an eye opener. Luis' shop is cleaner than my living room. I think it speaks volume of the Luthier. He is a true gentleman and a scholar. He showed me how to listen to the tapping tone of a sound board, how the body wood can affect the overall sound, how the style of playing in relation to fretboard radius...etc. I felt like I attended a class of Ukulele Building 101.
Maccaferri Style Tenor
17in scale
10in radius fingerboard
Bearclaw Sitka Spruce
Cocobolo Back and Sides
Living Water Low Tesion for A, E strings
Thomastik CF 27 for C
Fremont Soloist for Low G
This is no doubt my best Ukulele. The Holy Grail. The sound is out of this world. The craftsmanship is the best I have seen. Just holding the uke could send chills down my spine.
Here is a video of "Castle in the Sky" play on the this superb Tenor. This uke made it sound better than I could play. The first half of the song was modified from the arrangement of Rainy Day Studio (YouTube), the second half was my version.