Thread: A new set of ukuleles

Excellent work!!

Another one completed!
This one has a Western Red Cedar soundboard, Southern Silky Oak back and sides, Tasmanian Myrtle burl rosette and tail end graft and headstock veneers, Laminated neck including Huon Pine Wenge Jarrah and Claret Ash, Wenge fretboard with Opal fret dots and 9.5” radius, Gotoh machine heads.

Love you'r work Cal. Those are really great looking ukes. I've been playing with uke bands for 10 years and seen every kind of uke there is from $25 specials to Hawaiian made koa wood masterpieces worth thousands. I would say your's are up around the top end.
Out of interest how does the cedar top one sound.
Regards
John

Thanks John, the cedar is awesome. Sustain is huge and warm too. Here is a link to a short clip I recorded yesterday. I’m a crap ukulele player, I have a great friend who is really good and I will get him to play it at some stage and record it. But for now this is the best I can do.

Silky Oak Baritone - YouTube

Thanks Cal for taking the time to put that up. It sounds as good as it looks.
Regards
John

Great looking Uke! A joy to look at... Do you find that the different timbers make much difference to the sound?

I finished a ukelele several months ago... Bunya Pine top, Tassie Blackwood back and sides, Victorian Ash neck, Malasian Rosewood bridge mount - bone bridge and nut, maple binding, Bunya Pine bracing. See post here a few months ago.

It's loud and it has a really nice warm tone (except for a little string buzz that I can't figure out where its coming from)

I've almost fished a second ukelele (one for each of two daughters) - the design is identical - except that the top is made of Western Red Cedar.

I can't wait to try them side by side...

Originally Posted by GarciaJ

Great looking Uke! A joy to look at... Do you find that the different timbers make much difference to the sound?

I finished a ukelele several months ago... Bunya Pine top, Tassie Blackwood back and sides, Victorian Ash neck, Malasian Rosewood bridge mount - bone bridge and nut, maple binding, Bunya Pine bracing. See post here a few months ago.

It's loud and it has a really nice warm tone (except for a little string buzz that I can't figure out where its coming from)

I've almost fished a second ukelele (one for each of two daughters) - the design is identical - except that the top is made of Western Red Cedar.

I can't wait to try them side by side...

Thanks!
Yes different timbers certainly have an impact on sound.
The Huon pine top has a lower frequency than the Western Red Cedar.
I had a look at your instrument, looks fantastic.
String buzz could be coming from tuners? It’s can be hard to find a buzz sometimes.
Great that you are building them for your kids, that how I started three years ago!
Cheers Cal