1st uke, all local woods
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2016 11:55 am
I made this tenor ukulele as an experiment and to get some experience carving a neck from scratch. All the woods are salvaged wood from yard trees or blow downs near my house in upstate NY.
Back, sides, fingerboard and bridge: from a giant Osage orange yard tree taken down 1.5 miles from my house.
Top and braces: Adirondack red spruce from a blowdown near raquette lake about 70 miles north
Neck, end wedge and bindings: from a sugar maple from my own front yard.
Fretboard markers and heal cap from a black walnut also from my neighborhood.
Back, sides, fingerboard and bridge: from a giant Osage orange yard tree taken down 1.5 miles from my house.
Top and braces: Adirondack red spruce from a blowdown near raquette lake about 70 miles north
Neck, end wedge and bindings: from a sugar maple from my own front yard.
Fretboard markers and heal cap from a black walnut also from my neighborhood.