“Jungle Vine" Oregon Myrtle Tenor
On Sale now at Island Bazaar in Huntington Beach, CA
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This tenor is all Oregon Myrtle from Vince at Pacific Coast Woods. I really liked the image of vertical stems with leaves coming off the sides. I had a tough time deciding between “Kelp Forest" and “ Jungle Vines”. Jungle Vines won out.
There is a lot going on in this wood, lots of motion and color.
There is an East Indian rosewood back strip that almost blends into the grain of the myrtle.
The accents are from the dark koa boards I like to use with my myrtle instruments. Thanks to Hank Johnson (Kimo Ukuleles) I have quite bit, but I will be sad when its gone.
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The neck is White Limba (aka - Korina) with a carbon reinforcement rod. Limba has a density very similar to mahogany, but the colors match better for myrtle and mango ukes in my opinion.
The top is very pretty and has a wonderful warmth to its tone. The rosette and binding are East Indian rosewood. I really like the purplish color of this rosewood with the tone of most of the myrtle I get in.
If you look at the edges of the bridge you will see the vertical grain with “leaves” coming off them.
The headstock is the same curly myrtle as the top.
The tuners are black Gotoh Interplanetary tuners.
Strings are a Pepe Romero wound low g string with custom high carbon fluorocarbon strings.
It is no secret that Myrtle is my favorite tone wood. It works relatively easily (and has a spicy smell), it comes in a huge variety of colors, patterns and curls, but most importantly it sounds great.
Out of the nearly 40 ukuleles I have produced, 3 of my top 5 favorites are Myrtle tenors.