"Toasty" Curly Oregon Myrtle Tenor
On Sale now at Hale Ukulele in San Diego, CA
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This ukulele was built for Hale Ukulele in San Diego. There was a lady in the store when I dropped it off, shopping for another uke. She bought it before Ric could even get it up on the wall.
Why do I call it "Toasty"? It just looked like a piece of toast to me.
Many thanks to Vince at Pacific Coast Woods for this beautiful set of myrtle.
It sounds great too.
There is a lot going on on this back. The colors and the wavy vertical stripes are very nice, then add that amazing curl and Wow!
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The center stripe is East Indian rosewood that matches the binding.
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 sad when its gone.
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The neck is White Limba (aka - Korean) 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.
Top is really pretty and has a wonderful warmth to its tone. The rosette is a mosaic of koa scraps with black and white trim that go very well with the myrtle.
The headstock is the same curly myrtle as the top. Depending on what angle you view it the curl marks will form a perfect chevron. At other angles, not so much.
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.