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Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele. Now with Video!
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:45 pm
by John Parchem
Back, sides and top - Quilted Mahogany
Neck - Mahogany
Back, Sides and neck Pore filled with a thick finish grade CA
Finished with a few padded coats of Seal-Lac and untold padded coats of Royal-Lac
Head stock veneer is Amboyna burl and I think the back strap is Bobinga (I just grabbed something from my stash when I sanded too far into the back of the head stock.)
Binds and end graph is ebony.
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:47 pm
by ken cierp
Simply awesome!
Thank you for sharing
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:40 pm
by Dave Bagwill
Gorgeous instrument.
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 4:52 am
by Herman
Beautiful, John! With some right spotlight it's ready for a showcase.
Herman
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 8:54 am
by Tim Benware
Beauteeful. You keeping, gifting or selling? Need a closeup of the rosette.
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:14 pm
by John Parchem
Thanks all,
I mostly got lucky with the wood.
I make lot of my instruments on commission including this one. I do make them for family and some close friends as gifts for those interested in playing them. I am not in it for income so my prices go up or down depending on the person I am making it for and how much I wanted to make the instrument.
I can take a picture of the rosette on the finished instrument but it is just a ring of herringbone that I bent on a hot pipe. All the wood was so wild I decided to keep the trim very simple as a contrast.
Re: Finished Quilted Mahogany Tenor Ukulele.
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:26 pm
by Paul C
Really nice