in the WORKSHOP

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Ukulele Update – Woolly Gets his soundboard

Ukulele Update – Woolly Gets his soundboard

Woolly & Bully are moving along nicely now. We braced Woolly's sound board and glued it in place today. He's got our signature interlocking ladder bracing and we did them in Poplar so they look very nice against the Mammoth Kauri.   We are very unusual in that we...

Workshop update – Woolly & Bully

Workshop update – Woolly & Bully

Woolly & Bully are two concert ukuleles that will be our first using "Mammoth Kauri" an ancient reclaimed wood from northern New Zealand. This wood has been carbon dated at 25,000-50,000+ years old and it's reclaimed wood, dug up out of peat bogs so it's...

Workshop Update – Cebollo

Workshop Update – Cebollo

Cebollo is a somewhat surf-inspired tenor starting it's way through the shop. He'll have a rich, darker palette with boldly mineral stained sides and back and a lovely Redwood soundboard. Today we were working on ribs, backs and soundboards so Cebollo got a terrific...

Workshop Update – “Bruce”

Workshop Update – “Bruce”

We've got a new tenor on its way through the shop. It goes by the name Bruce and will be a custom painted acoustic Keystone. We've been hard at work and are making great progress. Here are some current pix. Next up we'll be refining the neck. Smile when you play...

Busy, productive week in the shop

Busy, productive week in the shop

As you can see from this picture, we are super busy in the shop. We just completed a fat-bottom tenor and an acoustic concert (with a cool new side port). And there's a lot going on. In this picture are three acoustic tenors, 1 acoustic concert and if you look very...