Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

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Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by Graham Long » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:19 pm

My first Venetian Cutaway Instrument, and it's a 5 String Tenor Ukulele. (Tight bends)
The owner wanted it to be dual arrangement, so the G strings could be played together (3mm separation) or moved apart on the saddle so they could be individually picked.
This one is out of Red Cedar, very dark red and heavy, came from a dead tree in the Boyne Valley. Milled in the early eighties. It's the second Tenor I've made from it. Both sound very nice.
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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by seeaxe » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:53 pm

Beautiful!
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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by GregL » Thu Mar 17, 2016 9:57 pm

Hi Graham,

Wow, that looks great!
Could you please give a few more details, like top wood, neck wood, fretboard wood, bindings, finish?

Thanks,
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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by Graham Long » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:14 pm

No problem Greg,
Back and sides - Australian Red Cedar
Fret Board, Headstock and Bridge - Straight Grained Gidgee
Bindings and Neck - American Curly Maple
Soundboard - Engelmann Spruce
Rosette - straight grained Gidgee with Black Pearl inlays
Nut and Saddle - Mammoth Tusk
Finished with Nitro cellulous Lacquer

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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by GregL » Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:50 am

Hi Graham,

Thanks for that!
How did you find the Red Cedar? I made a tenor uke (much less skillfully than you!) with Australian Red Cedar back and sides and found it to be a good wood to work with.

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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by dotbot » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:42 pm

Very nice work, Graham! The visual effect of the fretboard and headstock veneer, with the lighter grain through the middle, is excellent. Cheers! :cl

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Re: Red Cedar Tenor Ukulele

Post by Graham Long » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:55 pm

Hi Greg,
Yeh, fairly easy to work. It must be, it's the first cutaway I've done,
Did a few test pieces to get the thickness right, which ended up around 1.2mm. Just as well I did cause I broke one piece.
I laminated the cutaway section with a second layer, just to be sure
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Graham

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