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Kepasa
Ukuleles are handmade solid-wood ukuleles. Kepasa
Ukuleles are built combining old and new building
concepts.
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Personality
Disorder Ukulele
This interesting ukulele is made of parts that would
have become a maple back/sides concert ukulele and a rosewood
back/sides concert ukulele. Some of the wood did not bend
correctly and I was left with some great looking sides that
would probably never match with anything else. The result
is shown here.
I initially thought that this uke would become one of my
own personal flock; after all, who would want a ukulele
that couldn't make up it's mind about whether it was maple
or rosewood? Well, before the ukulele was even finished,
fellow uker Chris C. came along and said "I want that!"
I've had a lot of fun playing this uke for a couple of days.
Now it's off to build some more!
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 The
face of this ukulele looks pretty typical, but when you
start to turn it to the side or back, you realize that
this ukulele has a dual identity. Rosewood on the left
rim, maple on the right rim.
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then it gets better. Or worse. Or better. The back of this
concert ukulele flips the rosewood and maple pattern the
other way. Too bad you can't play this uke backwards! |
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three-piece neck is mahogany/maple/mahogany. It's strong
as heck and adds a little extra mass to the mix.
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headplate celebrates the multi-wood design by joining the
maple that's on the side with a striped piece of African
mahogany. Amber button geared Gotoh tuners keep this confused
ukulele in tune.
The fingerboard and bridge are ebony, with a Tusq® nut
and saddle. The saddle is compensated and does a very nice
job of ensuring good intonation. The bridge uses a string-through
method of attaching the strings. I've built a few of these
bridges with great results. It's a very tidy look, and I
feel that it increases the string contact with the soundboard.
It's a little more difficult to string the first time, but
after doing a few, now I find that the strings just curl
right out the soundhole for you. It's all in the training
of the uke, you see...
Here's a quick'n'dirty audio
sample of this ukulele. |
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Kepasa
Ukuleles are handcrafted ukuleles built with solid woods,
combining old and new building concepts.
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Copyright
© 2006-2008 Kepasa Ukulele - All Rights Reserved
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