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Ukuleles are built combining old and new building concepts.

    
Hollywood Style Concert Ukulele
Built for Chris Miller aka Zathras

This concert ukulele is built in the style and fashion of the vintage Nunes and Royal Hawaiian ukulele, which was later copied on the mainland under the name of Hollywood. What makes this particular ukulele different from most is the choice of woods. The right rim is maple while the left rim is Honduras mahogany. And the back is split between the same two woods, alternating opposite of the rims. Confused? The pictures speak better than words...


Matching the two back halves is fun... looking for pieces that will compliment each other, especially after the finish is applied and the character of thr grain comes forth. I think these pieces will be very happy together.

Choosing the rims is the same process. Contrasting and matching at the same time.
Rims are glued together and the soundboard is braced and glued on. Here's a view you'll (hopefully) never see again!
Lovely spruce top and showing off the lovely shape.
And here's what you see in the rearview mirror.
The binding channel has been cut on the back...
... and on the top.
Gluing the binding on takes a lot of sticky and stretchy stuff! I like using the brown binding tape, but if I'm using a spruce top, I rubberband that side to eliminate the possibility of tearing out the spruce when I peel the tape off.
And here we have binding!
Strung up and sounds very nice! It's quite loud when strummed, softer when fingerpicked. Even the fingerpicking will get louder as the ukulele gets played and opens up. Shiny! And lightweight.
Here's an audio sample of the newly completed Hollywood Personality Disorder concert uke. (There is a high note at about 3:08 that is me pushing the string out of tune... it's not the uke!) It plays and feels very nice.


    

 
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