More custom ukuleles!

While the last batch of ukuleles is being sprayed with lacquer, it’s time to get started on the next batch of custom ukuleles. This is going to be a beautiful bunch of ukuleles! There will be 2 mastergrade koa concerts, 2 mastergrade koa super concerts, a mastergrade koa Kasha tenor, 2 mastergrade koa muse tenors and a Cuban mahogany muse tenor.

Here is all of the bracing for all 8 ukes laid out and ready to go.

kasha and muse ukulele braces

Here are a few of the concert sides sanded down to thickness and ready for bending.

3 sets of koa ukulele sides

This is one of the Muse abalone rosettes. You can see a bit of the leftover shellac around the shell. The shellac is wiped around the channel before the shell is installed to prevent the thin super glue from leaving marks on the wood.

muse ukulele rosette

And here is the back strip being glued in place on the Cuban mahogany back. This Cuban mahogany is some of the most beautiful material I have ever worked with!

muse ukulele backstrip