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Ukulele / No. 350

Luthier’s 8-string tenor ukulele no. 350

The story

First in the World eight-string nylon-string luthier tenor ukulele with the following innovations:

  • Acoustic Tubes inside the guitar neck
  • Top with WAVE type resonator – with special chemical coating protecting from sudden moisture changes
  • Back & sides made in High-Tech Press
  • Sigmoidal sides joint

Specifications

Frets to the body
14
Double top
Old-growth Redwood (top) / Alpine Spruce from Tirol (bottom)(Master Grade)
Back & Sides
Amboyna Burl (Master Grade)
Scale length
17″ (431,8 mm)
Neck
Asymmetric made of flamed Sycamore Maple (Master Grade)
Fingerboard
Elevated, Black African Ebony (Master Grade)
Head
Plates / Black African Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural mammoth bone
Bridge
Black African Ebony (Master Grade), hand-shaped, encrusted with natural mammoth bone
Soundhole
Offset, single at left upper-bout
Heel cap
Ebony with natural mammoth bone crown logo
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
Nut
38 mm, natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped and polished
Saddle
Natural mammoth bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
Tuners
Custom for 8-string, precise Golden with natural mother of pearl screw reinforcement cap
Binding
Black African Ebony (Master Grade)
Side-dots
⌀ 1.5 mm frets 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15 – natural mammoth bone
Frets
EVO-GOLD (nickel-free)
Varnish
Highly resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
Tuning
Standard, A440 Hz
Strings
Nylon, high-tension
Warranty
Lifetime