Ukulele / No. 558
Luthier’s tenor ukulele no. 558
The story
First in the World luthier tenor ukulele introduces the following innovations:
- VII generation ACOUSTIC TUBES inside the ukulele neck,
- top with X generation WAVE type resonator
- back & sides made in VII generation HIGH-TECH PRESS
- SIGMOIDAL JOINT of the ukulele sides
- African Ebony (Master Grade) IMPEDANCE BRIDGE with STIFFENING WINGS inlaid with natural Baltic amber and bone
Specifications
- Solid top
- Western Red Cedar (Master Grade)
- Back & Sides
- Redwood Burl (Vavona)(Master Grade)
- Scale
- 17″ (431,8 mm)
- Neck
- Asymmetric Turkowiak neck made of flamed sycamore maple (Master Grade) with African Ebony reinforcing strips
- Fingerboard
- Elevated, African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Head
- Plates / Double African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Shape
- Vintage (Slotted) Classical Style
- Inlay
- Crown logo – natural Baltic amber
- Soundhole
- Single, offset, bound with Ebony (Master Grade)
- Heel
- Cap / African Ebony
- Logo
- Natural Baltic amber
- Nut
- Extra-wide, 42 mm (1.65″), natural bone, hand-shaped and polished
- Saddle
- Natural bone, hand-shaped, polished and semi-scalloped
- Tuners
- Black tuning machines with ebony knobs and black aluminum rollers with bearings and white mother of pearl screw reinforcements, ratio 18:1
- Binding
- African Ebony (Master Grade)
- Fingerboard markers
- Side – natural bone, diameter 1.5 mm at 3, 5, 9, 15 frets, diameter 3 mm 7, 12 (double) frets
- Frets
- 18% nickel-silver
- Varnish
- Highly-resonant, antistatic (own recipe), hand-polished, high-gloss
- Inlay
- Fingerboard 11-13 custom inlay made of natural Baltic amber
- Cutaway
- Semi
- Strings
- Nylon
- Hardcase
- Brand
- Warranty
- Life-time