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Ukulele / No. 281

Luthier’s 8-steel-string travel ukulele no. 281

The story

First in the World luthier ukulele which introduces the following innovations:

  • Top with 5th generation WAVE type resonator – with special chemical coating protecting from sudden moisture changes
  • Back & sides made in High-Tech Press

Specifications

Double top
Sitka Spruce with ‘bearclaw’ effect (Master Grade)
Back & Sides
Padauk (Pterocarpus soyauxii) (Master Grade)
Scale length
340 mm
Neck
Asymmetric made of flamed Sycamore (Master Grade)
Fingerboard
Elevated, Black Ebony (Master Grade), binded
Head
Plates / Black Ebony (Master Grade)
Logo
Natural white mother of pearl
Bridge
Ebony (Master Grade), manually carved, encrusted with natural bone, pinless
Soundhole
Single non-standard with Ebony binding
Heel cap
Ebony
Armrest
Ebony, integrated with the guitar body
Nut
38 mm, natural bone, manually shaped and polished
Saddle
Natural bone, manually shaped and polished
Tuners
Precise Golden with natural mother of pearl screw reinforcement cap
Binding
Ebony (Master Grade)
Side-dots
⌀ 1.5 mm frets 5, 7, 10 – natural white mother of pearl
Frets
18% nickel silver
Varnish
Highly resonant, anti-static varnish (own recipe), hand-polished, matt
Tuning
Standard, A440 Hz
Strings
Steel
Warranty
Lifetime