Replenished supplies

Look at this, I got 12 sets of koa wood for sopranos! Most of them with one piece tops and backs. The eminent Pete Howlett was kind enough to sell me these.

And he is the best shipper, these sets were packed better than anything I've seen.

Now all I need is the time to build 12 sopranos.

Progress on hybrid strange guitar uke

I'm a bit hesitant. It's going ok but I am not sure at all what it'll sound like. This reminds me of my first tenor, almost five years ago.

It was really hard fretting the ebony fretboard. I thought I had done that before but I would have remembered.

Oh well. Lots of work left. And a vouple of weeks to do it.

Progress on mock guitar

The small guitar have gotten a bit further, despite me being away all the time on work trips. This month I've been to India twice and I'm leaving for Palestine tomorrow.

But the neck is carved and fitted, the top is bound with tortoloid binding, and as you can see in the pic I've tuned the bracing some.

It might just be ready when I said it would be.