Kirtley Guitars ...erm.. ukulele

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Kirtley Guitars ...erm.. ukulele Jun 20, 2021 21:28:56 GMT davewhite, ocarolan, and 6 more like this

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Post by alexkirtley on Jun 20, 2021 21:28:56 GMT

It's not all guitars around here!
I'm far to erratic to be able to hold a build thread together, so I thought some would like to see the latest instrument to get strung up, I'll leave the build process up to the imagination, it may or may not involve elves and magic...

This is a soprano ukulele with a bit of bling, specs are as follows:

Flame maple back and sides
Spruce top
Honduran Mahogany neck
Old Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Flame maple faceplate and backstrap
Schaller tuners

I'm happy with how it turned out, it should make someone pretty happy when it finds a home.

And Heres a nice little family photo.

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alexkirtley
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My main instrument is: 1968 Gibson J-50

Kirtley Guitars ...erm.. ukulele Jun 20, 2021 21:43:40 GMT ocarolan, mandovark, and 1 more like this

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Jun 20, 2021 21:32:46 GMT ocarolan said:

Looks good, Alex. How does it sound?

Keith

Thanks Keith, It sounds sweet already, its punchy on single notes, and it should mellow out a little more with a bit of playing in, I'll see if I can get a recording of it at some point

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