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Ancient Kauri Wood Tenor Ukulele  10/11/21  SOLD
​50,000 year old swamp Kauri
     This is a very unusual ukulele that I have been wanting to make for a number of years. Not fancy or flashy, but not your usual ukulele. The top is modern Kauri that was cut within the last few years. The back and sides are swamp Kauri, also called Ancient Kauri. Ancient Kauri has spent the last 40,000 to 50,000 years buried in an oxygen free environment underwater in a New Zealand bog. The wood changes in texture, color, and hardness. I was unsure if it would even be possible to build with it, but the process went well. It was really fun to work with this wood.
     This not your typical take to a party or to the beach uke. Probably needs a little more care than that. The Ancient Kauri, combined with the modern Kauri has made for a uke with great distinct tones. I think it would be best for fingerpicking styles.
     Not very much extra bling on this one.Only a few bits of Paua and MOP shell inlay here and there. Just a straight forward ukulele, though the Ancient Kauri was expensive wood! The neck is Hawaii Island grown curly Spanish Cedar. The fretboard and bridge are Hawaii Pheasant Wood. Body binding and the headstock overlay are Milo Wood . Wood purfling on the body is a black/blue/black laminate strip.The slotted headstock tuners are Grover deluxe chrome18:1 gear ratio.There is a soundport to enhance the player's experience.
     In keeping with the subdued look of this uke, the finish is a Satin nitrocellulose lacquer instead of a gloss finish. Not a shiny finish at all. 
     Comes with a deluxe arch top hardshell case.
     I have enough wood to make 1 more, but currently this is a 1 of a kind instrument.

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The photos of the Ancient Kauri wood may look out of focus, but that's the way it looks. This particular pattern in Ancient Kauri is called "whitebait". It refers to the fish you often see in the New Zealand ocean. Schools of white bait fish swim by in a flash that is just a blur in the water. It was fun watching these fish when we traveled in NZ.
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