Al Tsugawa - Custom Tenor

Super curly Koa sides and Back with a Red Cedar sound board. It has inlayed in the head plate the Hawaiian flag in 7 different woods the woods are Milo, Mango Pheasant wood, Coconut, Purple Heart, Portuguese Cypress, Tamarind wood The head plate is bound in Ivoroid with Abalone inlayed inside The tuning keys are Grove 8G Gold plated. The neck is Honduras Mahogany the fret board is Lace wood and the fret board in bound in Ivoroid and has Abalone running down the inside of the fret board. The fret markers are Abalone Dots. The body is made from Red Cedar sound board with Tortoise shell bindings with Abalone inlayed inside. It has an Abalone Rosette with B/W/B/ lines around it. The sides of this tenor are Super Curly koa, and the Back is made from the same super curly Koa as the sides Book matched for beauty the back is also bowed 3/8" for sound the back is also bound in Tortoise shell bindings. This ukulele Has a fishman pre-amp pick-up installed.

12/5/2004