"The Ladder" Oregon Myrtle Tenor
On Sale now at Island Bazaar in Huntington Beach, CA
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This set of myrtle is very curly but has some vertical grain in the middle giving the front and back a ladder image, hence the name.
The side sound port provides a little more feedback for the player.
Like most of my myrtle, this set comes from Vince at Pacific Coast Woods.
You can really see the curl of the wood and the vertical grain in the back.
The center strip and the binding are East Indian rosewood.
The accents are Red coolibah burl, which is a type of eucalyptus.​
The neck is White Limba (aka - Korina) with a carbon reinforcement rod. Limba has a density very similar to mahogany, but the colors match better for myrtle and mango ukes in my opinion.
The top is really pretty and has a wonderful warmth to its tone. The rosette is a mosaic of different scraps of rosewood. I am really starting to like the look of the mosaic rosettes. They also don't waste as much wood as the solid rosettes.
The binding, fretboard and bridge are also East Indian rosewood. I really like the purplish color of this rosewood with the tone of most of the myrtle I get in.
The headstock is the same curly myrtle as the top.
The tuners are gold Gotoh Interplanetary tuners.
Strings are a Pepe Romero wound low g string with custom high carbon fluorocarbon strings.
I have been told that PCH ukuleles have a distinctive sound and feel to them. However, the different woods all lend there own flavor to the finished product.
The sound of this myrtle uke is very warm and soothing.
The manager and Island Bazaar told me, "this is kind of ukulele I want to have with me sitting at the beach, watching the sun go down". I couldn't have agreed more.