This was one of those instruments I made as a none commission. I had it up on my website for sale and Frank from the UK bought it one day. About two weeks later he then wrote to me and commissioned me to build a tenor.

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With this one I wanted to make something light and small baritone, but still have great acoustic sound and you can plug in.

ShellBack baritone Ukulele

Tuning DGBE

steel strings

.032 .022 .015 .011 string gauges.

Scale length 19"

Nut width 38 mm

Koa top

Walnut back

Mahogany neck with Wenge strip

Wenge and Imbuya accents.

Katalox fingerboard

Imbuya bridge and tailpiece.

Pine cone fret marker (3rd)

Crosscut branch inlay fret marker (7th, 12th)

Gold Evo frets

Graphite truss rod in neck

Strap buttons

Copper side fret markers.

Gotoh 510 tuners with handcrafted knobs.

Mi-Si trio active pickup

Buffalo bone nut and saddle

Kala Sonoma case included.

2.1 LBS - 952 g

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