After working on GTs (Grand Tenor) for months, these pieces of Macassar ebony seemed so small that I couldn’t help thinking of this uke as “Little Mac”, who makes music with the fabulous Marcy Marxer. Quite a bit of chocolate in the sound–yum.

I have been ever so carefully parceling out this bright Macassar ebony since 1993, when a found a single gorgeous billet in the woody labyrinth of Gilmer Wood in Portland. Soon I will need a “board stretcher”…

Model: Standard Tenor
Top: Sinker redwood
Back and Sides: Macassar ebony (from two different trees)
Binding: Santos rosewood
Rosette: paua abalone
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Tuning machines: Gotoh UPTL
Fretboard: Gabon ebony
Bridge: rosewood, bone saddle