{"id":508,"date":"2018-09-01T15:14:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T13:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/?page_id=508"},"modified":"2025-10-03T22:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:00:31","slug":"wanaao","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/?page_id=508","title":{"rendered":"No. 21 \u00abWana&#8217;ao\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an eight-string (taro patch) ukulele with a baked spruce top and bubinga back and sides. The fretboard, bridge, headplate and heel are ovangkol.<\/p>\n<p>I was planning to send this ukulele to my brother, who lives on Kauai, but as it turns out I won&#8217;t be able to after all. Bubinga has been added to the list of protected species under CITES and the export from Europe to the US would require extensive documentation that I just don&#8217;t have. I actually bought this wood ages ago, but nobody bothered with registration and documentation back then, as long as it wasn&#8217;t Brazilian rosewood. So, this one probably won&#8217;t ever make it to Kauai, or anywhere else outside of Europe. The &#8222;replacement&#8220; for my brother is going to be made with German plum wood, and I am going to document the wood in detail, including the precise location where the tree stood, the age of the tree, the date, time and moon phase when it was felled&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I put Aquila Lava strings in Lili&#8217;U \/ taro patch tuning on it to start with, that is G3-G4, C4-C5, E4-E4, A4-A4. I&#8217;m not sure I like the high C, however, so I <em>may<\/em> drill another hole for a low C string and just keep the octave tuning on the G.<\/p>\n<p>And now, as always, the list of details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top: baked German spruce<\/li>\n<li>Back and sides: bubinga<\/li>\n<li>Neck: alder with ovangkol heel<\/li>\n<li>Head plate: ovangkol<\/li>\n<li>Fretboard and bridge: ovangkol, fretboard with 16&#8243; radius<\/li>\n<li>Rosette: bubinga with wenge rings<\/li>\n<li>Armrest: bubinga<\/li>\n<li>Binding: mystery wood, could be mahogany&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-508 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050748_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050748_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050749_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050749_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050750_m.jpg' title=\"Ovankol headplate with mandolin tuners\" data-rl_title=\"Ovankol headplate with mandolin tuners\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050750_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-522\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-522'>\n\t\t\t\tOvankol headplate with mandolin tuners\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050754_m.jpg' title=\"Wanna&#039;ao\" data-rl_title=\"Wanna&#039;ao\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050754_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-524\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-524'>\n\t\t\t\tWanna&#8217;ao\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050764_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050764_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050766_m.jpg' title=\"Wana&#039;ao - volute and tuners\" data-rl_title=\"Wana&#039;ao - volute and tuners\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050766_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-528\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-528'>\n\t\t\t\tWana&#8217;ao &#8211; 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The fretboard, bridge, headplate and heel are ovangkol. I was planning to send this ukulele to my brother, who lives on Kauai, but as it turns out I won&#8217;t be able to after all. Bubinga has been added [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-508","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=508"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1146,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508\/revisions\/1146"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}