A concert size with a Yakusugi top, offering superb resonance and clarity!
This instrument is a concert ukulele featuring rare Yakusugi wood for the top and cherry wood for the back and sides.
The rosette is a beautiful design with a thick cherry wood ring sandwiched between mother-of-pearl. The binding is made of rosewood, and the position markers are diamond-shaped mother-of-pearl, giving it a luxurious feel.
It produces a clear, sustained sound that excels in beauty, especially for arpeggios. We believe you'll always enjoy playing it, whether for strumming and singing or solo performances.
Size: Concert Top: Yakusugi Sides/Back: Cherry Neck: African Mahogany (14f joint/18f) Fretboard/Bridge: Rosewood Scale: 381mm Nut width: 36mm Headplate: Cherry Binding: Rosewood Rosette: Cherry / Mother-of-pearl Pegs: Gotoh UPT‑UBN-GG Nut/Saddle Material: Unbleached Beef Bone Strings: Toda Guitars Original HIGH-G Tuners: Gotoh UPT-UB8-GG Finish: Matte Lacquer Case sold separately
Yongensha is a ukulele brand created by ukulele maker Tetsuo Tsuchizawa, who has a workshop in Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture. He lived in Hawaii for work from 2008 to 2013, and was deeply impressed by the performances of professional ukulele players he met during his stay. This inspired him to pursue full-time ukulele making. He studied the fundamentals and philosophy of ukulele making at Hana Lima 'Ia, a school run by renowned ukulele maker Michael Chock in Honolulu.
After returning to Japan, he rented a corner of the woodworking studio "Tenomori" in Tsuyazaki, Fukutsu City and started making his pieces. After that, he set up a workshop in his own home, and now he works hard at his workshop in the 50-year-old housing complex "Hinosato."
