Pale Moon Ebony Tenor .......full description below photos
Pale Moon Ebony Tenor
A Tenor Ukulele with a scale length of 432mm and 14 Frets to the Body. This Ukulele
S/N - UKE-PME-T001 2026 was built by hand using the materials and methods listed below.
Back and Sides - Pale Moon Ebony (Diospyros malabarica)
Also known as Malabar or Laos Ebony, is a rare, highly prized, and visually striking hardwood native to Southeast Asia. It features a creamy, pale yellow or white base with intense, contrasting jet-black streaks. It is primarily used for high-end guitar fingerboards, backs, sides and artistic woodwork.
Pale Moon imparts a distinctive sound character, leveraging the density and resilience typical of the ebony family. Like other dense woods, this variety has a bright, well-projected tone with excellent treble attack and precise midrange response. It’s ideal for musicians seeking a defined and articulate performance, especially in genres where sonic detail is crucial, such as jazz or classical music.
Body Construction – High Impedance Double Linings
The joints from Sides to the Soundboard and to the Back are double lined (a Kerfed Lining and an internal Rimband) this increases the rigidity/impedance of the joint which in turn improves the overtones and sound complexity/quality.
Back Bracing – Live Bracing
The Back Bracing is a “Live Bracing Design “which increases the backs interaction with the soundboard during playing, resulting in a fuller more complex sound. The Bracing has been made with a 20ft Radius, which increases the stiffness and structural integrity.
Sound Board - Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
Engelmann is valued for its colour, tight grain, and light weight. Rarer than Sitka Spruce, often used in high end instruments.
Soundboard Bracing System - Falcate
The Falcate soundboard bracing system has been made to fit into and was assembled in a 20ft radius dish, which increases its stiffness and structural integrity. The Falcate (sickle shaped) Bracing is made of strips of King Billy Pine, laminated into sickle shapes that are radiused to 20ft. The Bracing tops were profiled. This radiused/curved symmetrical bracing system is of low mass and is incredibly stiff.
Neck - Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjotiana)
A rare Queensland timber, closely related to Queensland Maple, perfect for steam bending. It is a durable silver-white to pale yellow timber, with open mostly straight grain. It’s suitable for Boat Building, Gun Stocks, Cricket Stumps, and Instruments. This is a 3-piece neck, Silver Ash with an Ebony Spine and Black/white Maple accent lines. The Neck has a double Carbon Fibre stiffening bar.
Headstock, Fretboard, Bridge and Bindings - Indian Ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
Jet black, hard-wearing with a tight interlocking grain make this species ideal for these applications.
The fretboard has a Zero Fret, Compound Radius and is bound with maple purfling and Ebony. The Bridge is a Gladstone Ukuleles ‘String Through Design’.
Headstock (rear) – Pale Moon Ebony (Diospyros malabarica)
Rosette and Headstock Inlay – Koi in a Yin Yang pose
The Koi Headstock inlay is made from reconstituted Brass powder approximately 1mm thick. The Koi on the rosette are made from pressure dyed maple pieces
Tuners - Gotoh Baby 510, in Black with Ziricote Buttons
Exceptional High-quality tuners, consistently ranked at the top of the industry by musical instrument makers. Manufacturer in Japan and distributed worldwide GOTOH GUT Co., Ltd. began manufacturing stringed instrument parts in 1960. The SG510 Baby series Tuners are the smallest closed gear tuners on the market and have quickly become one of their Flagship models. These high tech, precision cut, Sealed Gear type tuners are lubricated for life with an 18:1 ratio giving the player a positive confident feel.
Pickup – Misi battery-less preamp c/w LR Baggs Transducer
The preamp for this system uses Mi-Si’s custom piezo linearization scheme - allowing for the most truthful and accurate sound from the pickup. A 60 second charge using the Mi-Si Power Charger provides 16 hours of play time.
Nut and Saddle - Northern Territory Water Buffalo Horn (Syncerus caffer)
The Nut and Saddle are handmade and fitted into their respective locations. The 3mm saddle is a firm fit into the Bridge but can be removed if needed. It has a line scribed along the soundhole face; this indicates the orientation of the saddle in the bridge. The instruments intonation has been set using the saddle, so it’s important that the saddle goes back with the correct orientation. The Nut has been slotted to suit the as fitted Strings. The Nut is also a firm fit; a small amount of CA glue has been put under it to hold it in place while changing strings.
Strings – Worth Brown Fluorocarbon Low G
Strings are an important part of any instruments sound structure. We have tested numerous different others, giving a warm/mellow Classical Guitar type sound.
Finish - Hand Polished High Gloss Pre-Catalyzed Lacquer
A hardwearing lacquer that is chemical resistant and easily repaired. Approximately 20 coats of Lacquer are applied, after curing the lacquer is hand levelled, cut, and polished to a mirror finish.
A Tenor Ukulele with a scale length of 432mm and 14 Frets to the Body. This Ukulele
S/N - UKE-PME-T001 2026 was built by hand using the materials and methods listed below.
Back and Sides - Pale Moon Ebony (Diospyros malabarica)
Also known as Malabar or Laos Ebony, is a rare, highly prized, and visually striking hardwood native to Southeast Asia. It features a creamy, pale yellow or white base with intense, contrasting jet-black streaks. It is primarily used for high-end guitar fingerboards, backs, sides and artistic woodwork.
Pale Moon imparts a distinctive sound character, leveraging the density and resilience typical of the ebony family. Like other dense woods, this variety has a bright, well-projected tone with excellent treble attack and precise midrange response. It’s ideal for musicians seeking a defined and articulate performance, especially in genres where sonic detail is crucial, such as jazz or classical music.
Body Construction – High Impedance Double Linings
The joints from Sides to the Soundboard and to the Back are double lined (a Kerfed Lining and an internal Rimband) this increases the rigidity/impedance of the joint which in turn improves the overtones and sound complexity/quality.
Back Bracing – Live Bracing
The Back Bracing is a “Live Bracing Design “which increases the backs interaction with the soundboard during playing, resulting in a fuller more complex sound. The Bracing has been made with a 20ft Radius, which increases the stiffness and structural integrity.
Sound Board - Engelmann Spruce (Picea engelmannii)
Engelmann is valued for its colour, tight grain, and light weight. Rarer than Sitka Spruce, often used in high end instruments.
Soundboard Bracing System - Falcate
The Falcate soundboard bracing system has been made to fit into and was assembled in a 20ft radius dish, which increases its stiffness and structural integrity. The Falcate (sickle shaped) Bracing is made of strips of King Billy Pine, laminated into sickle shapes that are radiused to 20ft. The Bracing tops were profiled. This radiused/curved symmetrical bracing system is of low mass and is incredibly stiff.
Neck - Silver Ash (Flindersia bourjotiana)
A rare Queensland timber, closely related to Queensland Maple, perfect for steam bending. It is a durable silver-white to pale yellow timber, with open mostly straight grain. It’s suitable for Boat Building, Gun Stocks, Cricket Stumps, and Instruments. This is a 3-piece neck, Silver Ash with an Ebony Spine and Black/white Maple accent lines. The Neck has a double Carbon Fibre stiffening bar.
Headstock, Fretboard, Bridge and Bindings - Indian Ebony (Diospyros ebenum)
Jet black, hard-wearing with a tight interlocking grain make this species ideal for these applications.
The fretboard has a Zero Fret, Compound Radius and is bound with maple purfling and Ebony. The Bridge is a Gladstone Ukuleles ‘String Through Design’.
Headstock (rear) – Pale Moon Ebony (Diospyros malabarica)
Rosette and Headstock Inlay – Koi in a Yin Yang pose
The Koi Headstock inlay is made from reconstituted Brass powder approximately 1mm thick. The Koi on the rosette are made from pressure dyed maple pieces
Tuners - Gotoh Baby 510, in Black with Ziricote Buttons
Exceptional High-quality tuners, consistently ranked at the top of the industry by musical instrument makers. Manufacturer in Japan and distributed worldwide GOTOH GUT Co., Ltd. began manufacturing stringed instrument parts in 1960. The SG510 Baby series Tuners are the smallest closed gear tuners on the market and have quickly become one of their Flagship models. These high tech, precision cut, Sealed Gear type tuners are lubricated for life with an 18:1 ratio giving the player a positive confident feel.
Pickup – Misi battery-less preamp c/w LR Baggs Transducer
The preamp for this system uses Mi-Si’s custom piezo linearization scheme - allowing for the most truthful and accurate sound from the pickup. A 60 second charge using the Mi-Si Power Charger provides 16 hours of play time.
Nut and Saddle - Northern Territory Water Buffalo Horn (Syncerus caffer)
The Nut and Saddle are handmade and fitted into their respective locations. The 3mm saddle is a firm fit into the Bridge but can be removed if needed. It has a line scribed along the soundhole face; this indicates the orientation of the saddle in the bridge. The instruments intonation has been set using the saddle, so it’s important that the saddle goes back with the correct orientation. The Nut has been slotted to suit the as fitted Strings. The Nut is also a firm fit; a small amount of CA glue has been put under it to hold it in place while changing strings.
Strings – Worth Brown Fluorocarbon Low G
Strings are an important part of any instruments sound structure. We have tested numerous different others, giving a warm/mellow Classical Guitar type sound.
Finish - Hand Polished High Gloss Pre-Catalyzed Lacquer
A hardwearing lacquer that is chemical resistant and easily repaired. Approximately 20 coats of Lacquer are applied, after curing the lacquer is hand levelled, cut, and polished to a mirror finish.