UKULELE MOVEMENT

Model Ziricote Tenor Custom Hummingbird

Also specially commissioned, luthier Michael DaSilva built this beautiful Ziricote custom tenor with a hummingbird inlay that Mike designed and inlaid himself. Ziricote (scientific name: Cordia dodecandra) is an exotic hardwood from Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula. The timber has a similar appearance to Brazilian Rosewood and is heavier than most Rosewoods. When worked, it is said to be comparable to Ebony. Tone of Ziricote is like Rosewood and it has low dampening qualities with a clean resonant quality, in other words – nice mellow and deep complex tone with clear highs (trebles).

All models can be custom built to your specifications and are completely handcrafted by Mike DaSilva. 

• Tenor scale length

• Arched-back body

• Adirondack Spruce top, Ziricote back and sides

• Tortoise shell binding front and back

• Gaboon Ebony beveled headplate and heelcap

• Custom abalone and mother-of-pearl hummingbird inlay on headplate

• Honduras Mahogany neck, thin radius

• Macasser Ebony fretboard 

• Paua abalone and tortoise shell rosette

• Black and white ivoroid purfling

• Rosewood bridge   

• Corian nut and saddle

• UV-cured, hand-rubbed polyester finish

• 19 nickel silver frets 

• Mother-of-pearl position marks at 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th , 10^th, 12^th and 15^th fret on neck and fingerboard

• Pegheads 4:1 built-in geared tuners

• Custom DaSilva strings

• Label is individually signed by Mike DaSilva and serial numbered

• Price includes a high quality molded fibreglass case

• Lead time for each order is around 3-6 months

Price on application

HOW TO BUY

You can either

• Drop by our showroom during store opening hours or email your interest and specs. Payment modes: Cash, Nets and Visa/Mastercard.