TENOR UKULELE SERIES

It is edge bound in cream though, but surprisingly it only comes slightly close to avoiding really sharp edges. It looks dry too and this one comes complete with an ugly knot in the wood around the fifth fret as well as one or two other dinks, scuffs and gouges. The fingerboard is made from more walnut and again stands out against the black and looks too pale. Admittedly, it looks better on the other colour options. Pull through what? It's reasonably though and not too large and fitted with a straight topped plastic saddle, though I think it looks oddly pale against the black body. It's just a slot bridge nothing more, but confusingly on the Fender website they also call it a 'pull through' bridge. The bridge is a slot style made of walnut which Fender call a 'no tie'. The ones that look less pretty to me are the very simplistic sunburst option and the frankly pig ugly 'natural' which looks like the top of a very cheap sideboard. It also comes in the textbook Fender colours of Daphne Blue, Surf Green and Cherry which look appealing too. This one comes in a variety of colours including this black (which appealed to the Johnny Cash in me).

The body shape is a double bout shaped like pretty much all Fender ukes, and I can't tell how many sheets are in the top, back or sides on account of the colouring.

I've never really seen the appeal of it in an instrument wood as it's soft and very, very plain, but the reason it's used is because it's CHEAP.

TENOR UKULELE SERIES

The Avalon series are tenor ukuleles made from laminate basswood in the body - about as cheap a body laminate wood as you can get, also known as Linden or lime.

Tenor ukulele