For this ukulele, I let the natural color variations of the spalted maple lead in selecting the rest of the parts. I wanted to highlight the the range of colors without having everything “match” too much. I chose a spruce top with an off center brown line to introduce a little asymmetry to an other wise “perfect” front. I also mixed walnut and maple binding, stripy hemlock for the neck and chocolate brown walnut into the equation to complete the look. The maple is from the Carpenter Ant stash in Portland, the spruce is from a retired dulcimer maker, the walnut is from Goby in Portland and the hemlock is from Camp Westwind on the Oregon coast.