For many years, I milled all my boards into ukulele sized pieces. Now, I try to save some larger pieces for future tenor guitars and guitars. Those of you who have been following for a while know that I almost never buy wood, I mainly salvage and harvest it myself. Myrtle is one of the only woods that I usually have to buy, in this case from Edensaw in Port Townsend. It not only looks amazing, but it sounds crisp, cheerful and balanced. I would definitely use this again for a tenor guitar or uke. I am pleased to say that I might have found a replacement for the Texas Ebony that I ran out of. This fretboard/headplate is Wenge, an African wood that I salvaged from the Carpenter Ant stash in Portland. It is very stiff and dense, which is good for fretboards. After sanding and finishing, it has a cool open pored texture that I really like.