DUKE10 Specifications & Setup
Specifications
- Tenor Scale Length - 17" (43cm) from nut to bridge
- Strings - Worth Brown Fluorocarbon Tenor Ukulele Strings with High G - traditional GCEA re-entrant tuning. Made in Japan. (January 2025 Upgrade - after extensive testing, these strings now replace the Aquila Supernylgut strings originally fitted)
- Instrument Weight - 2.4lbs (1.1kg) (excluding hard case & packaging)
- Total Length - 27.56” (70cm) - from bottom of drum to top of headstock
- Drum Size (diameter) - 10” (25.4cm)
- Drum Construction - 5 Ply Birch with thicker inner ply for better structural integrity, more rigidity and greater resonance ('Season 3' Upgrade)
- Fretboard - American walnut with mother-of-pearl acrylic fret marker inlays (dots) at frets 5, 7, 10 & 12
- Fret Marker Side Dots at frets 5,7,10 & 12 - mother-of-pearl acrylic
- Frets - 18 - Nickel Silver
- Action Height at Fret One - 0.5mm to 0.75mm
- Action at Height Fret Twelve - 2.2mm to 3.0mm
- Nut Material - Bone ('Season 3' Upgrade from plastic)
- Nut Width 1.3/8” (35mm)
- Distance from Nut to 12th fret 8.464” (21.5cm)
- Tuners - rear-facing banjo-style 4:1 ratio planetary gears - chrome plated, with mother of pearl acrylic knobs
- Electrics - Dual passive transducer pickup system (made in USA) with std 1/4” input jack ('Season 3' Upgrade from single transducer)
- Arm Rest - Chrome plated steel ('Season 3' Modification - smaller and closer fitting)
- Neck - solid nato wood
- Drum head - high density polyvinyl, screen printed with DUKE10 crown graphic
- Tailpiece - precision “smooth-edge” steel
Also included:
- An awesome wooden Hard Case - All DUKE10's will ship in our custom-designed Vintage-Style Tweed Case. ('Season 3' Upgrade) (replaces gig bag). We also have a limited quantity of our classic black cases with alligator finish available as of February 2025.
- Fully adjustable black nylon shoulder strap with black leather ends, and two small leather strap ties/holders to attach shoulder strap to tension rods. ('Season 3' Upgrade) (replaces white strap).
- Drum tensioner key with integrated Phillips-head screwdriver for tightening the machine head tuning knobs
Setup
Your banjo ukulele will come out of the box without needing any adjustments, every time...and it stays that way forever. Just stand the bridge up, re-tune the strings, and go!