Super Tenor Koa Ukulele - Sold

This is the next instrument completed. This is Kev’s Super Tenor Koa Ukulele.  Kev is a local ukulele instructor with many years of experience and the author of multiple teaching books. His newly published website is Tiki Nation.

Super Tenor Koa Ukulele

Lightening strike curly koa.

 

It’s All About The Woods

Body:  all solid, curly Koa.  Kev came to the shop and picked this set for the build.

Super Tenor Koa Ukulele

Fletch matched koa.

Binding:  going curly Koa all the way here.  Black/maple purfling.

Super Tenor Koa Ukulele

Curly koa binding on curly koa.

Fret Board and Bridge:  non-radiused ebony. I did 19 frets rather than the standard 18 per Kev’s request.

Neck:  Honduran mahogany with carbon fiber truss rod.

The Rest Of The Build

Tuners:  Gotoh UPT.

Super Tenor Koa Ukulele

Curly koa head stock.

Case:  Crossrock ABS.

Nut and Saddle:  unbleached bone.

Fret Markers:  white MOP. Kev wanted simple fret board face markers for teaching purposes.

Strings:  Pepe Romero tenor with wound low “G”.  I supplied these strings to Kev on a previous build and he has been using them since.

Super Tenor Koa Ukulele

Gotoh UPT’s are standard.

And

Sounding good.  I left the string tails long because Kev is having “upgrade” amplification installed (modified guitar amplification).  He’s played the heck out of the last Kimo and it’s beginning to look a bit like Willy Nelson’s guitar.  That’s a compliment in my book.  This is a straight forward build without frills featuring the beauty and sound of Koa.  So “Go Super Tenor Koa Ukulele”, “Go Kev”!