Double Puka Koa Custom Ukulele - Sold
I’ve decided to keep this look a regular in my build schedule. Here’s the latest Double Puka Koa Custom Ukulele. This is a standard size and shape.
Curly Koa.
It’s All About The Woods
Body: all curly Koa. I’ve made a number of instruments out of this wood because I purchased a billet that was about ten inches wide by eight feet long. I still have more since I only make about one a year out of this wood. It has shocked me big warm sounds. I would normally expect bright out of this dense wood.
It’s all out of the same billet
Binding: curly Koa with red/black fiber purfling.
Accents: Koa and custom red/brown rope for back strip and head stock.
Neck: Central American Mahogany laminations including a small strip of “the tree” down the center. Finish is epoxy sanded to 4000gt.
Mahogany laminations including “the tree”.
Fret Board and Bridge: ebony species with small hibiscus flower inlay to mark the 7th fret.
Hibiscus inlay marker for the 7th fret.
The Rest Of The Build
Tuners: Gotoh UPT.
Rope accents.
Fret Markers: white MOP.
Nut and Saddle: unbleached bone.
Strings: Romero low “G”.
Case: Crossrock ABS.
And
Full and warm. I would have expected brighter or more ukulele sounding with this dense wood but the sound came as a big surprise. I braced very lightly and that could be the reason? There isn’t really a need to put a side port in these double puka ukes since the top sound hole placement works in bringing the sound closer to the player. The next double will be on a Baritone which will be a first for me. Anyway, double up with a Double Puka Koa Custom Ukulele.
