Here is a great combination of tonewoods for small instruments. This is the Claro and Cedar Baritone Ukulele. The Woods Body: Western Claro Walnut. Good color, good figure and medium low density. Sound Board: Western Red Cedar. Tonally, I think cedar is warmer than redwood. Neck: Western Black Walnut with Eastern Cherry lamination. I laminated […]
First, my apologies for these photos–I tried and Google isn’t helping! They just don’t do this instrument justice. And, I haven’t been out-of-action only overwhelmed with builds starting the first of the year. Now, I am finally starting to get them finished so be prepared. This is the Marble Curl Koa Ukulele with a super […]
The latest instrument to receive strings is this Curly Koa Curly Maple Tenor Ukulele–a Canadian request. The Woods Body: Classic color Curly Koa all around. Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon truss rod and curly maple laminate. This neck is 1 1/2″ and shaped somewhat classical style. The finish is sanded. Finger Board and Bridge: […]
I just got strings on this new puppy. This is the Krazy Koa Kimo Tenor Ukulele. The Woods Body: Hawaiian curly Koa. I’d like to think that I build with some of the most unusual looking woods in the industry. I believe that this set of koa wood fits that profile and was probably overlooked […]
Got curly Koa? You betcha! This is the Koa Curls and Bearclaw Tenor Ukulele. The Woods Body: Blond and curly Hawaiian Koa. This wood is “rift sawn”, cut not totally perpendicular to the grain. This gives the curl more of a “crinkle” appearance–my fave. Sound Board: Alaskan bearclaw Sitka Spruce. I chose a wide growth […]
Here’s a project started early on in 2021 and finally finished. This is the Little Brown Gal Concert Ukulele. The Woods Body: Hawaiian Curly Koa with minor spalting. Neck: Croatian Mappa Burl with internal carbon truss rod. Finger Board and Bridge: Macassar Ebony. Accent Woods: Curly Hawaiian Mango. Binding: India Rosewood with maple/black fiber accents. […]
Here’s a new custom request. This is the Compression Koa Curly Mango Super Tenor Ukulele. The Woods Body: Compression curl Koa. Binding: Curly Hawaiian Mango with white/black fiber purfling accents. Rosette: Curly Mango “crescent moon” by request. Neck: Honduran Mahogany with curly mango laminate and carbon fiber truss rod. Accent Woods: curly Mango. The Rest […]
This is the first instrument to come out of the shop this year. I’m calling it the Chocolate Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele. 2022 will see more builds with very special woods like this. The Woods Body: It’s pretty obvious this is very curly Koa. Originally meant for a concert, I was able to squeak out […]
I’m trying to keep at least one all Koa instrument in the build schedule now at all times. This is another “builders choice” that just got snatched up for a Christmas gift. This is the Curly Curly Koa Super Tenor Ukulele. I think I could have called this the Triple H Uke (for Hawaiian) as […]
Another week and another uke. This is the Claro Walnut and Cedar Tenor Ukulele. The Story Well, this build was a request by a talented young violinist in the area. He definitely had a vision in mind for the ukulele since it didn’t really take that long for him to make his wood selections. […]
