Here’s a recent project that was some time in the making–Carol’s Music Box Baritone Ukulele. I know that Carol would love to have had an ukulele where every piece of wood was a different and exotic (I’m going to make one of those by the way) but she settled on this figured, blond and highly […]
With this post, I’m actually caught up on posting my backlog of completed instruments. This is an India Rosewood and Redwood Baritone ukulele now in the hands of Canadian Alan. Wood Story Late last year and continuing into this year there has been a growing trend for ukuleles built with traditional acoustic instrument woods. This, […]
A rare (well maybe not that rare) alternative string combination is this new Five String Super Tenor Ukulele. The project started as a standard build, the only request being a wider than average neck. The Koa back and sides were first selected and then a very highly figured Alaskan, bear claw spruce top was added […]
Delivered late last year is this Moon Bear Super Tenor ukulele. The woods selected for this build are compression Koa for back and sides and Canadian Bear Claw sitka spruce for the top. It’s hard to get a good picture of bear claw tops I’ve found, but I succeeded with these pictures. In […]
I don’t use the classic woods of guitar very often. This is because of the demand for ukuleles made with the traditional wood– Koa. This Bear and Rose Tenor Ukulele, a custom request, gets me back to tradition. The back and sides are old growth India Rosewood from Allied Lutherie. Even though India Rosewood is […]
Here is a fun project, the Om Shanti Tenor Ukulele. It’s a standard tenor shape not the super size “J” that I have made so many of lately. The request was for Mango. This is the second instrument that I have made from mango I received from Kamuela Hardwoods on the Big Island of Hawaii […]
Here’s a bit of an experiment. I really like working with Ambrosia Maple. It bends well, finishes well; but, it’s a tough look to match tops with. So far, I think the grey-brown ancient sitka tops have looked the best. This Ambrosia Super Tenor Ukulele has a curly koa top. I tried this koa top […]
It seems like it has been a long time since I built a standard tenor ukulele. Lately all that has been going out is super tenors, pineapples and concerts. Here’s a new build shipped last week. I’m calling it the Canadian Tenor Ukulele. Guess where it went? So for this build there was a request […]
The last instrument delivered last week to Hale Ukulele is this all koa, long neck concert ukulele. It is Hale Holiday Fare 5. Pretty much a straight forward build–it is a blend of moderate to severely curly koa. It has an extended scale (17″) which is the same as tenor. I build 15 frets to […]
Another new tenor pineapple. This is Hale Holiday Fare 4. This instrument is now at Hale Ukulele . Ric asked for another tenor pineapple for the shop. This one is all Koa–no abalone, no inlays just Koa. I like green as the purfling and rosette colors. The neck is a composite of California Black Walnut […]
