This was always referred to as the San Francisco Dream Ukulele, but I like to call it the Tree of Gondor ukulele. There isn’t anything on this ukulele that would remind one of San Francisco. Maybe Alcatraz or the San Francisco Bay Bridge on the head stock would have been appropriate! This is a […]
Here’s the third and the last of the latest series of tenor ukuleles delivered last month. This is The Corky Tenor Ukulele. Each set of Koa wood used for these instruments exhibits a unique appearance. I try my best not to duplicate the sets just so that each instrument is a one-of-a-kind. The girls had a […]
Here’s the second in the trio of tenor ukuleles delivered recently. This is The Kitty Tenor Ukulele. The woods for each instrument were personally selected. This is a nice dark, curly koa selection that I have used before. Koa just keeps on giving with such a huge variety of colors and grains. Wait until I […]
This is the first of three standard tenor ukuleles recently delivered. I’m calling this one The Roberta Tenor Ukulele. This set of Koa wood is the second to last from 4 sets that I received from Allied Lutherie about 4 years ago. This is salvage stump wood from the Big Island of Hawaii. Colorfull, curly, […]
This cutie went to Hale Ukulele a month or two ago but didn’t stay too long. This is the Plumeria and Koa Concert Ukulele. This is one of my newer concerts with a tenor ukulele scale of 17″. To compensate for the longer scale I’ve moved the neck to body attachment to the 15th fret. […]
This is a tenor ukulele custom built and delivered a couple of months ago. I’m calling this instrument The Love Machine Tenor Ukulele. This ukulele is built on my Hula Hips mold which is a wider and deeper conventional shape. The heart shaped sound port is by request. The sound board is a really nice […]
An unusual combination of woods with a big warm sound, this is the Ancient Spruce and Bubinga Super Tenor Ukulele. The client really wanted something different in appearance and his personal selection of these woods definitely added some excitement to the build. The Alaskan ancient spruce sound board came from Alaska Specialty Woods. It is […]
The latest delivery to Hale Ukulele is a Curly Koa Pineapple Ukulele. Ric wanted some standard builds so I accommodated on this tenor pineapple ukulele. I used some blondish curly koa for the body. I think this is the last set that I may have with that dark wood zigzag pattern in it. Kinda cool! […]
I gave my ukulele away to a friends son some time ago and have been without a replacement. I’ve been hording some really cool woods for a new personal instrument but finally decided on a combination of curly, old growth redwood and India rosewood for My Super Tenor Ukulele. Nothing fancy, just some really nice […]
I’m thinking of all the Bear, Bare and Beer jokes I could use here. OK, guess not! This is the Bear Koa Tenor Ukulele now at Hale Ukulele. This is a standard tenor shape with a subtle curl Koa back and sides and a subtle Bear Claw Spruce soundboard. I’m doing more traditional soundboard ukes […]
