This ukulele was delivered a couple of weeks ago and we’re calling it the El Diablo Tenor Ukulele. It is a Hula Hips jumbo tenor size. The Hula Hips model adds a few cubic inches of volume with a wider outline overall and, on this instrument, I also increased the depth of the lower bout […]
Here’s a tenor koa ukulele delivered to Hale Ukulele last week. This instrument, a Hawaiian Moon Koa Tenor Ukulele, is made from Koa wood from the Big Island of Hawaii and is another example of how beautiful this wood is. This piece of wood exhibits heavy figure type curl and is light in color with a […]
Here’s a look at some of my collection of alternative cur/figuredl Koa. I’m calling this the Plumeria Inlay and Koa Tenor Ukulele. This instrument can be seen and played at Hale Ukulele in San Diego. I’m still finding looks of Koa wood that I have never seen before. This particular koa is salvage old growth […]
Here’s another chocolate heart concert mango ukulele. It doesn’t look like it, but the top, back and sides actually came from the same piece of mango. I decided to mix it up a bit so that all the different looks of this wood are available on one instrument. To accent the instrument, we decided […]
I’m really behind in my posts, but here is the mate to the Blond Curly Koa Ukulele that I posted last. This is a blond koa blue paua abalone concert ukulele, and, I believe, is still availabile at Hale Ukulele in San Diego. The Koa selection is the same. What is different, besides the size, […]
One of my latest deliveries to Hale Ukulele is this Blond Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele. Actually, I delivered two blond curly koa ukuleles but one was a concert which I will post next week. Both instruments were accented the same but I reversed the blue/black fiber lay-up on the instruments to give a different […]
I don’t get many requests for Baritone Ukulele and when I do they usually come in multiples. This new Koa Baritone Ukulele 2017 was a shop request for Hale Ukulele. Ric has been getting more and more requests for Baritone Ukulele for the past year and he’s been pressing me for some time to get […]
Here’s a new Makau Koa Tenor Ukulele just delivered before a short summer break. A local ukulele artist wanted Koa, Blue Paua Abalone purfling and rosette along with an Abalone Turtle and White Mother-of-pearl Makau on the fret board–check, check and double check. I used a combination of compression curl Koa from Kauai and Curly Koa from the […]
This instrument I’ve named the Starflower Inlay Koa Tenor Ukulele because of the cool starflower inlay on the headstock. The inlay is of mother-of-pearl and paua abalone. This tenor ukulele is constructed of a very dark, solid Koa with some burnt orange undertones. I think this is a one-of-a-kind set of wood. I added […]
Here’s another of my “mix and match” ukulele. This Koa and Myrtle Wood Combo Tenor Ukulele turned out pretty nice. I could have used Sitka or Cedar for the top but most of my clients prefer hard wood instruments. I was dying to use this orphan Koa Wood top on something. Althougth it is not […]
