It seems that requests for Baritone Ukuleles Are Getting Hot Again. Lately there has been more interest in this small “almost a guitar” than ever. Trying to keep up with the demand, I delivered this new Koa Baritone to Hale Ukulele last week. This instrument is made out of a great piece of salvage koa […]
Here’s a Redwood Walnut Long Neck Concert Ukulele delivered the week before last. An unusual combination of woods, by request, that worked better than I expected. The most notable component of this instrument is a salvage “sinker” redwood sound board from a new supply just received from my Myrtle Wood supplier in southern Oregon. This […]
It seems like I can’t keep these instruments in stock at Hale Ukulele; so, here’s Another Koa Tenor Pineapple Ukulele. I try to keep some variety in these instruments whether it be wood or embellishments. I use Koa almost exclusively on the pineapple ukuleles to keep the look traditional. I do, however, try to select different […]
This Rope Purfling Koa Tenor Ukulele was delivered and sold at Hale Ukulele last month. I think this instrument is fairly representative of my standard ukulele builds. Each instrument is complimented with wood binding and colored purfling, exotic accent woods and some features that are usually reserved for more expensive guitars. I’ve always liked this […]
African Black Limba is not as highly respected as an acoustic instrument wood as it is for electrics. However, I have used this wood for over 10 years and have always been pleased with the sound of these instruments. It may be a little low density for guitars but it really shines with ukuleles. This […]
I delivered this Blue Soprano Pineapple Ukulele baby to Hale Ukulele the week before last and I think it is still available. Not a lot of bling but a lot of blue in the form of fiber accent to the India Rosewood binding. Of course, it’s all solid curly Koa, and if my memory serves me […]
Here’s a New Mango Tenor Ukulele recently delivered to Hale Ukulele in San Diego. I’ve had my feelers out for more spalted mango for some time but have not had much success. This particular Mango Wood has a more traditional look and was found in a cabinet makers shop in northern California last year. It’s […]
Here’s a new instrument which has been named the Firefly Myrtle Baritone Ukulele by it’s owner. This is a good example of tiger stripe myrtle wood from the south coast of Oregon. I’ve made some instruments before out of this unusual and rare look of myrtle–each one showing a different pattern and appearance. According to […]
This Tigrillo Koa Super Tenor Ukulele was a fun build. I originally purchased this Peruvian Tigrillo from Luthiers Mercantile about 8-10 years ago. I had never heard of this wood before and was intrigued so figured “what the heck”. Needless to say, it collected dust in the shop for at least 3 years before I decided […]
The Blue Honu Koa Concert Ukulele was completed a few months ago and found it’s way to Arizona. Here’s an example of blue paua abalone purfling with blue fiber purfling accents–lot’s of blue. Fortunately, I had a small blue Honu to add to the tongue of the finger board to compliment. The Koa wood is […]
