The Vader Tenor Uke was delivered late last year. I don’t usually give my projects names but sometimes it just happens. It just struck me that way from the start. I do recall that The Force Awakens was showing on the tele about the time the I was jointing the top and back. The request […]
Here’s a Hula Hips Ukulele with Rosewood and Engleman Spruce. The Hula Hips Tenor is a wide body tenor–in other words, a Grand Concert Tenor. I added a little to the upper bout and 1/2″ to the lower and also lengthened the body by 1/4″. This is the pattern I used for my first ukuleles back in […]
The usual wood request for custom ukulele is Hawaiian Koa but Bob wanted something more traditional in appearance and with more unique woods. We settled on this Custom Tenor Ukulele with Mun Ebony and Adirondak Spruce. This Mun Ebony came to the States well over 25 years ago when it might not have been such a rare […]
Ok, ok! Time to get back to the grind. Here’s a Koa and Maple Custom Tenor Ukulele finished late last year. I like getting requests for instruments with different combinations of wood. I’ve used Maple back and sides before with a variety of top woods, but I really like this particular combination–a little bit of Aloha […]
Here’s a new custom tenor ukulele–the Koa Petroglyph Turtle Tenor Ukulele. Originally I just wanted the purfling and sound hole rosette in Blue Paua Abalone but, in the middle of the night, I decided to add a styalized Petroglyph Turtle. The idea was to have a Koa on Koa look. I already had enough bling and I thought […]
Yup, it’s almost that time of the year again, so I’m calling this custom tenor ukulele Christmas Koa. The Christmas Koa custom tenor ukulele is constructed from some pretty nice curly koa with a really rich red-brown color (my photography doesn’t do justice). To accent the wood, I used some new and very festive Fuschia […]
Hey Ya’ll! Here’s another Custom Chocolate Heart Mango Tenor Ukulele. This instrument was custom for Sheila who liked the last one that I built for Hale Ukulele San Diego so much that she had to have one of her own. We made a few changes for her though: a smaller neck, no Paua Abalone purfling (rosette […]
This is Fae’s new Black Walnut Koa Custom Tenor Ukulele. Fae asked for something a little different and I suggested this combination of woods. I have used this combination of woods before and found the end result to be very pleasing in both sound and appearance. Unfortunately it is becoming increasingly difficult to find suitable woods for these […]
This week’s addition is a Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele which was just completed and delivered Thrusday to Hale Ukulele in San Diego. This is the second and next to last set of this particular look in Koa that I have in stock. My wife has nicknamed the instrument “the skunk” because of the dark and light […]
This is Naomi’s Tiare Tenor Ukulele. I think we should just call it “My Tiare”. After some deliberation here at the shop, Naomi picked this wonderful set of Koa Wood for her project. This Koa Wood is another set of salvage wood from the big island of Hawaii. We both really like the color, curl […]
