Entries by Kimo Ukulele

Curly Redwood Tenor Ukulele

Old Growth Curly Redwood Partridge Wood Finger Board and Bridge Super Curly Maple Back and Sides Black Walnut Burl Accents/Koa Binding Curly Maple Neck

Custom Tenor Ukulele–Myrtle and Walnut

Alternative sound boards of Koa or Oregon Myrtle with a Black Walnut body are still one of my favorite wood combinations for custom tenor ukuleles.   Here I have used curly Oregon Myrtle for the sound board and curly Black Walnut for the back and sides.      The accent woods are Queensland Eucalyptus Burl and India Rosewood.      I used India Rosewood […]

Black Tiger Myrtle Wood Tenor Ukulele

This custom tenor ukulele was ordered by my Myrtle Wood supplier.   Vince has got some great sets and you should check his site at:  www.pacificcoastwoods.net.   We’re calling this Black Tiger Stripe Myrtle. As I have said before, there is very little of this particular look available and so I am calling it rare.  As […]

Five will get you ten!

OK!  Long Beach Mike ordered a new Hula Hips Tenor Ukulele. He made specific requests regarding the wood to be used (he likes the dark look)  and we negotiated the dimensions of the instrument–notably the neck width and depth and string offset at the nut. Oh, I forgot, this is a five string. Since we were going […]

Curly Redwood, curly Maple

Okay, here’s a combination that I haven’t shown before: Curly, old growth Redwood, and spalted, curly, Big Leaf Maple.  I used curly Koa for binding and the neck is curly, big leaf maple–it is almost translucent in real life.  I think that this is an acquired taste:  the instrument is “neutral”:  equal highs and lows, […]

Tigers and Bears

Here’s a new Hula Hips, tenor ukulele custom for Ric.   He picked out this set of black, tiger stripe Myrtle wood and bear claw sitka spruce for this large body tenor.  To compliment the build I used Ebony binding, a figured Oregon Black Walnut neck and Queensland Eucalyptus burl for accents.  I’m using a […]

Airbrushed Myrtle Wood?

No, it looks airbrushed, but this is really solid Oregon Myrtle.  I’ve got a decent stash of this wood and every set has a different look.   I didn’t have a customer for this instrument but wanted to see what it would look like finished.  I used African Black Limba for the neck and India Rosewood […]

Fresh Pineapple

Non-GMO of course!  I modified my original pineapple shape to be a little more rounded and finally settled on this shape.  This custom tenor ukulele was ordered by Rob. He specifically requested this set of curly Hawaiian Koa and the rope purfling but left the rest up to me.  We finished with a vintage-style herringbone […]

Blond Gecko

So here’s an Hawaiian Tenor Ukulele made with a blond, curly Koa.  To spice it up a bit, I’ve added my “tribal gecko” laser cut to the back.  The binding is India Rosewood, the accents are Vanuatu Maidou burl, the purfling is red/yellow Maple, and the fret board and bridge are Mexican “Partridge” wood.  The […]

Hulu Hulu Tenor Ukulele

A renewed interest in my Hula Hips Ukulele.  Now the Hawaiian Ukulele pattern that I developed about 15 years ago is attracting attention.  Mark ordered this lovely instrument with specific requests: Curly Claro Walnut Northwest Red Cedar Sound Board Light Curly Koa Binding Koa Neck Guitar Style Head Stock Low “G” tuning Radiused Fret Board I […]