Yo, Yo, Yo! Wouldn’t you give your left you-know-what to be able to play the Foyer at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Well Bruce was there this last weekend. Here he is with his custom, tenor, pineapple ukulele (his design). Bruce is an ex-major league baseball player so the head stock inlay is […]
Hey you all! Here’s a custom tenor ukulele that I made last year for Vickie. She liked the look of the Lacewood and also wanted the mother-of-pearl plumeria inlay on the sound board. Looks good and plays great-low “G” tuning. I’m only showing the sound board, but the back and sides were of Koa. An […]
Sometimes I just get tired of looking at “brown” woods. Sooooo, to change up the look, one of the many woods that I have used is Mango. Here, you will see an asymmetric sound hole tenor that I constructed out of figured and fairly colorful Mango. This wood doesn’t really tone tap well but seems […]
The guys at KorduroyTV recently featured me in one of their InnerView shows. Check it out!
Okay, there is no empirical data that supports the design of the modern ukulele or guitar–especially when it comes to sound hole placement, or number of sound holes. So do you prefer traditional design are can you live with some of the alternative instrument designs? I have listened to both and am unable to determine […]
Hot off the press, here’s a new Koa tenor uke. I can’t resist wood with sap wood. This Koa is not perfectly quartered–thus the odd curl/figure. The back features a laser cut petroglyph back strip. This instrument features x-bracing with asymmetric sound hole and side concert sound hole. Binding is East India Rosewood with Blue […]
Just in case you are wondering how strong your ukulele or guitar is–here I am showing how strong these delicate instruments can be be standing on one with my dainty 195 pounds. No, I do not suggest that you take your vintage Martin out into the street and try to duplicate this experiment. I really […]
If you have followed some of my commentary you will see that I have have posted pictures of many instruments with asymmetric and multiple sound holes. For those individuals who think that I only make instruments of this configuration, let me put minds at ease. Here are four instruments with conventional sound hold configuration. […]
Here’s another Koa Ukulele that is available at Surfy Surfy (www.surfysurfy.net) in Leucadia, California. Solid Koa. It exhibits an asymmetric sound hole placement (side sound hole as well). Binding is East India Rosewood and purfling is vintage style. I really like this sound hole placement (as if you can’t tell!). In a blind test, this […]
Here’s a new instrument that can be seen at Surfy Surfy (www.surfysurfy.net) in Leucadia, California. It is my Kahiko design ukulele exhibiting a double puka sound hole. The bracing is on the light side and reflects the narrow waist and high placement of the sound holes. For some reason, these instruments have always been bright […]
