custom Koa Tenor Ukulele for Hale Ukulele in San Diego

Custom Koa Tenor Ukulele for Hale Ukulele in San Diego

Here's a Custom Koa Tenor Ukulele for Hale Ukulele in San Diego.  For this custom tenor ukulele I have used another set of salvage Koa from the Big Island of Hawaii.  This particular set of Koa does not have a really strong curl but what…
Custom Tenor Ukulele

Custom Tenor Ukulele

Here's another of my Custom Tenor Ukulele featuring alternative woods.  I've used the last of this particular set of Claro Walnut for back and sides and the second and last set of a very unusual, curly Koa for the sound board (see "Moonscape…
Custom Koa Tenor Ukulele

Custom Koa Tenor Ukulele

Here's a new Custom Koa Tenor Ukulele built especially for a client who has a bit of arthritis and a very light touch. We wanted an instrument that would be easy to play without a lot of effort by either the right or left hand.  After some…
Moonscape Myrtle Wood Tenor Ukulele

Moonscape Myrtle Wood Tenor Ukulele

  Steve specifically requested a Moonscape Myrtle Wood Tenor Ukulele. He was infatuated with the amazing variety of appearances in Myrtle Wood and totally open for a combination of woods, so we came up with this instrument with a…
Custom Koa Concert Ukulele

Custom Koa Concert Ukulele

Here's another Custom Koa Concert Ukulele.  I just delivered this cutie to Hale Ukulele earlier this week and it is already gone. I know that's the point but I need about half a dozen more of these Koa Concert Ukulele.   This wood is another…
Koa Concert Ukulele

Koa Concert Ukulele

If you have followed my posts for some time you might wonder why I only show tenor ukulele.  Well, the tenor is the most popular model that I make and sell.  But, recently, there have been increasing requests for Koa Concert Ukulele and…
curly koa

Curly Koa, Curly Koa, Curly Koa

Richard just picked up this beautiful Curly Koa tenor ukulele yesterday.  I love the look of this set of curly koa wood because it has just about everything I like--wavy curls throughout, good color, wavy grain, sap-wood and spalt.  Since…
Blond Curly Koa custom tenor ukulele

Blond Curly Koa Custom Tenor Ukulele

Personally, I think Blonds can have more fun.  Here's a Blond Curly Koa custom tenor ukulele just delivered to Hale Ukulele in San Diego.I love the look of blond curly koa.  Yeah, there's some dark roots showing but hey, I'm not that picky.…
Mango Wood Ukulele

Tenor Concert Ukulele

Jack has his Black Koa Tenor Ukulele, but wanted a Concert Ukulele with a wide neck. I was not comfortable with his desire for a concert scale though, so I nudged him in the direction of a concert ukulele but with a tenor scale--a Tenor Concert…
Shark Inlay

Shark Inlay Custom Tenor Ukulele

The shark is back!  My somewhat whimsical Shark Inlay has been revitalized on this new Tenor Ukulele.  I wanted to try something different and felt it might go well  with this chocolate heart myrtle wood from Oregon.  The Shark Inlay is…