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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dr. Richard wanted a new Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele. He personally picked this set of Koa for the project because of its dark colors and very white sap wood contrasts. This is another of my sets of salvaged Koa wood from the big island…
This is Jack's Cowboy Koa Tenor Ukulele. He specificialy picked out this set koa for it's color and wild, irregular curl. This is another example of salvaged koa from the Big Island of Hawaii. This wood has been used and abused but…
As promised last week, here is a look at the Mini-Me Mango. Actually not that small--a concert--but built with some of the same beautiful chocolate heart mango that I used on the tenor. This one shows some beautiful rich color and really…
At last some new Mango. My source on the Hawaiian island of Maui this year was a dud, but a customer of mine (thanks Dan) sourced out some great 26 year old Chocolate Heart Mango billets from the Big Island and stored at a cabinet shop in…
Steve's got curl. No, not his hair, but his new Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele. Steve picked out this spectacular set of koa from my stash of salvage wood from the big island of Hawaii. The final product was slightly more than I anticipated.
As with…
Christmas Koa
Custom Chocolate Heart Mango Tenor Ukulele
Black Walnut Koa Custom Tenor Ukulele
Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele
Tiare Tenor Ukulele
Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele
Cowboy Koa Tenor Ukulele
Mini-Me Mango
Chocolate Heart Mango
Steve’s Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele