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spalted mango concert ukulele

Spalted Mango Concert Ukulele

Here's a new Spalted Mango Concert Ukulele.  Originally destined for Hale Ukulele in San Diego, this concert was scooped up by the sister of a previous client. Mango used to be a junk wood--left to rot, cut for pallets or maybe burned…
the dusky rose tenor ukulele

The Dusky Rose Tenor Ukulele

  I'm calling this The Dusky Rose Tenor Ukulele.   The  tenor ukulele is built from a combination of tone woods that I haven't used in the recent past: curly big leaf maple and red cedar.  The Maple speaks for itself. This Maple…
The Vader Tenor Uke

The Vader Tenor Uke

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…
Custom Tenor Ukulele of Munn Ebony and Adirondak Spruce

Custom Tenor Ukulele of Mun Ebony and Adirondak Spruce

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…
Koa and Maple Custom Tenor Ukulele

Koa and Maple Custom Tenor Ukulele

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…
Christmas Koa

Christmas Koa

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…
custom chocolate heart mango tenor ukulele

Custom Chocolate Heart Mango Tenor Ukulele

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…
Black Walnut Koa Custom Tenor Ukulele

Black Walnut Koa Custom Tenor Ukulele

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…
Tiare TEnor Ukulele

Tiare Tenor Ukulele

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…
Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele

Dark Koa Tenor Ukulele

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…