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Blond Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele

Here's a new tenor ukulele I just delivered to Hale Ukulele in San Diego.  This is some of my new stash of reclaimed Koa from the Big Island.  I'm partial to all the looks that Koa provides but I think I like Blond Curly Koa the best. I've…

Chocolate Bear Claw Koa Tenor Ukulele

Here's number 2 for this year:  a chocolate custom Koa tenor ukulele with a bear claw Sitka Spruce top.   This may be the last of some really nice Koa that I obtained on Maui about 5+ years ago. This Koa has decent figure, low density, and…

Fresh, Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele 2016

Ok, the holidays are over and it's past time that I get back on the horse.  I'm starting off 2016 with an all Koa tenor ukulele. This premium Koa selection was obtained from Allied Lutherie and is salvaged, old growth wood from the…

More New Koa

Here's a couple of the new Koa sets I just received.  This wood is from a salvage project on the Big Island and has been air dried for many years.  I have matching tops, backs and sides for each.  Pretty nice!  Just waiting for a new ukulele…

Mmmmm! Koa

I've got a  Koa thang goin' on.  Here's a new Koa Tenor Ukulele with some nice looking wood.  I think this is the last of the same billet as shown on the "cut, color and curl" blog.  Good thing because I get bored easily.  Fortunately…

New Koa Tenor Ukulele, Old Growth Koa

Here's a new Koa Tenor Ukulele with wood that I snagged from a local vendor.  He's been stashing this wood for some time and it's really old and really curly. As usual, I kept my build on the simple side with the focus is on…

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,…

Bob’s Curly Koa Tenor Ukulele

Yikes!  Never too much curly Koa!  Here is a completed Hawaiian tenor ukulele with the Kauai compression curl Koa that I showed a few posts back. This heavy curl turned out to be a very difficult build but also very rewarding in many ways.…

As Good as Gold

This is still one of my favorite wood combinations for the Hawaiian Ukulele:  curly Hawaiian Koa and curly Black Walnut.  The wood densities are a close match for sound and the color contrast makes for an appealing…

Keep’n it Simple

Here's a recently completed "shop" tenor ukulele.  The body is solid curly Koa.  The neck is also Koa but with a curly maple stringer to match the curly maple binding.  I've accented with Vanuatu Maidou burl.  The fret board and bridge are…