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rope purfling koa tenor ukulele

Rope Purfling Koa Tenor Ukulele

This Rope Purfling Koa Tenor Ukulele was delivered and sold at Hale Ukulele last month.  I think this instrument is fairly representative of my standard ukulele builds.  Each instrument is complimented with wood binding and colored purfling,…
starflower inlay koa tenor ukulele

Starflower Inlay Koa Tenor Ukulele

This instrument I've named the Starflower Inlay Koa Tenor Ukulele because of the cool starflower inlay on the headstock.  The inlay is of mother-of-pearl and paua abalone.   This tenor ukulele is constructed of a very dark, solid…
new koa tenor ukulele with new koa

New Koa Tenor Ukulele with New Koa

At last, some new koa added to my stock.  Here's a New Koa Tenor Ukulele with New Koa delivered to Hale Ukulele in San Diego last week. What I like about this new koa is the variety of grain pattern and the colors that each set provides. I'm…
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Koa Tenor Ukulele

Here's another Koa Tenor Ukulele. I delivered this instrument to Hale Ukulele two weeks ago.  Here you will see a modest curly koa tenor ukulele but sparked up a bit with some nice Paua Abalone bling and some fuschia colored purfling.…
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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…