Monday, July 8, 2013

Jamie's Koa pocket ukulele









big island curly koa one-piece top ,back,sides.
Alder neck
black walnut fretboard
white sand fret dots
shellac finish
Martin flourocarbon strings
10" mini scale
wenge bridge and nut.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Mark's "Airport" mini travel uke w/ a built-in Amp

roughly 6 months ago, Mark found my blog page searching for tiny travel ukes on the interweb while waiting for his flight. he enquired about my ukes and did a rough sketch of it on a page of a magazine. how awesome is that?!! im proud to present this one-off project to you guys but mostly ro send out my warm thanks to Mr. Weisman for being one of the coolest and most patient customer . good things really do come only to those who wait. cheers.










specs:

one piece slab mahogany neck and body.
engelmann spruce top
curly mahogany bridge and indian rosewood nut
epoxy-treated walnut fingerboard
grover friction tuner
Soprano scale neck
onboard FET pre-amp and a 9V headphone amp
D'darrios Flourocarbon strings
250 K potentiometer vol.
1/16" headphone/amp input jack
SPST micro on/off toggle switch.
shellac polish

Monday, May 27, 2013

picking up where i left off

 several Koa one-piece top and back sets for Jamie, Ace, Scott and Hannah.
 Mark's travel mini uke view of the guts.
   alder necks
   Curly Redwood top for Victoria's Baritone.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

a little time away from everything









                                    the almighty Mango tree in my backyard
 
a mango stump i cut almost 2 years ago all seasoned and ready to be milled. a lifetime supply of mango sets for my ukes.

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Macadamia Mini Cavaquinho

Paul's second uke.

sopranino scale
macadamia nut back and sides
reclaimed spruce top
cherry binding
bubinga fingerboard
mahogany headplate veneer/ slotted headstock







Thursday, May 2, 2013

Purple Cherry Pocket Uke

Laurinda's  tiny ukulele:

style 2 body
cherry back,sides and top,
purplehaert rosette and headveneer
bubinga fingerboard and bridge
9.5" scale
worth clear flouroarbon







Purpleheart Mezzo Soprano

Mr. Paul Ah-tye's ukulele.

purpleheart back and sides
bubinga fretboard
salvaged Old growth fir top
macadamia bridge
Martin flourocarbon strings