The Keychain uke #1

possibly the second tiniest "playable" uke ever? lol . second only to Papa Koaloha's original creation.

mahogany body
5" micro scale
8" overall length
gaboon ebony fingerboard, saddle and custom tuning pegs
indian rosewood bridge
bone nut

Tiwi Micro uke Build thread

I've been real busy with my day job and other things  this week but i managed to take a few photos of the build process. cheers.

   shopmade mini Gaboon ebony tuning pegs

the game changer

how to take a challenge and crush it 101. just trying to reclaim my tiny Uke mojo i started 4 years ago.
i cannot wait to see my tiniest creations come to fruition .

from top to bottom :
 the new keychain size micro uke,  Nano uke and the tiwi standard fat pocket uke.

 i took the tiny uke design and kick it up a notch. perfect little miniature shape with a true slim waist. a proper Luke shape done right.

below are the messy bit during construction...

radiused top and back!

 i mean who does this in such a microscopic scale?!!  the devil is in the detail.

New Micro Uke Challenge

ok so im teeteting to an unchartered territory here folks lol. building a few batch that are even smaller! so here goes.


made a quick mould out of scrap plywood.

 laminated strip[s for the back plate.

sets of Koa, Cherry, and Walnut ribs.

new addition to the family

i had to do this to alleviate the age old problem of being behind schedule due to glue-up wait.
i finished a set of soundbox mould today to help make my one-man production just a tad faster.
i'm loving the shape i must say lol. i like em' tight waist,  curvy and thick. it took me a couple of hours drawing the actual shape last night .

my main Concert shape and the newly revised Taropatch shape on the right

onto the spindle sander next for fine tuning the shape and smooth out the inner face .

Tiwi Flame Mahogany Slotted Concert Uke

i saved the best for last for today's blog post. This is a beautiful south america-inspired one-of-a-kind , flame mahogany Concert ukulele.

extremely light weight construction. i mean it folks.


Flame mahogany body.
Cocobolo Fingerboard
Double walnut strips on the contoured back
curly maple binding
original design rosette of assorted woods and a black sand border
Hybrid design Mahogany bridge  ( traditional-classical combo)
Bone nut and saddle
mahogany slotted headstock
open-geared classical tuners
Tru-oil finish

enjoy.