KU229, Khaya Baritone
$650, includes free shipping to lower continental US
The Khaya for this baritone, also known as African Mahogany, was grown and harvested in Hawaii. It has a beautiful stripy pattern, and the mellow sound that Mahogany is known for. I decided to make it without bindings or added adornments to show off the tight construction joints and natural beauty. Other details: Spanish cedar hand shaped neck, Indian Rosewood fingerboard 1.5″ wide at the nut, mother of pearl fret markers, ebony bridge, bone nut and saddle, Grover U98 tuners with 18:1 tuning ratio, Martin 630 strings DGBE, and satin lacquer finish.
serial # 229
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KU224, Koa Baritone
SOLD
3A grade Koa with some curl pattern in the wood makes this beautiful Baritone ukulele really stand out. The hand made rope style bindings made with Maple and Walnut give a nice accent. Another benefit of the rope binding is that the edge is sanded so it is rounded off and easy on your arm while playing. Also features: Spanish Cedar neck 1.5″ or 38mm wide at the nut, with an inlaid carbon fiber rod; African ebony fingerboard with Mother of Pearl dots; inlaid rosette; ebony bridge; bone nut and saddle; Grover 205 closed back tuners; Worth CB clear fluorocarbon strings DGBE; and satin finish.
serial #224
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KU222, Maple and Redwood Tenor
$775, includes shipping to lower continental US
Full even tone, featuring rope rosette and rope binding
- 4A grade Maple back and sides, the back has a slight bow side to side, besides fore and aft, like a classical guitar
- 3A grade Redwood soundboard
- Rope style rosette made with Walnut and Maple
- Hand made rope binding around the body and headstock, strip at tail joint
- Spanish Cedar neck with Spanish heel construction
- Inlaid carbon fiber rod in the neck for added stability
- Maccasar Ebony fingerboard with Mother of pearl fret markers, and rosewood bridge
- bone nut and saddle
- Grover U98 tuners
- Satin lacquer finish
- Aquila super nylgut strings, High G, some photos may show dark strings which have been changed to the white Aquilas
serial #222
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KU215, Master grade Koa Soprano with rope binding
$850, included free shipping to lower continental US
Beautiful cute soprano with Weissenborn style rope bindings. Warm rich tone. It originally had been constructed with Grover closed back tuners, but to lighten the weight of the neck and clean up the headstock, I switched to the Gotoh UPT tuners. The original screw holes were filled with mahogany , but can still be seen on the back of the headstock.
- Master grade Hawaiian Koa
- Mahogany neck, Spanish heel construction
- Weissenborn style rope binding and rosette made with walnut and maple
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fingerboard with inlaid Mother of Pearl fret markers
- 12th fret fingerboard connection
- Gotoh UPT tuners 4:1 gear ratio
- Satin lacquer finish
- Martin 600 fluorocarbon strings
Serial #215
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KU 216 Mahogany Soprano
Sold
- Honduras Mahogany body and neck
- Walnut bindings with black and white accent
- Ebony fingerboard with Pua abalone fret markers
- Spanish heel neck connection at the 12th fret
- corian nut and saddle
- Der Jung smooth turning tuners
- Satin lacquer finish
serial #216
KU210, Baritone with Curly Koa body
$675, includes free shipping to lower continental US
AAA grade curly Koa Baritone. The wood is a light toned golden Koa, and a lighter weight Koa as well. This one has a couple upgrades: bound fretboard so the fretboard edge is cleaner looking without the fret tangs showing, and gold Grover 205 closed back tuners for a cleaner look as well. Martin 630 strings take advantage of Baritone body to deliver excellent volume and sustain. The body is unadorned with bindings etc, to show off the wood, much like you would find on ukuleles made in Hawaii.
- Curly Hawaiian Koa body with inlaid thin black rosette
- Honduran Mahogany hand shaped neck
- Bound ebony fingerboard with Mother of Pearl dots
- Nickel silver frets, level and polished with fret ends smoothed
- ebony bridge, with through bridge string attachment
- Corian nut and saddle
- Grover 205 closed back tuners
- Martin 630 strings with 2 wound strings, 2 fluorocarbon
- Satin lacquer finish over CA pore filler
serial #210
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Kelali T shirts
Cotton T shirts with silk screened images. The silk screening was done for me in Santa Rosa, Ca.
$20 when purchased with an ukulele and can be shipped with the instrument. You will need to make 2 separate purchases, the shirt and the instrument since there is no shopping cart. I will see the orders and them and ship together.
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