Ukuleles

Current wait time is 4 years

2025 base price - $5500 US

I’ve always approached building ukuleles exactly the same as building guitars, as they are both simply vibrating surfaces.

There is no diminishment of care given or the time it takes to build a world class ukulele compared to a guitar of the same quality. Said again, it takes the same amount of time to build a dreadnaught guitar as it does a soprano ukulele.

Current models offered:

Baritone

Tenor

Concert

Soprano

Fretless (Any body Shape)

Standard appointments

14 frets to body on all models, however 12 frets to body available at no charge.

Top: Torrefied (or not) Adirondack, Sitka, Engelmann, European Spruce or Western Red Cedar.

Back/Sides: Honduran Mahogany, Indian Rosewood, Walnut, Tasmanian blackwood.

Neck: Honduran Mahogany with carbon fiber reinforcement rod.

Nut width: 1 3/8” (36mm) (or custom)

Neck width at 12th fret: 1.75 (44mm) (or custom)

Bindings: Ebony, figured Maple, Cocobolo, Koa with black and white purfling.

Fretboard: Ebony, Royal Blackwood (Sustainable ebony substitute).

Rosette: Choice of Custom mosaic, or wooden ring.

Bridge: Rectangle string through bridge.

Nut & Saddle: Polished Bone.

Tuners: Waverly open back (16:1 ratio), Gotoh UPTL tuners (4:1 ratio).

Fretwire: 0.080” x Medium tall. (soprano 0.053” wide)

Finish: Nitrocellulose, Urethane, Tru-Oil rub, Non Plasticized nitro (this finish will check/crack).

Hardshell Case: Fiberglass with TSA locks and choice of color.

Standard Construction Methods

Double Sides

Solid Linings

Bolt on neck

String through bridge or Pin bridge with non slotted, individually fit & numbered bridge pins (Ebony or Bone).

Hide glue used for all things glued to the top (Inside and out)

Optional extras (Inquire for costs)

Rodgers Tuners- (Market price $1000+)

Back/Sides- Brazilian Rosewood, African Blackwood, Figured Koa, Figured Mahogany, The Tree, & all the other usual suspects.

Sunburst: Sprayed or hand rubbed (Hand rubbed burst only on figured back/sides/neck).

Custom rosette

Cutaway (Pointy only)

Extra Strings (any body shape)

Evo Gold Fretwire.

Arm bevel

Pickup (Market Price)

Scoop / Bevel cutaway

Side sound port (Bound with purfling)

Stauffer Headstock (with Gotoh UPTL tuners)

Custom Deluxe case (Calton, Hoffee etc)- Market Price ($1200+)