Ukuleles

This concert ukulele is easier to play and has more fret room than a soprano, but it still has the bright, cheery voice you probably expect from your ukulele. This Concert ukulele has a body, neck and headstock all made of Okoumé. This African Mahogany ukulele has a beautiful sound! Bright and clear!   ” I love okoumé (one of many African Mahogany woods), as it a renewable resource, fast growing and plentiful, it also has very good sound quality and strength to weight ratio. Perfect for instrument building. — Luthier quote Just like its namesake, the Pake Boy plays with beautiful voicing. Playing the Pake Boy takes me back to summers in “Town,” surfing with friends, and listening to the sounds of Hawaii… Previous image Next image FEATURES • acoustic, concert ukulele.• bright, cheery sound quality.• lightweight with great string action.• made from okoumé mahogany with accents of basswood and rosewood.• fret position inlays.• all wood is from reclaimed sources.   TALKIN’ STORY I had a friend in Kalihi. He was of Chinese Descent. Everyone called him Pake Boy. Pake Boy’s folks worked in a local restaurant. Dad cooking tasty items like Chicken Long Rice and Pork Chow fun. Mom served the tables with “plenty Aloha”. She was the local “Auntie” to all the kids who stopped by for a small lilikoi drink after school. Pake Boy didn’t have a lot of money, but he was always dressed so neat and clean. He was always singing Hawaiian songs he learned in the school choir. Pake Boy saved his tips from delivering “plate lunch” to the neighborhood. How one year I visited him and he showed me the brand new surfboard he had bought with his tip savings. While building this ukulele, I thought of Pake Boy and his family. How beautifully he sang. And decided to name this ukulele in his honor.

 If strumming a ukulele deep next to a stream in a peaceful forest appeals to you, this ukulele will bring you joy! This beautiful ukulele has an amazing sound! Bright and beautiful.  This concert ukulele has a body made primarily of curly maple (reminiscent of babbling water) with a top made of NorCal redwood (an iconic California forest) that was repurposed from an Oregon barn beam. The Indian rosewood fretboard has inlayed basswood fret markers. The headstock is a sandwich of okoumé mahogany and curly maple. These woods complement each other beautifully and are all from sustainable, repurposed, or reclaimed sources. Strung with Aquila Nylgut strings for that bright playful sound, this one’s ready for a day at the park with your friends. Strum her four strings and the sound of angels will flow to your ear. Previous image Next image FEATURES • acoustic concert ukulele.• bright, clear sound quality.• lightweight with great string action.• a multi-species beauty, made of curly maple, NorCal redwood, walnut, ebony, Indian rosewood, and okoumé mahogany.• soundboard (top) from NorCal redwood, repurposed from an Oregon barn.• fret markers made of basswood.• desirable Ghoto Planetary tuners in Gld/Blk.• beautifully hand finished in Shellac. TALKIN’ STORY Living Water Ka Waiola (“Living Water”) runs by you and you hear the aloha in its babble. A majestic tree drinks from her flow and all that lives and loves finds peace at her eddy. You too can know the “Living Water”. Strum her four strings and the sound of angels will flow to your ear. Drink of her, those who thirst! Drink of her and sing with her. The sounds of beauty and sights of Hula will dance before you in procession of praise. Conflict, and war, the noises of the world are held silent as her four strings of harmony surround your being. Meditate on the sounds she gives freely and drink of her cup. Ka Waiola. Mahalo