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Ukulele Showcase
Click on the photo on the left to view the instrument in more detail at the
round ukulele page or the standard shape page.
For information regarding Tauranga Ukulele tuition click here.
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Ukulele number 66 is a tenor sized round Uke. The photo shows a concert sized uke at the bottom. It has a kauri front. Back and sides made from Matai.
Fret board and bridge made from jarrah.
The neck is made from Rimu with Mother of pearl dots. Nut and saddle are made from bone. Scale length is 17" or 431mm. Finished in lacquer. Sold
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Ukulele number 57-65 The ukulele on the left has a front of Kauri. Back and sides made from Rimu. Fret board and bridge made from jarrah. Some of this series had different combinations of timbers
Scale length is 15" or 381mm. Finished in lacquer.
Sold
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Ukulele number 49-56 The ukulele on the left has a front of cedar.
Back and sides made from ancient kauri.
Fret board and bridge made from jarrah.
The neck is made from totara with Mother of pearl dots at frets 5,7, 10 and 12.
Nut and saddle are made from bone. Clear pick guard fitted. Scale length is 15" or 381mm
Finished in lacquer. Sold
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Ukulele number 48 The ukulele on the left has a Spruce front, Indian Rosewood for the back and sides. Bindings are koa. The neck is mahogany. Fret board and bridge are made from ebony with inlayed Mother of pearl dots at frets 5,7, 10 and 12. Nut and saddle are made from bone.Tuners Gotoh Mini Tuners SG381. Scale length 15" or 381mm. Clear pick guard fitted. Finished in lacquer. Sold. Click here for the reference page
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Ukulele number 47 The ukulele on the left has a Cedar front The back and sides are made of manenga from Tanzania The neck has been carved from mahogany.Fret board and bridge are made from ebony with inlayed Mother of pearl dots at frets 5,7, 10 and 12. Nut and saddle are made from bone.Tuners Gotoh Mini Tuners SG381. Scale length 15" or 381mm. Clear pick guard fitted. Finished in lacquer. Sold |
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Ukulele number 45-46 The ukulele on the left has a Spruce front, mahogany back and sides and neck. It is a Tenor scale length. Finished in lacquer. Sold |
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Ukulele number 34-42. The banjolele on the far left has a macrocapa front and the one on the right has totara. This batch has a deeper body and wider neck at the 14th fret. It is a concert scale . Finished in lacquer. Sold |
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Ukulele number 33. The model to the left was based on a Hana Lima 'Ia plan also made from totara. It is a concert scale length. Finished in lacquer. Sold |
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Ukulele number 22-32 The one to the left is made from totara. I made a batch of 10 each with a different shaped head or fretboard. They were all soprano scale length. We've found this shape to be very comfortable and the sound is loud and bright. Sold |
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Ukulele number 2-21. I designed and made these instruments originally for our local Scout group.We made up about 20 kitsets out of plywood so they could assemble them at the den. We called them Banjolele's. They worked so well I've started making them out of Native hardwoods above. |
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Ukulele number 1. This is my first ukulele made for my wife. The top is kauri and the neck,back and sides are from rimu. Finished with french polish |
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