SOLD TODAY, AUGUST 23RD

BARITONE FOR SALE

I DON'T NEED TWO BARITONES SO I AM SELLING THIS EXCELLENT MAPLE AND SPRUCE INSTRUMENT.  
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This is a used baritone that has been in my possession since I built it in 2011.  It is in excellent condition with virtually no playing marks.  It enjoys a rich deep baritone voice, Has a MiSi pickup and excellent gold Gotah tuners and an Ebony fretboard. Bone nut and saddle, Southcoast strings. A bargain at 

                                                               $700.00

SOLD-AUGUST 23RD.

NUMBER 82

This  excellent tenor is made available because its owner is lusting after Number 103 the Kasha tenor and does not think he should keep both.  If 82 is sold he will buy 103.
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Brazilian Rosewood back and sides
Western Red Cedar soundboard 
Honduran Rosewood neck
Macassar Ebony fretboard
Spalted Maple peg head and rosette
Bridge pins
Peghed 4/1 tuners
MiSi pickup 

$900 plus shipping or best offer
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NUMBER 79
This fine tenor used to be my personal favorite until I built my first Kasha.  It shows a tiny bit of wear, but is still a lovely instrument complete with a MiSi pickup. I kind of hate to sell it, but if it isn't getting played it needs to go. How many ukes does a guy need?
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East Indian Rosewood back and sides, 
Redwood soundboard.
Honduran Mahogany neck
Ebony fretboard and bridge
Peghed 4/1 gear ratio tuners.
tiger stripe maple peg head plate
Australian blackwood binding
MiSi pickup
bridge pins
spalted maple rozette
$1,000 plus shipping
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NUMBER  94
another in a line of marvelous sounding tenors made with East Indian Rosewood backs and sides and "water tank Redwood" soundboards.  This Redwood is special.  It comes from an old water tank from atop a New York City building.  This is not "sinker Redwood" but it has been absorbing the minerals from NYC water for perhaps eighty years.  It makes rich, warm sounding instruments with great volume and sustain.  Water Tank Redwood has become my favorite soundboard material.
This uke sold today
May 21 2018
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Water Tank Redwood soundboard
East Indian Rosewood back and sides.
Curly koa binding
Honduran Mahogany neck
Ebony fretboard and bridge
Bison bone nut and saddle
spalted maple peg head plate and Rozette
Peghed 4/1 gear ratio tuners
French Polish

$900.00 plus shipping
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SOLD AUGUST 23RD
NUMBER 103
This is the 103rd instrument that I have built, and one of the very best.  It is a Kasha Tenor with remarkable tone and clarity.  Part of it's clarity of sound comes from the fine grained Port Orford Cedar soundboard.  Part of it's quality of sound must be attributed to the Kasha bracing system which I am now convinced its the future of quality ukuleles.
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Port Orford Cedar Soundboard
Bocote back and sides 
Alaska Cedar neck
Ebony fret board and bridge
Bison bone nut and saddle
Peghed 4/1 gear ratio tuners
tiger stripe maple Peg head plate
white koa binding
Side sound port
​French Polish
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$1,200 plus shipping

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AT LAST !  - SOME UKULELES AVAILABLE
THREE TENORS available as of April 2018

I WILL TAKE PICTURES TOMORROW AND POST THE INDIVIDUAL DATA FOR YOU.  TWO OF THEM ARE TRADITIONAL FAN BRACED TENORS, BUT ONE IS A SIMPLY AMAZING KASHA BRACED TENOR.
I have now made three Kasha braced tenors and just completing a Kasha baritone  I am convinced that this unique bracing system makes an instrument superior to traditional bracing.  I am so in love with my first one, an East Indian Rosewood body with a Redwood soundboard that I will not sell it.  I just sold the magnificent Cocobolo and Torrified Spruce #102, and it's build-mate #103 is still available.  I will post it tomorrow after photographing it.

HERE IS #102, sold to Seattle area.  Kasha was a scientist who bought his son a guitar and became fascinated with instrument acoustics.  He thought that typical bracing deadened sound in the u                         
THIS IS THE WILDEST MOST AMAZING WOOD THAT I HAVE EVER BUILT WITH.  COCOBOLO FROM MEXICO
# 67 is sold and these beauties are all gone.
HERE THEY ARE- JUST FINISHED CONCERT PINECONES
INDIVIDUAL INSTRUMENT SPEC.S BELOW
JUNE 26, 2015
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  note !  Only one pinecone left. #67.  Oct. 2, 2015
# 63 CONCERT PINECONE
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#63 was mailed today to its new home in Indiana.  This uke has wonderful tone, Bonnie will be happy.
#67 
CONCERT PINECONE
SOLD #67 was mailed off today to its new home in Tennessee.
#67  $600 - This beauty is strung with Aurora /Aquila orange strings. It's Engelmann Spruce top has one bear claw mark adding a bit of character rare in Engelmann.  The fretboard and bridge are East Indian Rosewood. The nut and saddle are made of American bison (buffalo) bone. The laser incised pinecone at the peg head is maple on the walnut neck
# 63 is sold
$550  This brilliant sounding uke has a cosmetic flaw and I am reducing the price as a second.  
Englemann Spruce top, walnut neck, maple sides and back, maple peg head plate with incised pinecone image, Peghed tuners, Honduran Rosewood fretboard and bridge, buffalo bone nut and saddle. green Aurora strings.    If you look closely you can see a dark line above the sound hole alongside the G string.  there is also a tiny filled tack  hole that shows near the fretboard between the G & the C string.



The sides and back are lovely tiger stripe maple,  Big leaf maple from the forests of Washington State.  The Walnut neck is from  a tree that grew here in Bellingham and that I have had drying for 35 years.  The tuners are Pegheds. The end cap at the neck body joint is Honduran Rosewood outlined with a maple strip. Great tone and low action.
#68  CONCERT PINECONE
#68 sold on july 22nd and will be singing in 
Glendale Cal.
#68  $600-   A perfect Engelmann Spruce top set off by the East Indian Rosewood fret board and bridge.  The unbleached buffalo nut and saddle accompany the small mother of pearl marker dots on top and tiny white dots in the side of the fretboard.  This one is strung with Aurora/Aquila multi-color strings and a low G.  Happy to change it to re-entrant if you wish.
If you like tight tight tiger stripe this is the uke for you.  As pretty a piece of maple as I have seen, finished of course with many coats of French Polish for a rich glow.  The heel cap is honduran rosewood set off the walnut with a strip of maple veneer.
#69  CONCERT PINECONE
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SOLD TODAY
JULY 7TH.
THIS PRETTY PINECONE IS GOING TO SAN FRANCICSO
#69-  $600-  Flawless Englemann Spruce top, East Indian Rosewood fret board with small mother of pearl dots on top, tiny white marks on side.  Buffalo nut and saddle, Pinecone image laser incised into maple at peg head, Peghed tuners.
This back is truly exceptional as is the tiger stripe on the sides. 
One of the prettiest Pinecones I have made.  The neck is American black Walnut, Honduran Rosewood heel cap with a thin maple separating stripe.
Concert Pinecone #70
SOLD TODAY 7/14/15. #70 WILL STAY IN BELLINGHAM
$600;  Number 70 is now complete with its Peghed tuners.  This is a handsome Pinecone with a really spectacular back.  The big leaf maple does amazing things and when it is carved concave provides exceptional volume and tone.  East Indian Rosewood fretboard on a walnut neck  accents the lovely almost yellow look of the Engelmann Spruce top.  These great ukuleles come equipped with Aurora/Aquila colored strings and they sound great with a low g string if you prefer.  A low G can be fitted for another $3.00.  Then you will have an extra re-entrant G string for a spare.
the bass is sold and will have it's new home in Anacortes Wa.  June 2015
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AVAILABLE INSTRUMENTS AS OF March 23, 2015

DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A BASS PLAYER ?  - WELL HERE IS YOUR CHANCE


   
  • THIS IS MY FIRST TWO STRING, ONE OCTAVE BASS
  • I BUILT THIS LAST SUMMER AND HAD GREAT JOY IN PLAYING IT TO ACCOMPANY UKULELE PLAYERS AT OUR LOCAL UKE JAMS.  LIKED IT SO WELL THAT I HAVE JUST COMPLETED ANOTHER A LITTLE LARGER AND A LITTLE FANCIER.
  • I DON'T NEED TWO SO I SHALL SELL THE PROTOTYPE.
  • MAPLE BACK AND SIDES, SITKA SPRUCE TOP, ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD,
  • PEGHED TUNERS AND CELLO STRINGS
  • COMPLETE WITH A MISI PICKUP 

PRICE.  $600.00 PLUS SHIPPING.  THIS WILL BE A BRUTE TO SHIP SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN COME AND GET IT.
I would like to be able to o offer lots of instruments for sale but they seem to sell as I make them.  I have but one Concert Pinecone to offer from the three that I have just finished.  One is going to Liverpool England, one is committed to a gent in Seattle and there is only one lonely Concert Pinecone available for sale.  I will post pictures of it in a day or two,  My iPhone just died and I must get another. In the meantime look at the pictures on this page of other pinecones.  They are a great instrument. I am about to start four more that should be ready mid July
Concert  #42  Price $800.00

NOT AVAILABLE, SOLD
Englemann Spruce top
  • Australian Blackwood sides and back
  • Highly figured blackwood binding
  • Alaska Cedar neck
  • satinwood fret board and bridge
  • spalted maple peghead plate
  • Peghed tuers  4 to 1 ratio
  • Aurora multi-color strings. 
  • American Bison bone nut and saddle
  • spalted maple rosette
  • Bridge pins
  • French Polished

This lovely uke is patterned after my tenors that I call Blondes.  I really like the contrasts of the Alaska Cedar and the almost identical color Englemann Spruce, with the darker backs sides and fretboard.


Englemann produces a warm clear tone and this uke is very playable.  The rich fretboard and highly figured binding accents the Australian Blackwood nicely.  
I will add a turned rosewood strap button without cost if the buyer desires one.
THE BANJO UKULELE ON THE RIGHT SOLD TODAY!  I am going to keep the survivor cuz I love to play these things.  Until I make another batch I am sorry to report that there are no Banjo Ukes available just now.  I may get in the mood a few months down the road


















Banjo Ukuleles
SOLD ONE TODAYp SORRY, THE OTHER IS NOT AVAILABLE.  I WANT TO HAVE ONE OF THESE FUN TENOR BANJO UKES TO PLAY FOR MYSELF.
I MAY GET IN THE MOOD TO MAKE SOME MORE IN A FEW MONTHS SO KEEP WATCHING.
The soprano #53 sold today. Nov. 24, 14. 
Gonna have to make some I guess.
  • SOPRANO PINECONE UKULELE  #53.  price $500.00
  • Sitka Spruce top
  • fiddleback maple sides
  • carved concave maple back
  • Honduran Rosewoodfretboard
  • honduran rosewood bridge
  • nut and saddle, American bison bone
  • Strings, red, with wound low G.  by Aurora/Aquila
  • Peghead plate,  maple, with pinecone etching
  • mother of pearl top and side dots at 5th, 7th, 10th and 12th frets
  • Peghed planetary geared tuners, 4/1
  • Neck, Black Walnut
  • French polished   
These great little travel ukes have a wonderful rich bright tone.  You will want to used it as an everyday player.
sold

TENOR UKULELE # 30                        PRICE  $1,200

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Tenor Ukulele # 30                                    SOLD!  NOT AVAILABLE


  • Engelmann Spruce top
  • blonde Koa sides and back, and rosette
  • Austrailian Blackwood binding
  • Honduran Rosewood fretboard and bridge
  • radiused fretboard
  • gold ivo frets
  • Alaska Cedar neck
  • Peghed tuners
  • South Coast Strings (low G)
  • American Bison nut and saddle
  • French Polish
  • Mother of pearl dots, top and side of fretboard
  • Spalted maple peghead plate with g logo.

This is a beautiful instrument.  It weighs only 1lb, 2 os.  Plays beautifully.  I call it "The Blonde"  More photos are available upon request.  Also sound sample can be emailed to serious buyers.  I hate to part with this beauty.  
Padded Gig Bag available.  $50.00

SOPRANO PINECONE UKULELE #53 Just sold. sorry
#53 is sold.  No soprano's available just now
CONCERT PINECONE UKULELE #55  price $600    THIS BEAUTY SOLD TODAY. SO IT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE
  • THIS CONCERT HAS an Englemann Spruce top
  • tigerstripe maple sides and a carved rounded maple back with great figure.
  • American Black Walnut Neck
  • Hounduran Rosewood fretboard and bridge and heel plate.
  • American bison bone nut and saddle
  • Peghed tuners
  • Aurora colored strings
not available- sold.
Concert Pinecone Ukulele  54        price   $600
  • Engelmann spruce top
  • Sides , tiger stripe maple
  • back, carved tiger stripe maple
  • neck;  walnut
  • bridge and fretboard, Honduran rosewood
  • nut and saddle, American bison bone
  • peg head plate, laser etched maple
  • tuners, peghed planetary geared tuners, 4/1
additional photos can be emailed to an interested buyer. 
Sold today. Jan 16, 2015-

Note;  You can hear the concert Pinecone being played by a wonderful Hawaian player.  Search on You Tube for Uncle Mika 2012.  You will be amazed.
  • PINECONE # 53 HAS A CHRYSTAL CLEAR TONE AND A FAST slim neck.  Like all of my  soprano pinecones they have 
  • walnut necks, sitka spruce tops, fiddleback maple sides and carved out rounded backs of beautiful fiddleback maple.
  • They all come with Peghed tuners, those planetary gears delver a 4 to 1 turning ratio, just right for ukes.  
  • the nut and saddle are buffalo (bison) bone.
  • They are tuned re-entrant  with colorful Aurora strings.
  • the fretboard is Honduran Rosewood 
  • the peg head plate is laser etched maple.

NOT AVAILABLE.  IT SOLD TODAY.