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Custom William King Pineapple Ukulele

A beautiful and new Custom William King Pineapple Tenor Ukulele built in Austin, TX. This custom tenor ukulele is a fifteen fret joint to the body special project that William undertook a few years ago and remains as “new-old stock” and was never preowned. It was recently hand-painted by local famed Hawaii artist E. Garcia II in homage to the vintage painted pineapple ukuleles of the 1920s. With a standard tenor scale of 17 inches from nut to saddle and 15 frets to the body, this ukulele features an ebony fingerboard with ivory position markers, ebony fa
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1920s Moana Ukulele

Gorgeous 1920s Moana Soprano Ukulele marketed under the name Paul Summers by Summers Brothers (Paul & Harold), this ukulele was handcrafted by the Hawaiian Mahogany Company, and later into the 30s and 40s the Paul Summers brand was more closely associated with the famed builder Sam Chang. Instruments named “Royal Hawaiian” and “Moana” were made in Hawaii and sold out of a pair of hotels — the Royal Hawaiian Hotel and Moana Hotel. These instruments retailed at a gift shop inside of these two historical hotels and were intended as sou
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Custom KC Young Tenor Ukulele

A rare example of a custom K.C. Young tenor ukulele in beautifully restored condition. K.C. Young handcrafted ukuleles with professional musicians in mind and made ukuleles and guitars for some of Hawaii’s most famous and accomplished musicians of yesteryear. Musicians such as Mo Keale and Kahauanu Lake, the leader of the Kahauanu Lake Trio, which compromised of Kahauanu Lake, his brother Tommy Lake, and Al Machida were amongst the legendary Hawaii musicians to enjoyed the wonderful craftsmanship and tones of K.C. Young ukuleles and guitars. A deep body constr
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1966 Custom Kamaka Guitar – Brazilian Rosewood & Spruce

Custom Kamaka Gutiar. Extremely stunning and rare 1966 Custom Kamaka ‘Classical’ Guitar handcrafted by master luthier Sam Kamaka of Kamaka Ukulele & Guitars. This beautiful guitar was a special commission undertaken by the Kamaka custom shop in the late sixties and remains in gorgeous refinished condition. Master grade Brazilian Rosewood wood back and sides with tight grain Spruce wood soundboard for added clarity and depth and a full range response. Solid Honduran Mahogany wood neck and Brazilian Rosewood top and back binding, ebony wood fingerboard and a match
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