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1969 Custom Kamaka Guitar – Hawaiian Koa & Spruce

Custom Kamaka Guitar. Extremely stunning and rare 1969 Custom Kamaka ‘Classical’ Guitar handcrafted by master luthier Eric Kingsbury of Kamaka. This beautiful guitar was a special commission undertaken by the Kamaka custom shop in the late sixties and remains in mint original condition. This custom Kamaka guitar is handcrafted of master grade Hawaiian curly Koa wood back and sides with tight grain spruce soundboard for added clarity and depth and a full range response. Solid Hawaiian Koa wood neck and top and back binding, ebony wood fingerboard and Cuba
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Custom Koa Works Tenor Ukulele

Custom Ukuleles by Koa Works Ukulele. A beautiful new Custom Koa Works Tenor Ukulele built on the island of Hawai’i. This one was just completed and is absolutely stunning in appearance but plays even better than it looks! Handcrafted of quarter-sawn master grade curly Hawaiian Koa wood on face, back and sides and macassar ebony fretboard and bridge. The top and back binding is crafted with ebony and the fretboard is also bound with ebony for smooth play up and down the neck. Gorgeous paua shell diamond position markers, shell rosette, shell top purfling, and
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1930s Ka-Lai Pineapple Ukulele

Beautiful Ka-Lai pineapple ukulele from the early 1930s in a joint venture between ‘Johnny Lai’ and ‘Kamaka’ companies. This gorgeous piece is handcrafted from with a monkeypod wood face, back, and sides combination. Amazing original condition and the decals and inner label also remain totally intact. It is also said that this pineapple model was the very model that helped to sustain Kamaka through the Great Depression years and at a time of the early stages of the company’s history. ‘Johnny Lai’ was also looking to capitalize on
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1920s Kamaka Pineapple Ukulele

Beautiful Kamaka pineapple ukulele from the early 1920s. This gorgeous piece is handcrafted from Hawaiian Koa wood top with monkeypod wood back and sides combination from the only company whose name is synonymous with ukulele, Kamaka. Amazing original condition and the decals and inner label also remain totally intact. It is also said that this pineapple model was the very model that saved Kamaka from going bankrupt during the early stages of the company’s history. Urban legend says that the first 50 pineapple ukuleles were the only ones to be hand-painted and it is
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