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Custom William King Longscale Tenor Ukulele

A beautiful Custom William King Tenor Ukulele handcrafted in Austin, TX by master luthier William King in excellent original condition. This custom tenor ukulele is a special commission with a fourteen fret joint to the body and was meticulously crafted from the finest building materials by one of the USA’s finest luthiers. Extremely beautiful master grade East-Indian rosewood back and sides with sitka spruce soundboard, mahogany wood neck, an ebony fretboard bound with master grade curly Koa wood, master grade curly Koa wood top and back binding and end graph, clas
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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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Custom William King Ukulele

A beautiful Custom William King Tenor Ukulele built in Austin, TX in near mint condition. This custom tenor ukulele was handcrafted in with Hawaiian Koa face, back and sides. It features curly maple binding, an ebony fingerboard with MOP markers, an ebony pin bridge, a slotted headstock with an ebony faceplate and Gilbert tuners ($300 value), a marquetry banding style rosette, a Mi-Si Acoustic Trio pickup, and a gloss lacquer finish. The set-up is perfect and the uke is very easy to play and has exceptionally nice tones. I would characterize them to be quite rich an
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Custom William King Baritone Ukulele

A new ‘old-stock’ Custom William King Baritone Ukulele built in Austin, TX. Constructed of gorgeous mahogany wood on back and sides and Western cedar wood top with ebony fretboard and bridge. This piece boasts an ebony wood binding on front, back and gorgeous paua shell rosette. 14 fret joint to the body with 20 overall frets to the soundhole. Tru-wax finish with bone nut and saddle and a sound that is absolutely magnificent. Geared tuners with pearl white buttons for precise tuning. This instrument was handcrafted in 2006 but gently tucked away in William’s shop un
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