Custom Keith Ogata “Uwila” Ukulele

Beautiful custom Keith Ogata “Uwila” Electric Tenor ukulele. Keith has been building custom ukuleles here in Hawaii for over twelve years and this is his newest addition.

Top and back veneer is made of master grade curly pomelle sapele wood and the body is made of solid maple wood. The neck is fashioned from ash wood.

The pickups are single coil magnetic numbers housed in maple, positioned “tele” style.  there are individual volume controls for the neck / bridge pickups and a master tone control.  it has a balance bridge that’s height adjustable and the DR steel strings are strung through the body.

The instrument is set-up and tuned with steel strings for an exact and true electric sound. The entire instrument, including all electronics on this ukulele, was meticulously handcrafted by Keith himself making the “Uwila” a very unique and distinguished electric ukulele. The strings are electric guitar strings at the following diameters:

A – 0.009

E – 0.011

C – 0.016

G – 0.024

The ‘オ’ on the headstock is the Japanese character for the phonetic sound ‘O’ as in Ogata. This symbol is branded into the headstock of each ukulele and was something passed down to Keith over three generations. The character has always been the symbol  of the family business. Keith’s grandfather, who had initially requested the brand to be made, owned a small business in Hawaii selling handcrafted Japanese ‘Geta’ or ‘wooden sandals’ on which he would burn this symbol into each sandal.  This tradition has continued for three generations beginning with Japanese ‘Geta’ and continuing on in its tradition with beautiful custom ukuleles.

overall length: approx. 27.875″

upper bout: approx. 6.250″

waist: approx. 5.375″

lower bout: approx. 9.375″

body length: approx. 10.625″

body depth: approx. 2.688″

scale length: 18.125″

fret width at nut: 1.500″

fret width at body: 1.750″

Price: SOLD