How can this ukulele have a plain bridge, right?  On my "Under the Palm Tree" ukulele, I get quite a few positive comments for a set of burned-in Honu (Hawaiian turtles) on the bridge.  I [...]

Decided to add one final inlay, something for the heel end cap.  The End Cap is a decorative piece that sits atop the necks' heel stack to meet the back of the ukulele.  It's [...]

The fretboard contributes to the overall theme of the instrument with the fret markers representing the phases of the moon.  I went with sea snail shell for the moon and black mother-of-pearl (MOP) for [...]

Lots of internal mechanics have been completed.  My "Boxing Day" (with apologies to, well, Great Britain) consists of adding and shaping the soundboard and back bracing, adding a label, glueing on the top and [...]

Time to move on from aliens! The ukulele's main inlay is a stylized "Man in the Moon" on the headstock plate.  The moon is made up of 5 pieces of shell plus an ebony [...]

11-20 Soundboard Bracing Today I completed the soundboard bracing, tone bars, bridge patch and soundhole patch.  There's not a lot to bracing with the exception of the soundhole patch (a thin piece of material [...]

I did a bit of soul searching to decide to use a set of intensely figured Koa for this ukulele.  I've been saving this set for years waiting for the right ukulele.  This set [...]

I created the End Patch inlay today (an End Patch is on the bottom of the ukulele covering the seam).  It was a difficult and rewarding job.  Five different passes of the CNC machine [...]

Our first step towards our moon landing is deciding how to get there.  I created this rocket ship sound port for our blast off.  Sound ports provide full tonal response to the player and [...]

As a themed instrument, the design phase took almost a month to complete.  First, it took many days just to narrow the scope and refine the concept.  Then deciding what all the design elements [...]