Ko'olau Pineapple Premium Slothead Tenor Koa

Aloha Ukulele Fans,

I hope that you are all well. Here for your consideration is a brand new Ko'olau Premium Pineapple Slothead Tenor in Hawaiian Koa. This ukulele has dark curly Koa binding on the top, bottom, fingerboard, bottom strip, and heelcap. One piece Mahogany neck with Ebony fingerboard, bridge, and tuner buttons. Gold Waverly side geared tuners and high gloss nitrocellulose lacquer. M.O.P. inlay on the ebony bridge pins, position markers, side position markers, and faceplate logo. Abalone rosette and top purfling. This ukulele is currently in private collection. Thanks for looking! See you next time.

Mahalo,

Tyler

Aloha,

It has been a while my ukulele friends, but I am at last ready to continue where I left off with this ukulele blog. I hope that your life is made as wonderful as mine has because of the ukulele!

Here is a Ka-Lai (Sam Kamaka & John Lai) brand pineapple shaped ukulele from the early 1930s. It still has it's original finish and wooden tuning pegs. The body is all solid mahogany, with a mahogany neck. the fingerboard is built into the neck as was the custom back then. It is appointed with a nice wood rope binding and rosette, and the pineapple decal between the bridge and the sound hole is almost completely intact. Very nice label condition, and the small crack on the back has been repaired quite nicely. This ukulele plays very nicely and has a bright clear sound with warm mids. It can be difficult to find instruments from this era that play nicely, especially above the 5-7th fret. This ukulele is in a private collection. Thanks to the owner for allowing me to take photographs and share them with you.

Mahalo,

Tyler