New Year, new ukes!

I know I have not written in a while.  A lot has happened on the uke front for me.  I got a special order new KoAloha tenor uke last year -- a curly koa version with the crown bridge.

It has a great tone, it is super loud and really fun to play.  I'm quite pleased with it and it is my go-to uke for now.

That may be changing soon though, because last year I placed a custom order for a new uke.  The luthier in question does not allow folks to discuss the build until it is complete, so just suffice to say that the first rule of their list is you don't talk about the list.  I should be getting the uke sometime this fall, and it is literally all I think about all day every day.  Like the song "Quando Quando Quando" says, "every moment's a day...every day seems like a lifetime."  So since I can't say any more about the uke until I get it, here is a photo of the wood I chose.

To tied me over until I get the uke ("the waiting is the hardest part"), I had my spouse make me a keychain with some of the koa scrap from my actual wood set.  That will have to do until the real thing comes along...