Ukuleles

Joe has spent years learning from many master craftsman, including the well known and respected ukulele maker, Leif Anderson. Leif comes from a long line of ukulele Luthier’s and is a 3rd generation ukulele maker. Making Joe one of his apprentices, the two spent countless hours together prepping exotic Hawaiian woods like koa, mango, and opuma, bending sides, shaping fret boards. Honing their skills with each and every ukulele they’ve made. And the results speak for themselves.  Joe is not afraid to experiment.  He loves to use sustainable woods in his ukes.  Ipe from the floor boards of Surf N Sea or wood recovered from renovation projects.  Joe doesn't like to see string knots on his ukes.  That's why he guides the strings through the bridge into the body.  Since modern strings hardly break the extra work of fishing the replacement string through the sound hole is a valid tradeof to seeing the ugly knots. 

Reef Trophy Ukeleles

Joe builds the ukekeles that each year are given to the winners of the Reef Surfing Championships as part of the Vans Triple Crown Championship.  View the ukeleles under the Reef section of the menu.  

Custom Ukeleles

Every ukulele Joe builds is unique.  View them in the Gallery and in the Custom Ukulele section of the menu.

Order

Contact Joe and discuss your needs.  You can select a style as seen in the Galleries or codesign a custom ukelele with Joe. 

Pricing

Basic models are in the $600-$800 range.  Custom ukuleles with multi-piece necks, extended fretboards, carved bridge or carved body start at $1250 (and up). 

3D Interactive Models

A number of ukuleles can be viewed as 3D models.  Click on the spinning ukulele and drag it around with your mouse to see front, back, side, top and bottom.  Have fun!  Note that you need to have the Java plug-in loaded and enabled in your browser.