A Detailed Look at 30 Different Tone Woods For ʻUkulele

[@RisenGRR]

Back and Sides 1. Ebony: 1:03 2. Brazilian Rosewood: 2:00 3. East Indian Rosewood: 3:05 4. Guatemalan Rosewood: 3:50 5. Cocobolo: 4:20 6. Grenadillo: 4:54 7. Curly Maple: 6:18 8. Quilted Maple: 7:10 9. Birdseye Maple: 8:25 Front back and sides 10. Select Koa: 9:06 11. Deluxe Koa: 10:02 12. Premium Koa: 11:05 13. Master Koa: 11:43 14. Oregon Myrtle: 12:38 15. Claro Walnut: 13:20 16. English Walnut: 14:07 17. Curly Mahogany: 14:35 18. Sinker Mahogany: 15:57 19. Mango: 17:25 Tops 20. Bear-claw Sitka Spruce: 19:23 21. Adirondack Spruce: 20:30 22. Lutz Spruce: 21:39 23. Bear-claw Engelmann Spruce: 22:42 24. Redwood: 23:28 25. Curly Redwood: 24:10 26. Sinker Redwood: 24:46 27. Western Red Cedar: 25:46 28. Alaskan Rainbow Cedar: 26:30 29. Port Orford Cedar: 28:00 30. Torrefied Cedar: 28:50 Kaimana's Favorite: 32:10 Joes Favorite: 33:18

[@KanileaUkulele]

Thank you Iokepa!

[@dianadavis2886]

What a wonderful presentation of tone woods. I can't wait to see the new Ukuleles coming up in the future. Thank You!

[@NicholasANappiNick]

Super job my friend🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jasminebaer6990]

Thanks for this very informative video. This is the most comprehensive discussion of tone woods for the ukulele I've been able to find online. I'm glad I subscribe to the Kanile'a channel, because I didn't find this video via Google/Bing search. Search results gave some good options, but none as thorough as this, and always nice to hear from someone who actually designs and builds the instruments. Mahalo nui loa!!

[@colinosullivan]

Really enjoyed this video.

[@WysteriaGuitar]

Excellent video.

[@ChrisGorman87]

This video has given me a whole new appreciation for the difference in the tone woods! Thanks for the video!

[@KanileaUkulele]

Glad it was helpful!

[@danceswithsticks]

I hope you get some torrefied Koa! I'd get some of that!!

[@dragonsanonymous]

Love this! So wonderfully informative!

[@baskinovamusic]

Thank you for this informative video. I LOVE your enthusiasm for wonderful tone.Thank you again for guiding me to my recently purchased D series super tenor with the redwood sinker top and koa sides and bottom. I am loving it. The depth of tone, resonance and sustain are amazing. That is what I was looking for.

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo Susan, we’re so glad you’re enjoying your DR-ST. It is the only one in the world with a silk top too. 👍🏽

[@thinksuzen]

This is so incredible! Makes me want one in almost every kind of wood! ❤😂

[@UkuleleHoloholo]

Love the tutorial on woods of the uke! Mahalo nui Joe! Lovin' my Willie K Kanile'a, too!

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo! Enjoy your Willie K ST 19” 5

[@charlottevanzant-king3841]

What a great presentation! It leaves me drooling for one of every combination!

[@GeorgeAlexa]

This was most helpful.

[@rickkahapea5361]

I just got educated on tone woods. As a long time guitar player, I've always loved east Indian rosewood back and sides, and sitka spruce tops. However, this presentation has given me a lot more education on the varieties of different tone woods. Much mahalos Kani'lea

[@DanielFlores-ku8os]

This was a superb video Joe. You presented great information without a bunch of superfluous fluff. It was thoroughly enjoyable to watch.🙂

[@mikek4708]

Your enthusiasm is infectious and your knowledge clearly vast. I never realised there were so many combinations possible. Clearly you have an eye for exquisite woods and so grateful for the tonal explanations. Have a great week. Mike

[@KanileaUkulele]

Joe‘a enthusiasm is like this from 5am when the shop opens till 5pm when he leaves. It’s incredible!

[@TNgrandee3]

Beautifully said, Mike K. Lucky is the ukulele player who has an ukulele built by Joe.

[@colin25250]

@@KanileaUkulele Joe, what's your opinion on laurel wood for a ukulele?

[@davidconnell3867]

Just fabulous to get your perspective on all these woods! Thank you!

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo, David, for listening in.

[@marvhall9855]

Love this video, can you please explain a little more about curly in the different woods. Thank you in advance

[@annejenkins1674]

So helpful. Thank you!

[@bobo_momchillovich]

Man, this was EXTENSIVE! Awesome job and mahalo for it!

[@guitarzana688]

Thank you very interesting talk on woods. 👍

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo for tuning in!

[@Hefdaily]

Fabulous video. Thank you for sharing all that knowledge. Looks like I need to add a cedar top to the list :)

[@bernardinelermite1133]

So fascinating !!... I love love love this video ! Thank you so much for sharing your passion and deep knowledge of the ukulele with us ! 😊 I've got a gorgeous premium koa P-1 Kanile'a pineapple that I bought at Gute Ukulele in Berlin, and I have always wondered about its wood : it's looking similar to the ukulele on the right side of this video screen, with an amazing dark chocolate and golden holographic kind of "burl" to it, like big "eyes". Are these actual "birds eyes" like what you explained concerning the maple, or are they "burls" like what you'd get by cutting through the root of the tree ? (If this is even possible !). What is the name of this koa pattern ? It's only mentioned premium koa on my specs, but I wish so badly to know more about it, lol. Thank you so much in advance !! 🙏

[@kinekoolband7757]

Mahalo Joe. This is an exceptional presentation and will help demystify ukulele timbers to many keen players. Absolutely loved the uncomplicated explanations. Mahalo Nui Loa

[@riverbank4126]

Joe, Great video on woods, especially as I've thought of adding another Kanile'a tenor to the instruments I already have. I love my beautiful Koas but will be looking forward to hearing them in combination with torrified Cedar or sinker Redwood tops as I love 'warmth' as well as clairity and musical tone. I hope that you will work on a video that allows us to hear some of these amazing woods together 'in action'. By now you probably have enough videos of instruments built with these different combinations of woods that you could use to produce a video that would let us hear the variety of sounds for ourselves.

[@NorthernVirginiaUkuleleSociety]

great explanation of the woods

[@KanileaUkulele]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@manuelzehetbauer6708]

Very interesting! Thanks for the insight on each wood and it’s sound!

[@KanileaUkulele]

We hope to make a difference someday.

[@marimaeabreu]

Thank you so much for doing this video, it was so helpful!

[@lmnop9891]

Nice presentation! Congrats! Is the background music ukulele? It really sounds like nylon guitar. Gorgeous sound!

[@skipferguson5685]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Finally someone knowledgeable explaining the different characteristics of woods to allow me to make an informed decision. Now... which combination. I already have 5 Kanileas and love them all. Each one is different and gives a different sound. I do so love the Super Tenors though. Again, which woods to have for my next Super Tenor? You make me think and make me excited over the possibilities. Nice Job. Thank you again.

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo Skip! Glad you’re enjoying the content and we appreciate your continued support! Rosewood/Cedar? Ebony/Spruce perhaps?

[@skipferguson5685]

@@KanileaUkulele Humm.... all of the above?

[@kathryndowne5369]

Very informative! Thank you!

[@KanileaUkulele]

Mahalo for your support!

[@burleman]

Can you use Walnut for both the back, sides, and front?

[@rjejames28]

Can you get torrified wood on a custom instrument? How much extra is it? Very well video I learned a lot.

[@KanileaUkulele]

Yes torrefied spruce and cedar are options we have in our custom shop. For pricing please email or call us.

[@rjejames28]

@@KanileaUkulele thanks one day I'll come knocking

[@brockketcher]

Interesting video. Thank you. Don’t forget homegrown Hawaiian Milo!

[@mandybrooks1137]

Have you ever made an uke from Cherry wood?

[@janlesinski4719]

Now have tenor and soprano in koa in love

[@KanileaUkulele]

Nice, did you see our video about all the sizes?

[@janlesinski4719]

@@KanileaUkulele Yes I have and when I save enough money I would like to buy a KPA-C

[@kithg]

This was so interesting. You just wish you could play all of them, right? Mahalo!

[@KanileaUkulele]

One does begin to wish that! We’re extremely thankful that we can haha

[@janlesinski4719]

Woods treated with love

[@KanileaUkulele]

Yes, we love all woods equally :)

[@richardrios3049]

😎👍

[@timothyprather6953]

Great video except that cedars are in the Pinaceae family and cypress are in a different plant family, the Cupressaceae. So cedars are not cypress.

[@TKRM2007]

Has anybody make a ukuele out Hickory, as I believe it is the hardest wood. That is why baseball bats are made of Hickory.