Ukulele Top Materials

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  MAHOGANY

  One of the most common woods in ukulele making, it has grain finish providing good looks, but also allowing a good balance between the bright trebly sounds the ukulele is famous for, whilst beefing up the bass sounds as well. Also projects sound well with good volume.

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  KOA

  Koa is a Hawaiian hardwood, and a ukulele wood held in very high esteem in those islands. The wood is beautiful to look at with amazing grains, and provides a sound that suits the ukulele perfectly. Very sweet sounding and warm. Loud rich, and used in the finest ukuleles, but very expensive. Koa instrument prices show the premium!

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  SPRUCE

  A very common, pale yellow wood used in guitar manufacturing. It is a tough wood that makes for excellent strong soundboards and the Sitka variety is characterized by a very bright and rich tone, with less of the bass rounding that mahogany provides. They are also very loud woods.

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  MAPLE

  A hard, resilient wood that is often chosen for its dramatic looks, particularly flamed or spalted woods that are stunning to look at. It provides a very bright tone on the ukulele.