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The tenor is the biggest of the standard ukulele sizes, and it's the one a lot of players settle on long-term. The fretboard has room for your fingers to find chord shapes cleanly, and the bigger body gives it a depth and projection that you can feel when you strum.
Same construction as the rest of the Honu series — arched back, bone nut and saddle, rosewood fingerboard, quality tuners. Sapele laminate that doesn't worry about humidity. Nothing about the build cuts corners.
This is the acoustic-electric version. Unplugged, it sounds and plays exactly like the acoustic Honu Tenor. The UK-500T pickup system gives you the option to plug into an amp or PA system whenever you're ready, and the built-in tuner means you're never searching for a clip-on or draining your phone battery with an app. It's right there on the instrument whenever you need it.
It ships with the Uke Night Method Starter Course. Sixteen real songs, self-paced, built for someone starting from scratch. By the end of your first weekend, you'll have a repertoire — and on a tenor, it's going to sound full enough to fill the room.
The tenor is the biggest of the standard ukulele sizes, and it's the one a lot of players settle on long-term. The fretboard has room for your fingers to find chord shapes cleanly, and the bigger body gives it a depth and projection that you can feel when you strum.
Same construction as the rest of the Honu series — arched back, bone nut and saddle, rosewood fingerboard, quality tuners. Sapele laminate that doesn't worry about humidity. Nothing about the build cuts corners.
This is the acoustic-electric version. Unplugged, it sounds and plays exactly like the acoustic Honu Tenor. The UK-500T pickup system gives you the option to plug into an amp or PA system whenever you're ready, and the built-in tuner means you're never searching for a clip-on or draining your phone battery with an app. It's right there on the instrument whenever you need it.
It ships with the Uke Night Method Starter Course. Sixteen real songs, self-paced, built for someone starting from scratch. By the end of your first weekend, you'll have a repertoire — and on a tenor, it's going to sound full enough to fill the room.
“This thing sounds like it should cost $2,000–$5,000.”
Mary Schneebeli · real review, Judge.meThe accessories most players pick up in the first month, matched to your instrument. One click, one discount.


Four chords carry all sixteen of them — and on a ukulele, they’re among the simplest shapes there are.
Tuning, the parts, how to hold it. The first hurdle, behind you.
Four shapes, one at a time — and then a song you actually know, played all the way through.
Sixteen songs you already know the words to — the kind people join in on. Sixteen is a beginning, not a ceiling.
No complicated theory. No nursery rhyme songs. On your schedule, at your pace. And when you want more than sixteen, the full Uke Night Method picks up right where the starter leaves off and adds 200+ more songs — no rush.
Arched on most models for fuller tone and more projection.
Bone rather than plastic, for more volume, tone, and clarity.
More time playing, less time tuning.
New strings without the wrestling match, whenever they’re due.
A proper bag in the box, so it travels the day it arrives.
The Uke Night Method Starter Course, taught in standard GCEA tuning. Included free.
Wood, never plastic. A warmer tone that gets richer over time.
Every instrument is played, checked, and adjusted by Dave before it leaves Calgary. Fret ends smoothed, tuners tested, string height confirmed. If it isn’t the right instrument, you have 30 days to send it back. And if anything is ever wrong, you write to Dave and he handles it himself.
“The contact us option is NOT a black hole.”
Deborah McGale · real review, Judge.meYes. The Starter Course assumes nothing — not one lesson, not one chord. It starts with how to hold the instrument and has you playing your first real song within hours, one short step at a time. Most of our players started past fifty.
“She has never played the ukulele before, but has already learned half a dozen songs in only a few days.”
William ClelandIf you’re having any trouble, you reach out to Dave — he’ll help. You have thirty days if it’s not for you. But the course exists so it doesn’t come to that: one small, doable thing each time you sit down, so the instrument earns a spot on the couch arm instead of the closet shelf.
“I purchased the Honolua baritone about 6 months ago. I have played it every day since then.”
Greg JohnstonEvery instrument is checked and adjusted in Calgary before it ships, shipping is free across Canada and the US, and if something isn’t right when it arrives, Dave makes it right. Your order is processed through Shopify’s secure checkout — the same platform used by millions of stores worldwide. Hundreds of customers across Canada and the US have ordered this way, and you’re buying from a small Canadian family business that shows up in the ways that matter.
“The website is super helpful for helping you to pick a ukulele as a beginner. The ukulele arrived promptly and looked exactly as advertised.”
Sayde Spiteri-JamesEach instrument is designed by Dave in Calgary, manufactured by our factory partner overseas, and then personally checked and adjusted by Dave in Calgary before it ships to you. It’s how we keep a real instrument at a fair price.
“The value for the dollar that this ukulele represents is exceptional.”
Dennis AlfanoMost beginners are happiest on a concert — roomy enough for adult hands, small enough to feel friendly. But hands, arms, and living rooms differ, which is why the Match Quiz asks about you before it suggests anything. One thing worth knowing if you’re drawn to a baritone, a ukulele bass or a guitalele: those are tuned differently, and the free Starter Course teaches standard tuning.
“Am so happy with my decision and the ukulele Honolua’s quiz picked out for me!”
Randy HuttonThe Meet Your Match quiz asks about you: your size, your budget, your taste, and lands on the right size and series. No wrong answers.