Acacia grain that's yours alone, and a pickup when you want it.
Soprano - Soprano is the smallest of the four ukulele sizes, and the traditional one. It's the pick for kids learning ukulele, and for adults who like the brighter tone of a traditional ukulele.
Concert - Bigger than a soprano and smaller than a tenor, the concert is the size most people are happiest on: roomy enough for adult hands, small enough to feel friendly. Small children may be better suited to a soprano.
Tenor - The tenor is the biggest of the standard sizes, and its larger body gives a fuller, deeper sound. It suits teenagers and adults who want the most volume and extra room for their fingers on the fretboard.
Baritone - The baritone is the largest and deepest-sounding ukulele. It's tuned like the four thinnest strings of a guitar, so if you've played guitar you won't have to learn any new chord shapes. It's also a lot of fun for a ukulele player looking for a different tone.
Tenor is the size most players end up on, and it's where the Kohola is at its fullest. The longer scale gives the acacia more to work with, and there's room under the fingers to land a chord shape cleanly without crowding.
Acacia is the reason people stop at this one. It's bright and articulate, so a soft strum and a hard one come out as two different things, and the grain runs differently through every board — swirls, streaks, figuring that shifts as you turn it in the light. Yours won't look like anyone else's.
The acoustic-electric adds a pickup and a tuner built into the side. Unplugged it's the same instrument; plugged in it holds its own in a room with a PA.
Every ukulele ships free anywhere in Canada or to the U.S., with no customs duty or tariffs, and nothing due on delivery.
You get 30 days with it in your hands. If your ears disagree, send it back. If it arrives with anything wrong, we fix or replace it and cover the cost. Shipping policy · Return policy
The four things doing the work on this one.
We inspect it, play it, and adjust it in Calgary first. If anything’s off, it doesn’t ship.
Give it a quick tune when it lands and it holds.
If your ears disagree, send it back. Anything wrong on arrival, we fix or replace it, on us.
Let It Be. Country Roads. Don’t Stop Believin’. Three sessions of about an hour each, with Dave playing along on every song. No theory, and it’s yours for life.
The accessories most players pick up in the first month, matched to your instrument. One click, one discount.
What people ask before they order.
Yes. The Starter Course that comes with it assumes nothing: not one lesson, not one chord. It starts with how to hold the instrument and has you playing popular songs within days, one short step at a time. Most of our players started past fifty.
The demo videos at the top of this page are this exact model. Most models have several, and you’re listening to the ukulele, not taking our word for it.
Yes. Every one comes through Calgary to be inspected, played, and adjusted before it ships. Give it a quick tune when it lands, like any stringed instrument, and it holds.
You get 30 days with it in your hands. If your ears disagree, send it back. And if anything is wrong when it arrives, we fix or replace it and cover the cost.
All ukuleles ship free anywhere within Canada or to the U.S., with no customs duty or tariffs, and nothing due on delivery.
The tenor is the biggest of the standard sizes: more room on the fretboard, a fuller voice, and the one a lot of players settle on. If you’re torn, the Meet Your Match quiz asks a few questions and lands on a size and model, with 10% off your first order. And Dave answers his own email, usually the same day.
Designed in Calgary, built to our spec by our partner factory overseas, and every one comes back through Calgary before it ships to you.
The Honolua Starter Course, and it’s yours for life. It opens with an Owner’s Course (sizes, strings, tuning, restringing and care), then the 3-Day Fast Track: three sessions of about an hour, and sixteen popular songs with Dave playing along on every one. Already play? That’s sixteen new songs for the next group night.
