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Nalu All-Solid Tenor Acoustic Electric Ukulele

This is what your playing has been building toward.

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Soprano : El soprano es el más pequeño de los cuatro tamaños de cuerpo de ukelele y es el tamaño tradicional. El Honu Soprano es perfecto para niños que están aprendiendo a tocar el ukelele o para adultos que prefieren el tono más brillante de un ukelele tradicional.

Concierto : Los ukeleles de concierto son actualmente el tamaño de caja más popular en todo el mundo. Más grande que un ukelele soprano pero más pequeño que un ukelele tenor, un ukelele de concierto es el tamaño intermedio perfecto para la mayoría de los músicos. Este tamaño es adecuado para todas las edades, aunque un ukelele soprano puede ser más adecuado para niños pequeños.

Tenor : Los ukeleles tenor están en auge gracias al sonido pleno y profundo que produce su mayor tamaño. Más grande que el ukelele de concierto, el tenor es ideal para adolescentes y adultos que buscan el máximo volumen en su ukelele y más espacio para los dedos en el diapasón.

Barítono : Como su nombre indica, el ukelele barítono es el más grande y con el sonido más grave de todos los tamaños. Generalmente afinado como las cuatro cuerdas más agudas de una guitarra (DGBE), en lugar de la afinación GCEA que se encuentra en la mayoría de los ukeleles, el barítono es ideal si tienes experiencia con la guitarra, ya que no tendrás que aprender nuevas formas de acordes. También son muy divertidos si tocas el ukelele y buscas experimentar con un tono diferente.

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Built for players who can hear the difference.

Built for players who can hear the difference.

When every part of the body is solid wood, nothing holds the sound back. The top vibrates. The back vibrates. The sides vibrate. All-solid acacia construction means the entire instrument is working when you strum a chord — and you can hear it. More complexity, more overtones, more dynamic range. The all-solid body does the projecting on its own. It doesn't need anything else to fill a room.

Acacia is a wood with its own personality. Bright, clear, articulate, with grain patterns that make every instrument one of a kind. On the Nalu, you're seeing and hearing solid acacia on every surface. The visual is striking. The tone is the reason to buy it.

And because the entire body is solid wood, the Nalu opens up more dramatically over time than any other instrument in the lineup. A year from now, this will sound like a different instrument than the one you unboxed. That's the reward for playing it.

This is the acoustic-electric version. Unplugged, it sounds and plays exactly like the acoustic Nalu Tenor. The Fishman Kula pickup system is a significant step up from the electronics on the rest of the lineup — cleaner signal, more accurate reproduction of the Nalu's acoustic voice. The built-in tuner means you're never searching for a clip-on or draining your phone battery with an app. When you're ready to plug in, the Nalu is ready to be heard.

The name means waves — and the custom-designed wave inlays running down the fretboard match it. Mother of pearl rosette, rosewood purfling with white and black accent binding, gold hardware, solid rosewood fingerboard. A contoured armrest rounds the edge where your strumming arm rests against the body, so long sessions stay comfortable. And it ships in a Gig Bag Hard Case Hybrid — a rigid shell with a soft exterior — because this instrument warrants the protection.

It ships with the Uke Night Method Starter Course, though if you're looking at a Nalu, you may already be past the first sixteen songs. It's there if you want it.

Full Specs
  • Body Shape - Tenor
  • Top Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Body Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Neck - Mahogany
  • Fretboard - Solid Rosewood
  • Bridge - Solid Rosewood
  • Nut Width - 35mm
  • Nut and Saddle - Bone
  • Rosette - Artificial Mother of Pearl
  • Purfling and Binding - Rosewood / White / Black / White
  • Finish - Open Pore
  • Tuning Heads - Gold Open Gear
  • Tuning Buttons - Black
  • Fretboard Inlays - Custom Wave, Artificial Mother of Pearl
  • Bridge Pins - Gold w/ Black Dots
  • Strap Pins - Gold, Heel and Bottom
  • Strings - Aquila
  • Electronics - Fishman Kula Pickup System
  • Gig Bag - Gig Bag Hard Case Hybrid, Included

When every part of the body is solid wood, nothing holds the sound back. The top vibrates. The back vibrates. The sides vibrate. All-solid acacia construction means the entire instrument is working when you strum a chord — and you can hear it. More complexity, more overtones, more dynamic range. The all-solid body does the projecting on its own. It doesn't need anything else to fill a room.

Acacia is a wood with its own personality. Bright, clear, articulate, with grain patterns that make every instrument one of a kind. On the Nalu, you're seeing and hearing solid acacia on every surface. The visual is striking. The tone is the reason to buy it.

And because the entire body is solid wood, the Nalu opens up more dramatically over time than any other instrument in the lineup. A year from now, this will sound like a different instrument than the one you unboxed. That's the reward for playing it.

This is the acoustic-electric version. Unplugged, it sounds and plays exactly like the acoustic Nalu Tenor. The Fishman Kula pickup system is a significant step up from the electronics on the rest of the lineup — cleaner signal, more accurate reproduction of the Nalu's acoustic voice. The built-in tuner means you're never searching for a clip-on or draining your phone battery with an app. When you're ready to plug in, the Nalu is ready to be heard.

The name means waves — and the custom-designed wave inlays running down the fretboard match it. Mother of pearl rosette, rosewood purfling with white and black accent binding, gold hardware, solid rosewood fingerboard. A contoured armrest rounds the edge where your strumming arm rests against the body, so long sessions stay comfortable. And it ships in a Gig Bag Hard Case Hybrid — a rigid shell with a soft exterior — because this instrument warrants the protection.

It ships with the Uke Night Method Starter Course, though if you're looking at a Nalu, you may already be past the first sixteen songs. It's there if you want it.

Full Specs
  • Body Shape - Tenor
  • Top Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Body Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Neck - Mahogany
  • Fretboard - Solid Rosewood
  • Bridge - Solid Rosewood
  • Nut Width - 35mm
  • Nut and Saddle - Bone
  • Rosette - Artificial Mother of Pearl
  • Purfling and Binding - Rosewood / White / Black / White
  • Finish - Open Pore
  • Tuning Heads - Gold Open Gear
  • Tuning Buttons - Black
  • Fretboard Inlays - Custom Wave, Artificial Mother of Pearl
  • Bridge Pins - Gold w/ Black Dots
  • Strap Pins - Gold, Heel and Bottom
  • Strings - Aquila
  • Electronics - Fishman Kula Pickup System
  • Gig Bag - Gig Bag Hard Case Hybrid, Included
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“This thing sounds like it should cost $2,000–$5,000.”

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  • String winder
  • Felt picks
  • + Extra set of strings, matched to this size Tenor-scale set, ready for the first restring.
  • + Upgraded gig bag, sized for this ukulele Replaces included gig bag with a significant step up.
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The Uke Night Method Starter Course · included free

Yes, you can actually learn this. Here’s why.

Most popular music runs on four simple chord shapes — and they happen to be the easiest shapes to play on a ukulele.

Your first afternoon

Get comfortable with your instrument.

Tuning, the parts, how to hold it. The first hurdle, behind you.

A couple of days in

Your first chords, your first real song.

Four shapes, one at a time — and then a song you actually know, played all the way through.

About a weekend later

Sixteen campfire songs, start to finish.

Sixteen songs people actually sing along to. The same four shapes run most of the popular songbook. 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 — no rush.

Size · Tenor

Soprano
Concert
Tenor
Baritone

Series · Nalu

Honu Laminate
Mano Solid Top
Kohola Deluxe Solid Top
Nalu All-Solid

All-solid construction

Top, back, and sides are all solid acacia. The entire body resonates when you play — more complexity, more overtones, more responsiveness.

Opens up over time

Every solid-top instrument opens up. An all-solid instrument opens up more. A year from now, the Nalu will sound noticeably richer than the day it arrived.

Contoured armrest

The edge where your strumming arm rests is rounded for comfort during long playing sessions. A subtle, premium touch you'll feel every time you pick it up.

The details

Custom wave fretboard inlays, mother of pearl rosette, rosewood purfling with white and black accent binding, gold hardware, Gig Bag Hard Case Hybrid. Every detail matches the wood.

Built to be played

Real instruments, down to the details.

Bone Nut & Saddle

Bone rather than plastic, for more volume, tone, and clarity.

Quality Tuners

More time playing, less time tuning.

Easy Restring Bridge

New strings without the wrestling match, whenever they’re due.

Gig Bag Included

A proper bag in the box, so it travels the day it arrives.

Free Starter Course

The Uke Night Method Starter Course with every instrument.

Selected Tonewoods

Wood, never plastic. A warmer tone that gets richer over time.

Checked and adjusted in Calgary before it ships. Thirty days to return it.

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.me
Before you decide

The questions people actually ask us

Yes. 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 Cleland

If 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 Johnston

Every 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-James

Each 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 Alfano

Most 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.

★★★★★

“Am so happy with my decision and the ukulele Honolua’s quiz picked out for me!”

Randy Hutton

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