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Steve Miller Rocks out with a Mele Uke!
Steve Miller Playing one of his Mele Ukes with Henry Kapono
Warren Buffet plays a Mele Ukulele!
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Mele Ukulele builds and sells fine ENTIRELY HAND MADE ukuleles and guitars at the best prices. Our ukuleles feature great tone and playability, top quality Hawaiian koa and other fine SOLID tonewoods, and detailed inlay work. For nearly 20 years, Mele Ukulele continues to offer what can be considered among the best value in instruments today.
Shop for ukuleles and uke accessories online
Browse through our shopping section, and enjoy choosing from a wide variety of ukulele models sizes as well as uke accessories of all types, from the comfort of your own home!. We carry a wide selection of:
Mele Ukuleles - designed for great sound!
Each Mele ukulele is designed to offer excellent playability. You will find Mele Ukuleles as the ukulele of choice by top Hawaiian entertainers. See what some of Hawaii's top talents say about Mele ukuleles.
Choice hardwoods for clear tone and lasting beauty
We use choice tropical tonewoods such as koa and mahogany, to provide the resonance and beauty that makes Mele ukuleles so special. The most valuable and sought after Hawaiian-built ukuleles have always been made of koa wood, once known as "Hawaiian mahogany". (Koa and mahogany are both hardwoods and
members of the acacia family.) Genuine koa is found only in Hawaii and is becoming rare and expensive, so any genuine solid koa uke is an investment in the future.
Our koa ukuleles, as well as having excellent sound qualities, are living works of nature's art, each unique, with its beautiful ripples of color in the koa's grain.
Mahogany, when properly selected and cured, makes for excellent ukuleles with great sound. The great Mainland ukulele makers of times past, such as Martin, Gibson, Washburn, Regal, etc., used mahogany for most of their production. Our mahogany ukuleles are great sellers, combining outstanding performance with great value.
We also use Sitka spruce and Western red cedar tops on some of our ukuleles. These are the most popular woods for guitar tops and they also are excellent for ukes. Cedar imparts a warm, mellow, rich tone and spruce is the choice of many professional virtuoso ukulele players because of its volume, punch and brilliance. Cedar and spruce tops are valued for the distinctive tone qualities and beautiful and distinctive appearance they can impart to a quality hand-built instrument.
Quality construction for years of satisfaction
Mele ukuleles are built to stringent quality standards to provide you with the utmost in satisfaction and value. Each Mele ukulele is a beautiful example of the craftman's work, and will provide you with a lifetime of fun and music.
Hula Ukes; quality at affordable prices!
Not everyone can afford a handmade Mele Ukulele, so we've introduced Hula Ukes for beginners and those on a budget. Hula Ukes are built overseas to Mele's demanding specifications, then each one is individually set up for superb intonation and playability by Michael Rock and his crew at the Mele factory. Hula Ukes student models are constructed of quality mahogany laminates, and the more deluxe models are of solid mahogany and solid Hawaiian koa wood.
Care & Feeding of your Mele
Your Mele Ukulele is a handmade solid wood instrument, just like guitars, violins and other fine stringed instruments costing many thousands! Sometimes our customers don't realize that such instruments should be kept humidified. Please keep your Mele in its case when it's not being played, and use a humidifier (we offer some inexpensive ones for sale) if you live in a very dry climate or heat your home. Aside from this, upkeep is very simple; wipe with a soft cloth occasionally, and slightly loosen the strings when traveling. Enjoy!
Here are 2 videos (from Taylor Guitars) about the effects that humidity (or lack thereof) can have on your handmade solid wood instrument.
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