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Kepasa
Ukulele Models and Prices
Kepasa Ukuleles are custom built as a lovely coupling
of the basic models you see listed here, embellished
with your own ukulele dream preferences. You can
choose the woods, the headstock shape, the binding
type, tuning pegs, and with or without electronics.
I am always happy to explore the possibilities with
you as we arrive at the best configuration for your
new Kepasa Ukulele. I'll also be quick to point
out selections or features that may not go well
together. (No Franken-ukes!)
Prices and options listed here represent commonly
requested models. Each of the current Kepasa Ukulele
models was born out of a customer asking "Can
you build a ukulele that looks like...?"
Often, it's been a uke design that I've been thinking
about anyway. Whereas I'm not planning to add new
models at this time, it's always good to ask about
a different body shape or style that you're interested
in. If it's one that I'm excited about, it may become
a reality. It will result in a longer build time,
as jigs and molds need to be built for each new
shape and size.
My inventory of ukulele wood for back and sides
generally includes African mahogany, Honduras mahogany,
various maples including New England red curly maple,
caramelized maple, koa in various grades, zebrawood,
pao ferro and Indian rosewood.
In-stock soundboard woods generally include Sitka
spruce, Engleman spruce, Adirondack red spruce,
cedar, redwood and in the case of an all-koa or
all-mahogany ukulele, of course, matching koa or
mahogany.
Requests for non-stocked woods, highly figured woods,
personalized features, and design changes may result
in upcharges. (Unless I'm outsourcing inlay work,
I usually forget to include the upcharge...)
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Madeira- Small bodied soprano ukulele with a 14"
fingerboard scale. The
Kepasa Madeira is named after the Portugese island from which three instrument
builders, Manuel Nunes, Jose do Espirito Santo, and Augusto Dias, brought the
tiny instrument that eventually became known as the ukulele. Includes
hard foam canvas covered case.
Base price $750.00
Includes choice of in-stock woods. Plastic binding on top, back and soundhole,
Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck, rosewood or ebony fingerboard
and bridge, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Rope
binding | $100.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
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| Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | |
Josephine- Soprano body with a 14" scale fingerboard.
This model was first built for Craig Robertson to replicate the size and feel
of his LeDomino ukuleles. Includes hard foam canvas covered case.
Base
price $750.00
Includes choice of in-stock woods. Plastic binding on top,
back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck, Tusq®
nut and compensated saddle,
rosewood or ebony fingerboard and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Rope
binding | $100.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
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| Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | |
Hollywood
Style- Concert body with a 7" lower bout and a 15" scale fingerboard.
This narrow
waisted concert style was built by the Royal Hawaiian ukulele makers as well as
many other Hawaiian builders, and later copied on the mainland by the Hollywood
ukulele company. Includes hard foam canvas covered case.
Base Price
$875.00
Includes choice
of in-stock woods. Plastic binding on top, back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite
4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle,
rosewood or ebony fingerboard and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Rope
binding | $100.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
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| Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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Middlesex-
Concert body with a 7 7/8" lower bout and a 15"
scale fingerboard.
Includes
hard foam canvas covered case.
Base price $875.00
Includes choice of in-stock woods. Plastic binding on top, back and soundhole,
Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck, Tusq® nut and compensated
saddle, rosewood
or ebony fingerboard and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Rope
binding | $100.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
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| Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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Gypsy Rose- Reminiscent of the old Selmer Maccaferri
gypsy guitars, having a slightly shorter body, wider waist, and D-shaped soundhole.The
sound is deeper than most concert size ukuleles and actually leans more towards
a tenor sound, but still employs a 15" fingerboard scale. The Kepasa Concert
Gypsy Rose is a good candidate for string sets that use a wound third string,
or strung with a low G string. And of course, standard reentrant tuning always
works well! Includes hard foam canvas covered case.
Base price $950.00
Includes choice of in-stock woods.
Cutaway (cutaway may not be available with certain woods, due to
the extreme bending process),
plastic binding on top, back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish
cedar neck, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle, rosewood or ebony fingerboard
and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
| Slotted
headstock, Grover geared tuners | $125.00 |
| No
cutaway | -$100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
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| Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | | |
KeVita- Reminiscent of the old Harmony Roy Smeck Vita
Ukulele. The body is shaped somewhat like a mandolin. The original Vita uke had
twin seals cutouts for soundholes. The Kepasa KeVita hosts a crossover style D-shaped
gyspy soundhole. The sound of this ukulele model is full, and is great for jazzy
chords or fingerstyle playing. The Kepasa Kevita ukulele is a good candidate for
string sets that use a wound third string, or strung with a low G string. And
of course, standard reentrant tuning always works well! Includes hard foam canvas
covered case.
Base price $800.00
Includes choice
of in-stock woods. plastic
binding on top, back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar
neck, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle, rosewood or ebony fingerboard
and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
| | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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Comet- Thin bodied acoustic/electric concert with 15"
scale. The Kepasa Comet has a hollow alder body with a spruce top. Upcharge of
$100.00 for maple or mahogany body with spruce top. Cedar or mahogany tops can
be substituted with no upcharge. Clear woods such as alder or maple can be stained
with any translucent or solid color. Includes hard foam canvas covered case.
Base price $500.00 with Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish
cedar neck, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle, rosewood or ebony fingerboard
and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard, Shadow pickup with volume and tone preamp
mounted on side.
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| Wood
or plastic binding, top only | $25.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| | Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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Middlesex Tenor - Coventional tenor body with a
17" scale fingerboard.
Includes hard foam canvas covered case.
Base price $1,000.00
Includes
choice of in-stock woods. Plastic binding on top, back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite
4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck with carbon-fiber reinforcement, Tusq®
nut and compensated saddle, rosewood or ebony fingerboard and bridge, dot inlays
on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Rope
binding | $100.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
| | Vintage
"V" neck | | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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Gypsy
Rose Tenor- Reminiscent of the old Selmer Maccaferri gypsy guitars
with a slightly shorter body, wider waist, and D-shaped soundhole. Includes hard
foam canvas covered case. The Kepasa Tenor Gypsy Rose is a good candidate for
being strung with a low wound G string. And of course, standard reentrant
tuning always works well!
Base price $1,100.00
Includes choice of in-stock woods, cutaway
(cutaway may not be available with certain woods, due to the extreme bending process).
Plastic binding on top, back and soundhole, Grover Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish
cedar neck with carbon-fiber reinforcement, Tusq® nut and compensated saddle,
rosewood or ebony fingerboard and bridge, dot inlays on fingerboard.
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| Wood
binding | $50.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Mi-Si
Acoustic Trio Pickup | $125.00 |
| Slotted
headstock, Grover geared tuners | $125.00 |
| No
cutaway | -$100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | | |
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Comet Tenor - Thin bodied acoustic/electric tenor
with 17" scale. The Kepasa Comet Tenor has a hollow alder body with a spruce
top. Upcharge of $100.00 for maple or mahogany body with spruce top. Cedar or
mahogany tops can be substituted with no upcharge. Clear woods such as alder or
maple can be stained with any translucent or solid color. Includes hard foam canvas
covered case.
Base price $600.00
Includes Grover
Sta-Tite 4B or 4W tuners, Spanish cedar neck with carbon-fiber reinforcement,
Tusq® nut and compensated saddle, rosewood or ebony fingerboard and bridge,
dot inlays on fingerboard.
The Kepasa Comet has an alder body with a spruce top. Cedar or mahogany tops can
be substituted with no upcharge. Clear woods such as alder or maple can be stained
with any translucent or solid color. Includes Shadow pickup with volume and tone
preamp mounted on side. Includes
hard foam canvas covered case.
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pictures
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| Wood
or plastic binding, top only | $25.00 |
| Peghed
tuners | $80.00 |
| Grover
geared tuners | $25.00 |
| Translucent
or solid color tint | $100.00 |
| Maple
or koa neck | $50.00 |
| Maple
or mahogany body | $100.00 |
| | Black
buffalo horn nut and saddle | | Ebony
nut and saddle | | Medium
width fretwire | |
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