Road Toad 'Ukuleles |
Road Toad 'ukuleles are individually handcrafted using solid wood and other fine materials. All wood is dry & climate acclimated before use. |
Base instrument is select koa or mahogany top, back & sides; mahogany neck; macassar or rosewood fretboard & matching bridge; mother of pearl top & side fret position markers; Grover Champion friction or Gotoh mini guitar tuner. Nut & saddle are bone. Strings are fluorocarbon or Aquila Nylgut. Cutaway models are additional charge. Indicated scale lengths are standard for the models, but other lengths can be done via the listed Fret Scale Table. |
Soprano |
Tenor |
Tenor Dimensions 17" scale 12.1" body length |
Curly koa back & sides with sitka spruce top. Curly koa rosette and flame inlays on top, fretboard & headplate. Koa/ebony/maple laminated neck, bone nut & saddle, macassar fretboard & bridge. Gold Schaller mini tuners w/ebony buttons. Aquila Nylgut strings. |
Asymetrical shark fin shaped body with curly koa top, back & sides. Macassar fretboard, bridge & binding. Wood marquetry top purfling. Mahogany/maple laminated neck with tiger shark teeth on peghead. 5-star planetary tuning pegs. K&K sound Pure Classic pickup. Hilo low G strings. |
Pineapple body style. Curly spalted koa top, back & sides. Spalted maple rosette, pupleheart binding, macassar bridge & fretboard, mahogany neck, Grover friction tuners, bone nut & saddle, Hilo strings. |
Concert |
Concert Dimensions 14.806" or 15.103" scale 11" body length |
Mana |
Mana Dimensions 18.011" or 18.654"scale 12.7" body length |
Curly koa top, back & sides. Ebony body binding. Birdseye maple & abalone rosette. 3 piece laminated neck with chevron pattern inlay strips. Gecko fretboard inlays |
Mana series asymmetrical long scale tenor in curly koa with macassar ebony fingerboard and bridge. This particular instrument has a K&K Sound Ultrapure Western electronics and 16" fingerboard radius. 3 piece laminated mahogany and ebony neck, bone nut and saddle and goald Schaller machines with ebony knobs. |
Concert Pineapple Dimensions 14.806" or 15.103" scale 11" body length |
Bufolele |
Bufolele Dimensions 17.961" or 19.029"scale 13.4" body length |
Primavera top, back & sides. Macassar fretboard, binding & bridge, primavera/purpleheart laminated neck. Schaller gold mini tuners w/ebony buttons. Koa/abalone 'honu' fretboard markers, bone nut & saddle, Aquila Nylgut strings. |
Purpleheart back & sides with bearclaw sitka spruce top. Maple/purpleheart laminated neck. Curly maple body binding. Birdseye maple fretboard with purpleheart binding & abalone/purpleheart vine inlays. Macassar/abalone rosette. Schaller planetary tuners 19.03" extended scale w/cutaway. Aquila Nylgut low G strings. |
Baritone |
Baritone Dimensions 20.16"scale (standard) 14.1" body length |
Travel Guitar (coming early 2008) O.K., not really an 'ukulele, but a Baritone uke sized guitar. |
Tenor Guitar Dimensions 22.629"scale 14.1" body length |
Cambodian rosewood back and sides. Curly redwood top. Macassar fretboard, body binding and bridge. Amboyna burl rosette and headplate inlay. Mahogany/Pau fero neck. Gotoh 510 mini tuning machines. Abalone fret position markers. Special long 21.359" scale with 6 string tuning of GCEA with low and super low G and standard C and low C octave pairs. |
Tenor Guitar (coming early 2008) O.K., not really an 'ukulele, but a 4 string guitar. Think of is as a Super Baritone. |
Tenor Guitar Dimensions 22.692"scale 16.5" body length |
Curly koa top, back & sides. Spalted maple rosette, ebony binding., mahogany/macassar laminated neck, macassar fretboard, Grover friction tuners, bone nut & saddle, Aquila Nylgut strings. |
Soprano Dimensions 13.5" scale 9.5" body length |
Soprano Pineapple Dimensions 13.5" scale 9.4" body length |