What’s Happening
In the Workshop
Workshop update – Woolly & Bully
Woolly & Bully are two concert ukuleles that will be our first using "Mammoth Kauri" an ancient reclaimed wood from northern New Zealand. This wood has been carbon dated at 25,000-50,000+ years old and it's reclaimed wood, dug up out of peat bogs so it's...
Workshop Update – Cebollo
Cebollo is a somewhat surf-inspired tenor starting it's way through the shop. He'll have a rich, darker palette with boldly mineral stained sides and back and a lovely Redwood soundboard. Today we were working on ribs, backs and soundboards so Cebollo got a terrific...
Workshop Update – “Bruce”
We've got a new tenor on its way through the shop. It goes by the name Bruce and will be a custom painted acoustic Keystone. We've been hard at work and are making great progress. Here are some current pix. Next up we'll be refining the neck. Smile when you play...
Busy, productive week in the shop
As you can see from this picture, we are super busy in the shop. We just completed a fat-bottom tenor and an acoustic concert (with a cool new side port). And there's a lot going on. In this picture are three acoustic tenors, 1 acoustic concert and if you look very...
In Other News
Shop Update – The Monkey
First update for The Monkey, a Birdseye and Poplar tenor with a Maple neck. We're actually not sure of the origin of the name but we couldn't resist placing this video to put us in the mood. Shock the Monkey! So now that we have a soundtrack to our update, here we go!...
Three new ukuleles make their debuts!
Three new ukuleles are ready to leave the shop. Click on the links below to see more pictures of them in the gallery. Akinori - Keystone concert ukulele in ancient Kauri wood and Poplar Duke - Keystone tenor ukulele in Birdseye Maple and deeply mineral-stained Poplar...
Shop Update – “Duke”
Duke is flowing smoothly through the shop. Terrific progress. He'll be in finishing this week. Smile when you play that!™
Shop update – “Maples”
May 19, 2012 Maples will go to finish this week. Pretty complex build for a Keystone with lots of little keystone details. The sound hole, side soundport, heel cap and bridge are all keystone shaped. Maples is currently in final sanding and will head to...
Shop Update – Breeze
May 14, 2012 It was fretboard day in the shop yesterday. We were cutting, slotting and fretting lots of boards. Got a new shipment of Rosewood in, one of the few fairly exotic woods we still use. We're still looking for a good, more common alternative. Breeze...
Up to our elbows in sawdust… oh yeah.
Let's see where do we start? We've got lots going on in the shop these days. So here we go. Akinori Akinori is of course my Dad. After having him play many ukuleles we've finally settled on the right design for him. Akinori will be a Keystone acoustic/electric concert...
3 Tenors – Not THE Three Tenors, just 3 tenors
They are coincidently named Luciano, Placido and Jose... and they no doubt can sing, but these are not those three tenors. These are three tenors that came through our shop concurrently and although they may have some similarities they are each unique. First...
Matanuska is our first commemorative T-shirt
™Our first commemorative shirt is the image from Matanuska's back. We'll be releasing these shirts periodically just for fun. The shirts will have the Iriguchi Ukuleles logo on the front and a big image of the ukulele on the back. Smile when you play that!
Busy, productive week in the shop
As you can see from this picture, we are super busy in the shop. We just completed a fat-bottom tenor and an acoustic concert (with a cool new side port). And there's a lot going on. In this picture are three acoustic tenors, 1 acoustic concert and if you look very...
Ancient Ukulele found near the Matanuska River in Alaska
An ancient stringed instrument was found this week on the banks of the Matanuska River in Alaska. Unusually high flows in the spring had cut deeply into the river banks exposing long buried strata and this incredible ukulele, dubbed "Matanuska" The astounding...
UPCOMING EVENTS
Palm Strings Ukulele Festival
February 25-28, 2016
Hilton Palm Springs
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Reno Ukulele Festival
April 14-217, 2016
Nugget Hotel, Sparks, NV
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