Custom Instruments
Base Starting Prices :
Size
- Soprano: $3,000
- Concert: $3,200
- Baby Tenor: $3,200
- Tenor: $3,500
- Baritone: $3,900
- Guilele: $4,000
Upgrades:
Headstock
- Slotted: $350
- Radius Fretboard: $250
Bevels:
- Arm Rest: $150
- Rib Rest: $150
- Soft Full Body Bevel 3/8”: $500 per top & back
- Full Body Bevel 5/8": $1,000 per top & back
Binding: $250/per side
Rosette: $100-$450
Sculpt-away: $300-$1,000
Side Sound Port: $150
Three dot side sound port: $150
Custom Inlay: $270-$3,000
Tuners:
- Waverlys: $100 (classic headstock)
- Gilberts: $300 (slotted headstock)
- Schertler: $100 (slotted headstock)
- PegHead: $150 (classic headstock)
- Gotoh UPT: $100 (classic headstock)
*Other tuners available upon request.*
Pickups:
- K&K: $150
- LR Baggs 5.0: $200
- Mi-Si: $150
*Wood upgrades:*
We have wide variety of woods available from local and worldwide sources. Please inquiry about what you have in mind. You may choose from the variety of woods we can provide here at the Tyde shop or you may inquire about using wood you already own.
- Koa: $150- $1,000
- Tasmanian Blackwood: $250- $1,000
- Figured Claro Walnut: $150- $350
- Redwood: $85 (this wood is very old and dense)
- Ziricote back and sides: $200-$300
- Rosewood back and sides: $250-$1000
- Cocobolo back and sides: $250-$350
Soundboards:
*You may choose from one of the following*
*Price varies, Please Inquire*
- Salvaged cedar
- Sinker redwood
- Bear claw spruce
- Ancient spruce
- Koa
- Mango
- Walnut
- And more
*Upgrade Descriptions:*
Headstock Veneer: This is a piece of wood glued to the top of the headstock. While mostly decorative, this strengthens the neck to the headstock, it also makes a nicer nut slot.
Slotted Headstock: Allows for side mounted tuners, which puts more pressure down on the nut from strings.
Radius fret board: We put a 12 ft. radius on the fret board. This blends with the natural curve of your finger, and makes it a little easier to play bar chords. Traditionally ukuleles have a flat fret board, which some people argue is easier for finger picking.
Bevels: We can do a series of different bevels around the body to make the edge of the instrument round and more comfortable for playing.
Arm rest bevel: Placed on the soundboard's side where your strumming arm rest. Rib rest bevel: placed on the back of instrument where it hits your ribs.
Soft full body bevel: A soft rounded edge shaped over the whole body leaving no square or sharp edges. This feature also allows us to stiffen the rim of the body sides, which we feel allows the instrument to have more sound projection.
Side sound Port: This is a great feature that helps open up the instrument and project sound directly up to the players ear instead of projecting out to the audience. This may be nice if you want to practice quietly, or if you are playing with people and desire to hear yourself better. We can customize the size of this port to your liking with in reason.
Sculpted cutaway: Similar to a cut-away; we do this with an extended heal block. This allows us to actually sculpt into the instrument to fit your hand and which can make it easier to play up the neck.
Rosette: The rosette is used not only for decoration but to also strengthen the sound hole. Our simple rosette is just a solid piece of wood inlayed around the sound hole. For more complex rosettes, the possibilities are endless, so please inquire.
Typically we do a modified fan bracing system with an asymmetrical pattern and floating center brace, then use tap tones to tune each brace. We feel this allows us to get the most out of our treble and bass sounds while achieving maximum resonance.
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At TYDE we strive for excellence in creating and developing many ways to help our client's comfort, style, functionality, playing longevity with also delivering full high quality sound for performance. Our artistic approach to wood selection and creation helps us achieve this. Building musical instruments is our passion and we would love to work with you on your next instrument.
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Mahalo, TYDE
