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Meet your ukulele match

Fuller and louder than the one you came from.

Here’s what’s doing it.

What you get Honu Mano Kohola Deluxe Nalu
Arched backMoves more air, so it sounds fuller and louder. Included Included Included Not on this series
Solid woodThe tone keeps opening up the more you play. Not on this series Solid top mahogany Solid top acacia All solid acacia
Bone nut and saddleMore of each string’s vibration reaches the body, so more sound gets out. Included Included Included Included
Quality tunersTuning isn’t a fight, and it stays where you put it. Included Included Included Included

Every ukulele includes

What happens after you order.

  1. It arrives ready to play.

    We inspect it, play it, and adjust it in Calgary first. If anything’s off, it doesn’t ship.

  2. It ships free, in its gig bag.

    Give it a quick tune when it lands and it holds.

  3. 30 days to fall in love with it.

    If your ears disagree, send it back. Anything wrong on arrival, we fix or replace it, on us.

  4. Questions? Ask Dave.

    The person who designed it answers, usually the same day.

    Open the chat →
Meet Dave

I spent years watching people decide they weren’t musical.

Behind the counter of a music store, I watched people buy the cheap one, fight it for a few weeks, and give up. The next step up cost more than a new hobby seemed worth, and nothing sat in between. Twenty years in music, including time inside some of the most respected instrument factories in the world, taught me that spending a little more than the bare minimum gets you a lot more instrument, if the money goes to the right places. I design every Honolua around exactly that.

Read our story →
Playing a Honolua soprano ukulele by the river at sunset
A Honolua tenor ukulele on a bed beside a tablet playing a Honolua Starter Course lesson with Dave
The Honolua Starter Course · Included free with every ukulele

Learn to play popular songs in only three days.

Let It Be. Country Roads. Don’t Stop Believin’. Three sessions of about an hour each, with Dave playing along on every song. No theory, no notation.

  1. Session one

    Learn your first chords.

  2. Session two

    Play your first songs, start to finish.

  3. Session three

    Sixteen songs you can play.

  • Never owned a ukulele? Everything a first-time owner needs is in here too: how to hold it, tune it, restring it, look after it, and which accessories are worth buying.
  • Already play? New songs for group night, printable chord charts and song sheets, and The Uke Night Songbook at an exclusive Honolua customer discount.
See what’s in the course →

Still not sure?

What people ask before they order.

Every model page has demo videos of the actual instrument, and most have several. You’re listening to the ukulele, not taking our word for it.

You get 30 days with it in your hands. If your ears disagree, send it back.

All ukuleles ship free anywhere within Canada or to the U.S., with no customs duty or tariffs, and nothing due on delivery.

The Meet Your Match quiz asks a few questions and lands on both, with 10% off your first order. The buyer’s guide explains the choice if you’d rather read first. And Dave answers his own email, usually the same day.

Designed in Calgary, built to our spec by our partner factory overseas, and every one comes back through Calgary to be inspected, played, and adjusted before it ships.

The Honolua Starter Course. Its Fast Track has you playing sixteen popular songs in your first three days, with play-along videos of Dave playing every one with you. Already play? That’s sixteen new songs for the next group night. It won’t fit the ukulele bass or the guitalele, which are tuned differently.

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