My New Talsma Pineapple!

A bit more than a week ago, my favorite ukulele luthier put a post on Facebook: 

Soprano Pineapple Ukulele, 13.625″ scale. I built this for fun and to sell during my lock down. Quilt Mahogany top, back and sides. African Mahogany 5 piece neck with koa center. Curly koa bindings. Emerald green tint head plate, fretboard and bridge. Grover Champion tuning pegs. This is built nice and light with a very thin satin lacquer finish, sounds great.

It could be yours – PM me if interested.

Well, I was interested, so I sent the PM. 

I had been thinking about another Talsma for about a year. And I was debating about size and shape and how much I wanted to spend and what features. Another friend was considering selling one of his and was giving me first refusal. I was thinking hard about it and he decided to keep it and I don’t blame him a bit.

Mahogany has always been one of my favorite woods.  If I had worked toward a custom, the only changes I would likely have made would be the tuners and a pick-up.  But I think this is going to become my standard carry when I want a soprano sized instrument for meet-ups and general gatherings.

I only have one other pineapple shape, and it is a low end model. So this definitely attracted me. And the end of the fret board is just what I need to practice my claw hammer. And it has some of those unique Talsma features and a bit of quirkiness to it. I had to do it. 

It arrived on a Saturday afternoon, and I haven’t been this excited to receive a package in a long time!  Here’s a video of the unboxing and a bit of a sound sample!  Talsma Pineapple Ukulele