John S. Kinnard Selmer Style Super Tenor

Series 2  "Z- Stock" Super Soprano

Mahogany back and sides with a Western Red Cedar top creates a warm, resonant sound not typically found in a soprano size ukulele.  This soprano has excellent volume, resonance and sustain and is ideal for those that like finger-style or chord melody arrangements.  Using a 15" concert scale with our smaller soprano size body produces a very comfortable instrument to hold without sacrificing tone, volume or playability.

Kinnard Series 2 with Custom Z-Stock

Mahogany back and sides

Western Red Cedar top

Herringbone rosette

Mahogany neck

Gotoh UPT tuners

Side sound port

​Tortoise shell binding

Ebony Bridge

Ebony face plate

Ebony fret board

​Worth Clear with Fremont Soloist Low G

Hard case

$3150

Please contact me at kevin@KinnardUkes.com for a sound sample

The Luthier's Reserve line of Kinnard ukuleles is our top of the line collector's model.  These are custom, "one off's", that break the mold and incorporate new ideas which allow us to stretch our creativity and build a one of a kind work of art.  This "Thin-line" baritone uses an octave course on the 4th string to create what we refer to as a "stealth" 5-string.  

The stealth name comes from the fact that if you look at the headstock from the front it looks like a regular 4 string baritone.  However, when you look closer you can see the octave 5th string exit the same hole in the bridge as the 4th string.  Once over the nut that string threads through the face of the headstock and is wound onto a 5th machine tuner located on the back of the headstock.  This added octave course creates sparkle, note definition, and note clarity on the bass string that can sometimes get lost in standard baritone tuning. 

The side sound ports on this baritone add to the uniqueness of this instrument and provide a wonderful surround sound effect while creating a beautiful cascade design.  The appointments on this baritone celebrate our "Z-Stock" design by incorporating different aspects of the Z-stock form whether they be in the back design, tail-strip or rosette.

​​Thin-line baritone body in beautiful Spalted Maple
German Spruce top with custom LR four point rosette

Z-Stock Headstock with Gotoh UPT tuning machines
Ebony binding with custom mitered purfling
Maple neck with custom floating inlay and Ebony heel plate
Ebony fretboard with 19-7/8 scale
Bone 1-1/2" Nut
Custom Cascade side sound ports
Ebony bridge with ebony/MOP dot bridge pins
Custom center strip
​Custom Ebony tail strip in Z motif 
K&K twin pickup
Bone nut and saddle

Quality hard case

Contact me at kevin@KinnardUkes.com for pricing and sound sample

Ukes For Sale

Luthier's Reserve V 

Custom Baritone

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*If we do not have anything currently available please contact me at Kevin@KinnardUkes.com and I can give you the current build time along with options that you might want to incorporate into a custom instrument.  Click the button below for pricing and option information....

John S. Kinnard Series 2 Concert Z-Stock

Maple back and sides

Western red Cedar top

Maple neck with dual carbon fiber support rods

Z-stock headstock with UPT tuners

Custom side sound port

Three line rosette

Ebony bridge and fretboard

Ebony faceplate

Tortoise binding

Side fret markers

Bone nut and saddle

Black hardcase

Price-  $3150

Beautiful Selmer Style Super Tenor Uke with a traditional oval sound hole and mustache bridge. Maple back and sides with a maple neck and Sitka Spruce top.  Can be played as a super tenor or a baritone due to the body size and 19" scale length making it very versatile.

Specs:

Maple back and sides with cut away

Sitka Spruce top

Maple neck

Traditional slotted snake headstock with Gotoh tuners

Black binding with black/white/black purfling

Tradtional Oval sound hole with classic rosette

Rosewood bridge, fretboard and faceplate

19" Super tenor scale with 1-1/2" nut

Bone nut and saddle

Side sound port

Hard arch top case

Price:  $3750​

​John S. Kinnard Thin Line Tenor 

Honduran Rosewood/ Cedar

Z-Stock

The Kinnard "Thin Line" models feature a body depth of 2" vs our normal body depth of 2-7/8".  While we originally designed this for the ergonomic aspects of the body we were pleasantly surprised at the sonic characteristics the thinner body provided.  Due to the shallower body design, the Thin Line models have a very quick response as the notes tend to leap out with a more focused voice and note clarity.  While we thought the narrower depth would result in less volume we were wrong in that assumption as there is little if any volume loss.  They sound sweet and focused while maintaining that Kinnard lush sound. 

The spec's for this tenor are as follows:

Honduran back and sides

Western Red Cedar top

Z-Stock headstock

Side sound port

Adirondack bracing

Mahogany neck

Tortoise Shell binding

Ebony bridge, heel plate, fretboard and faceplate

Gotoh UPT tuners

Bone nut and saddle

Hard case

​$3250

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