I currently have 6 ukuleles in my collection.
My first ukulele (2007) was a Hilo Model 2657 purchased from Todaro Music. This is an inexpensive soprano sized student model ukulele. This is made of mahogany (actually, I believe it is Nato wood), with a laminated top. This uke has peg style friction tuners.
My next ukulele (2007), I got on a whim. This is a Kala Pineapple, Model KA-PSS. This also is a soprano sized instrument, made from mahogany. The body shape is called "pineapple". The Kala silk screened the body with pineapple skin for a novelty look. This ukulele was purchased from Ukelady Music. The ukulele has tortoise shell binding. This is also a laminated ukulele. This uke has exposed gear type tuners.
I started taking ukulele lessons using my Kala Pineapple. Soon the ukulele bug really hit me. My teacher offered a solid wood ukulele to me, and I purchased it (2008). This time I bought a solid Australian acacia concert size ukulele manufactured by Lehua Ukulele. The Australian acacia is a close relative to Hawai'ian koa. This ukulele sports a rope binding. This is the Classic Concert model. The uke sports peg style friction tuners.
After a mere six months or so, UAS (Ukulele Acquisition Syndrome) struck again (2009). I desired a bit of a larger instrument. I also wanted a ukulele that was in a "low G" configuration. From Music Guy Mic in Hawai'i, I purchased a Pono Tenor ukulele. This model, PTC, is a solid mahogany ukulele with a solid cedar top and ebony binding. As I said, I did want this ukulele to play with a "low G", but after putting standard strings on, I preferred it without the "low G", it sounded a bit too much like a guitar. This uke has Grover tuners
After this ukulele, my wife gave me for Christmas (2008) a ukulele kit. It is a soprano sized ukulele, also all solid mahogany. I spent about 4 months making it, and I must admit it did turn out fairly well. I did note some things I would do differently, but for my first (of hopefully others), I think I did pretty well. I labeled it under my own brand of ukulele, Mika'ele, model MUS, serial number 0000. Peg friction tuners finish this off.
My wife, for my birthday (2009), took me to the Island Bazaar, in Huntington Beach, California. After a time of looking around, she told me I was free to get whatever I would like. Having looked at so many ukuleles, my eye was caught by a rather unconventional ukulele. I went for the Fluke. This ukulele is made here in the U.S. in Connecticut. It has a plastic body and an Australian Hooped Pine (laminated) soundboard. The finger board is rosewood (rather than the default plastic), and it is a tenor scale. The sound board I have is a reproduction of a design by the Tiki King, of tiki mugs. This uke has peg style friction tuners.
All of my ukuleles, after trying several different manufacturers, currently use Worth clear light strings. I tune all of my ukuleles in a standard GCEA tuning.
