I completed this soprano ukulele in May of 2019 (at the same time as the mahogany soprano). The wood used in this ukulele was donated by my uncle, Gerry, and consists of the following: Claro walnut top, European pear sides and back, unidentified wood fretboard (I believe it’s teak), cherry neck, pear and walnut headstock, ebony saddle and nut, and ohi’a bridge. The fret markers are maple, and the side dots (at the 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th frets) are toothpicks. Someone once said it’s nice to see the hands of the maker on an object. Well, they’re plenty apparent on this one: notice the off-center dividing stripe on the tail stripe (walnut and pear) and the off-center sound hole. Also, the bridge isn’t parallel to the tail, although it is correctly positioned relative to the nut to achieve the proper scale length. The fact that they aren’t parallel is a sign that the sides aren’t symmetrical. I used four coats of Tru-Oil as a finish, which turned out to be much more forgiving than varnish. The ukulele has Grover Champion friction pegs and Oasis warm high G fluorocarbon strings. The sound clip is a strummed version of Hi’ilawe.