Carup Ukulele Concert Series

The Carup Ukulele Concert Series delivers the warm, mellow, distinctly Hawaiian voice of a quality concert ukulele in an instrument that is built with the same attention to construction detail that Carup applies across its full guitar range. The concert ukulele format — larger than soprano, smaller than tenor — provides a balanced combination of portability and tonal fullness that suits both complete beginners and intermediate performers who have outgrown a soprano instrument. Carup selects solid mahogany for the top, back, and sides of this instrument — a material choice that immediately separates it from the laminate-construction ukuleles that populate the budget end of the market. Solid mahogany produces a warmer, more complex tone with greater dynamic range and harmonic depth than laminate construction, and it improves with playing as the wood fibers gradually loosen and the instrument opens up to produce its best tone. The X-bracing pattern inside the mahogany top is adapted from Carup’s acoustic guitar bracing philosophy — engineered for the specific string tension, scale length, and tonal requirements of concert ukulele rather than borrowed from a larger instrument format. Aquila Nylgut strings are installed at the factory — the same strings used by professional ukulele players worldwide for their authentic warm tone, stable tuning, and comfortable feel. The bone nut and saddle transmit string vibration to the top with maximum efficiency, contributing to the sustain and resonance that cheaper synthetic nut materials dampen. Carup’s open-gear ukulele tuning machines provide a smooth, precise tuning feel and reliable pitch stability that is essential on an instrument where the four strings are each a significant proportion of the total pitch space. A padded carrying bag, pitch pipe, and chord chart are included with every Carup Concert Ukulele.