Lehua Ukulele

Lehua Ukulele
Lehua Ukulele was a distribution company started by John Porner and based in California, USA.

Lehua Ukulele started in the late 1990's but unlike other US Distributors with a headquarters in California, the Ukuleles for Lehua were originally made in Paracho, Mexico, with production moving to Portugal in 2001. The original Mexican made Ukuleles were all Concert scale, solid wood and were either all koa, koa top or cedar top mahogany and the company saying that Bob Gleason was a consultant on the design. At the end of the Mexican production the wood choices had been cut down to cedar top only but a Tenor and a Taropatch had been added.

There were 4 models in the Portuguese catalogue, all made of Tasmanian blackwood, (for the Concert and Tenor you get a choice of "Traditional" or "Classic" - friction or geared machine heads). Scale wise they came as Soprano, Concert or Tenor.

Lehua Ukulele appears to have ceased trading in 2019