The Kamaka Painted Pineapple Thread....

spruce · Nov 18, 2010

Hi all...

Last winter I took a tour of the Kamaka factory, and became fascinated with the painted pineapple ukes from the 20's-30's...

The #1 painted pineapple is on display at Kamaka, and is really different from the others I've seen....

Here's a pic of Sam Kamaka holding it:

Here's a few shots I've collected on the web...

KAMAKAKOAPINEAPPLEUKULELEWORIGINALCASEINTERISLANDDECAL1.jpg

Anyone out there lucky enough to own a Kamaka painted pineapple?
Love to see pics if "yes"...

spruce · Nov 20, 2010

Bump with a couple more pics.....

cletus · Nov 20, 2010

Awesome pictures, thanks for sharing.

For some odd reason, it seems like a great idea for a tattoo for a "real Kamaka lover".

Pondoro · Nov 20, 2010

The bridge on that first picture is pretty strange.

spruce · Dec 10, 2010

Does anyone happen to have a good straight-on shot of the Kamaka painted Pineapple that Sam Jr. is holding in the first shot of this thread??

Love to see one if "yes"....

Thanks!

spruce · Jan 3, 2011

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spruce · Feb 12, 2011

Oh my....
Check this out...
Just lovely....

pdxuke · Feb 12, 2011

I love these ukes.

I recently emailed Kamaka to see if they would do a custom with a pineapple decal or any sort of painted design, and they said no, sadly. I would love to see them offer an "anniversary edition" with a painted body. I'd be first in line.

For now, I'll have to wait and dream and enjoy my flea tiki pineapple, or buy a kala!

BadLands Bart · Feb 12, 2011

spruce said:
Oh my....
Check this out...
Just lovely....

Wow....that is NICE!!!

spruce · Feb 12, 2011

pdxuke said:
I would love to see them offer an "anniversary edition" with a painted body. I'd be first in line.!

Wouldn't that be cool??
I just love the folkiness of those painted pineapples...

What will that one go for?
I'm guessing 3K or so??
Really hard to say...

pdxuke · Feb 12, 2011

spruce said:
Wouldn't that be cool??
I just love the folkiness of those painted pineapples...

What will that one go for?
I'm guessing 3K or so??
Really hard to say...

I think you may be in the ballpark. At least $1900.

spruce · Feb 12, 2011

pdxuke said:
I think you may be in the ballpark. At least $1900.

There was on on E$%y while back for a BIN price of 6500.00 that looked a whole lot like this one, but I don't think it sold....

At NAMM, I asked the folks at Kamaka how many of these things they think are out there, and they seem to think there were under 100 made...

Man, I'd love to find one of those...

Steve vanPelt · Feb 12, 2011

That IS nice! Kinda makes me cringe a little seeing laying on the concrete sidewalk for pics, though.

JT_Ukes · Feb 12, 2011

two dogs plucking said:
That IS nice! Kinda makes me cringe a little seeing laying on the concrete sidewalk for pics, though.

ditto...

pdxuke · Feb 12, 2011

Why don't we all request that Kamaka make an anniversary edition? Maybe if enough of us requested it, they'd do it!

Coconut Willie · Feb 12, 2011

Oh man that is sweet!! I would guess that it could sell for $2000 - $2500.

jimx5000 · Feb 13, 2011

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sPageName=VIP:watchlink:top:en#ht_5446wt_1123

Speak of the devil.

spruce · Feb 13, 2011

jimx5000 said:
Speak of the devil.

Yeah, we've been speaking of that devil for a couple days now.... :drool:

Here's a few pics of the painting that I robbed from the auction that we can add to the archives here:

I love the look of the crackled varnish over the painting...

Whoever painted the pineapples in this particular style sure was consistant. Every little mark is consistent from instrument to instrument, which leads me to believe a type of silk screening might have been used??
Hard to say...

Also, look at #1 that Fred Kamaka is holding earlier in the thread....
It's an entirely different style of painting, and the only one like that I've seen...

spruce · Feb 13, 2011

A few more....

Most of the Painted Pineapples I've seen have been mahogany, whereas this one appears to be koa...

spruce · Feb 16, 2011

Thanks to janeray1940 for these recent pics of the iconic Painted Pineapple Numero Uno:

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