Aloha BIGBD,
I spoke to Willie about his pricing prior to ordering mine. At that time, his love for woodworking and his newly found passion of uke building prompted him to enter the realm of producing quality affordable instruments like several other Luthiers around. This is just a hobby for him and makes minimum profit, just enough to support his hobby. But he also loves the feedback about his ukes, good or bad, and loves communicating with future owners about their build.
I don't expect his prices staying low forever thanks to this forum, so I got another build slot in April of 2013. May as well get while the getting's good.......
My opinion, Great value for the cost.................................BO............................