Any cornerstone ukulele owners here?

I came across Corner stone ukulele recently in a thread listing luthiers. Interesting site http://cornerstoneukes.com/innovations/
Are there cornerstone owners here in the forum? Do share your thoughts.

Honestly, it seems to me that if someone is willing to pay a tidy extra sum for the custom extras, the design of those extras should be included gratis as a cost of doing and getting business rather than charged at $120 per hour. Is this the norm?
 
Honestly, it seems to me that if someone is willing to pay a tidy extra sum for the custom extras, the design of those extras should be included gratis as a cost of doing and getting business rather than charged at $120 per hour. Is this the norm?
That is a luthier’s choice as to how he wants to charge. I am more interested in how his ukes differ and are unique.
 
I came across Corner stone ukulele recently in a thread listing luthiers. Interesting site http://cornerstoneukes.com/innovations/
Are there cornerstone owners here in the forum? Do share your thoughts.

I don’t really know anything about them, but there are two for sale at Ukulele Friend right now. Both have sound samples by Kimo Hussey that you can take a listen to. I just took a listen to them myself, and they both sound nice. Kimo adds some useful commentary as well. They’re pretty instruments.

As for the thought on pricing per hour, my guess is that’s how most add-ons are priced by other luthiers anyway. Luthiers know how many extra hours a slotted headstock will take, for example, and they price accordingly. It’s just a different way of thinking about it, but the effect is the same. That’s just my assumption, though.
 
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I don't know about his ukuleles, but the builder, Peter Marreiros, has an excellent reputation as a builder of acoustic guitars. Based on this alone, his ukuleles deserve some consideration.
 
Hey everyone, old thread but I just came up on it. All legitimate questions and thanks for the kind words.
Regarding the hourly rate. That’s just for design and inlay work. But, because of cnc, Cad and Cam assistance that work doesn’t take as long as if done solely by hand..

Best,
Peter
 
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I believe the hourly rate is to design the custom touches for a buyer. For instance if the buyer wants roses or dragons inside the uke and on the fretboard, he will charge $120/hr to design a floral or fantasy motif for the buyer. It takes time to do this. And time is money. That is to create a unique, one-of-a-kind accent for the instrument.

Then it has to translated and programed into the laser. If it's to be inlay work, it has to be designed, cut out of the materials as well as the faceplate, glued. filled and finished. The design charge is pretty modest. You can pay more than that for a plumber or electrician.

I like the sound of the Cornerstone ukes Kimo played.
 

Yeah, I was about to post this as well. Andreas David from Gute Ukulele last week listed a Cornerstone ukulele made from "The Tree" mahogany. Here's the listing: https://gute-ukulele.de/collections/ukulelen-1/products/cornerstone-tenor-the-tree
The price was a whopping 10 000 Euros or approximately 12 000 Dollars. It sold immediately.

Here's a Stew Mac article about "The Tree", quite fascinating: https://www.stewmac.com/video-and-i...the-most-notorious-tonewood-in-the-world.html

I've never played a Cornerstone uke (or Guitar) but with prices like that - and the ability for them to acquire such a tone wood - I'm willing to bet they're pretty decent quality.
 
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