Fodor's Expert Review Mele Ukulele

For a professional-quality, authentic ukulele, skip the souvenir shops. Mele's handcrafted beauties are made of koa or mahogany and strung and finished by expert craftsmen on the Island. Owner Michael Rock has consciously observed the cultural significance and importance of the ukulele to the Hawaiian people and their music, by creating instruments for everyone from kupuna to keiki (grandparents to children). There is a location at The Shops at Wailea and in Paia.