It all began on blazing 110 degree Arizona day... The project's Kickstarter funding goal was not reached on Tue, April 3 2018 8:15 PM EDT Hi, I'm Dallin and I'm the founder of Phoenix Ukulele and I designed and painstakingly developed our first carbon fiber ukulele. The inspiration for this new design came from a few different places. Firstly, I already own and operate Anilo Carbon, a small business making carbon fiber rings and plates. Secondly, I studied aerospace engineering in college and we learned all about cutting edge composite materials such as carbon fiber.

I know that carbon fiber instruments already exist, but having worked with carbon fiber so much I knew that the incredibly high prices of the instruments on the market could be dropped. I don't mean that anyone is ripping you off. On the contrary high end carbon fiber instruments are worth the cost. However, the same tone and quality that a $1,500 ukulele produces can be replicated at a much lower cost by cutting out some eccentric features. This is why we design our ukuleles with a wooden neck and fretboard. We want the sound of carbon fiber for the resonating chamber and soundboard and can reduce the overall cost by using some wooden parts to form a wood/carbon hybrid.