Thought this might be interesting - anything interesting you can add I'll include in the list and update after a while.. 1/23 a bit of adding in done. If you post, try and do it in the same form as below so I can cut and paste. APRIL 2024 NOTE - 10 year old thread!!!! THIS MAIN LIST IS NOT BEING UPDATED, SO DO SCAN THE WHOLE THREAD FOR NEW ADDITIONS. IT IS THE ONLY WAY IT KEEPS THE THREAD FRESH TO NEW EYES AND POTENTIAL ADDITIONS!
213g - Argapa Piccolo [historic 'Midget' size] with graphtech tuners
225g - Kumalae Style A - 1940s wooden pegs
323g - 1918 Weymann weighed it at 8.2 oz
235g - 1920s Koa Hawaiian
240g - 1920s Regal, cuban mahogany
245g - Tom Pocket (travel sopranino)
250g - Kiwaya KS5 high pressure laminate ("240-260g")
253g - 1920s Regal-made SS Stewart, cuban mahogany
260g - Kiwaya KTS-4 mahogany (I've found this elsewhere listed at 290g - can anyone check?)
260g - Martin-20's Style O-Mahogany
261g - Rob Collins meranti soprano with wooden pegs
275g - Argapa soprano with wooden pegs
275g - Japanese 1970s plywood/cheap plastic friction tuners (slightly short scale length)
277g - Lyra Island Style
279g -Favilla U-2, mahogany, 1930s-'40s. After two weeks of humidifying at 46 to 51 percent, 281g on same digital postal/kitchen scale.
280g - Kala Travel mk.II with friction tuners
283g - Martin-50's Style O-Mahogany
284g - Ken Timms "Island" style (wooden pegs)
285g - Martin early-1930s Mahogany
285g - Roy Smeck mahogany; plastic fretboard
289g - Early 40's Martin Style 0 with Pegheds (10.37 oz)
291g - Kiwaya KTS-4 2012 model
292g - La Foley 1920s Soprano (13" scale length)
293g - Timms 2014 Honduran Mahogany/Pegheds
294g - Pete Howlett Helsinki
298g - John Colter home built 'Cuban' mahogany
297g - Martin 1920s Style 0
297g - Style 3 Martin with heavy Grover champion tuners (w/originals nearer 277g?)
299g - Kala KA-SEM
302g - Martin 60s Style 0
303g - late 1930s sunburst Gibson uke-1
304g - Martin Konter Replica with Pegheds
304g - Kepasa Madeira
304g - Kiwaya KTS-7
306g - Ohana SK28 Hawaiian style, recessed fingerboard, mahogany
306g - vintage Martin Style 0
308g - Gibson Style 2
309g - Kamaka Gold Label/Waverleys
310g - DJ Morgan Vintage Style Soprano
312g - Loprinzi cedar/mahogany (11 oz)
312g - G-String matte koa
312g - Favilla mahogany
315g - Ohana SK38
316g - 1948 Gibson uke-2
317g - Teens/20's Favilla 12 fret mahogany soprano (11.18 oz)
320g - Howlett Mahogany
321g - Timms mahogany (11.25 oz)
323g - 1970s no-name made in japan plywood ukulele
327g - plastic 50s Islander
331g - Kiwaya KS-1 (Eco laminate) with friction tuners
333g - early 1930s Gibson uke-1
335g - Hamano soprano (Chinese, mahogany)
335g - 2007 Mahalo 'Custom' U/LTD2 mahogany top with its original friction tuners
340g - Kala Travel Soprano (geared tuners?)
340g - Mituba Gakki basic soprano 1960s
340g - Imua koa (12 oz)
340g - VanPelt redwood/walnut (12 oz)
341g - 2014 Timms Honduran Mahogany with friction tuners
346g - Famous FS-1, 12-fret design, with stock Gotoh friction tuners (12.2 oz)
348g - Ohana SK35 (no gloss)
354g - Ken Timms 2009 Fireplace Special ( style 0 copy)
355g - Stuart Longridge (solid yew body, walnut neck)
355g - Millar PD-210MN Phil Doleman signature soprano ukulele. Solid mahogany. UPT tuners.
358g - Bruko ( solid mahogany type body, maple neck)
359g - Kiwaya KSU-1
360g - Ohana SK35G
361g - Ken Timms 2008 style 0
365g - Kiwaya FS-5 DX Eco with UPTH planetary tuners (the Koa laminate)
369g - Kiwaya FS-5G with geared tuners (and two tiny strap buttons)
374g - Martin 2014 Cherry 3 (13.2oz)
376g - Black bear koa (13.25 oz)
283g - KoAloha
397g - Kamaka (w/strap button) (14 oz)
397g - Wm King cedar/koa (w/oversize tuners) (14 oz)
402.6g Harmony Wow original spruce/pine
406g - KoAloha Pineapple
408g - Kala (solid acacia body, mahogany type neck)
408g - Risa Uke Solid
410g - Koaloha KSO-10 (with UPTs and one strap button)
417g - Martin OXK
419g - AnueNue Re-entrants Signature
425g - Kala Acacia
425g - Kala KA-KIWI
429g - Flea
430g - Simon Bush Native soprano
430g - Tangi gloss mahogany soprano yr. 2000
450g - Makala Dolphin
475g - Makala Dolphin
495g - Applause UA-10
554g - Applause UAE-20
600g - Ken Smith Uukleles mahogany top/ serpentwood sides/back/fretboard
1200g - 1920's banjoukulele with very small pot/integral resonator, 6.5" to 12th fret
213g - Argapa Piccolo [historic 'Midget' size] with graphtech tuners
225g - Kumalae Style A - 1940s wooden pegs
323g - 1918 Weymann weighed it at 8.2 oz
235g - 1920s Koa Hawaiian
240g - 1920s Regal, cuban mahogany
245g - Tom Pocket (travel sopranino)
250g - Kiwaya KS5 high pressure laminate ("240-260g")
253g - 1920s Regal-made SS Stewart, cuban mahogany
260g - Kiwaya KTS-4 mahogany (I've found this elsewhere listed at 290g - can anyone check?)
260g - Martin-20's Style O-Mahogany
261g - Rob Collins meranti soprano with wooden pegs
275g - Argapa soprano with wooden pegs
275g - Japanese 1970s plywood/cheap plastic friction tuners (slightly short scale length)
277g - Lyra Island Style
279g -Favilla U-2, mahogany, 1930s-'40s. After two weeks of humidifying at 46 to 51 percent, 281g on same digital postal/kitchen scale.
280g - Kala Travel mk.II with friction tuners
283g - Martin-50's Style O-Mahogany
284g - Ken Timms "Island" style (wooden pegs)
285g - Martin early-1930s Mahogany
285g - Roy Smeck mahogany; plastic fretboard
289g - Early 40's Martin Style 0 with Pegheds (10.37 oz)
291g - Kiwaya KTS-4 2012 model
292g - La Foley 1920s Soprano (13" scale length)
293g - Timms 2014 Honduran Mahogany/Pegheds
294g - Pete Howlett Helsinki
298g - John Colter home built 'Cuban' mahogany
297g - Martin 1920s Style 0
297g - Style 3 Martin with heavy Grover champion tuners (w/originals nearer 277g?)
299g - Kala KA-SEM
302g - Martin 60s Style 0
303g - late 1930s sunburst Gibson uke-1
304g - Martin Konter Replica with Pegheds
304g - Kepasa Madeira
304g - Kiwaya KTS-7
306g - Ohana SK28 Hawaiian style, recessed fingerboard, mahogany
306g - vintage Martin Style 0
308g - Gibson Style 2
309g - Kamaka Gold Label/Waverleys
310g - DJ Morgan Vintage Style Soprano
312g - Loprinzi cedar/mahogany (11 oz)
312g - G-String matte koa
312g - Favilla mahogany
315g - Ohana SK38
316g - 1948 Gibson uke-2
317g - Teens/20's Favilla 12 fret mahogany soprano (11.18 oz)
320g - Howlett Mahogany
321g - Timms mahogany (11.25 oz)
323g - 1970s no-name made in japan plywood ukulele
327g - plastic 50s Islander
331g - Kiwaya KS-1 (Eco laminate) with friction tuners
333g - early 1930s Gibson uke-1
335g - Hamano soprano (Chinese, mahogany)
335g - 2007 Mahalo 'Custom' U/LTD2 mahogany top with its original friction tuners
340g - Kala Travel Soprano (geared tuners?)
340g - Mituba Gakki basic soprano 1960s
340g - Imua koa (12 oz)
340g - VanPelt redwood/walnut (12 oz)
341g - 2014 Timms Honduran Mahogany with friction tuners
346g - Famous FS-1, 12-fret design, with stock Gotoh friction tuners (12.2 oz)
348g - Ohana SK35 (no gloss)
354g - Ken Timms 2009 Fireplace Special ( style 0 copy)
355g - Stuart Longridge (solid yew body, walnut neck)
355g - Millar PD-210MN Phil Doleman signature soprano ukulele. Solid mahogany. UPT tuners.
358g - Bruko ( solid mahogany type body, maple neck)
359g - Kiwaya KSU-1
360g - Ohana SK35G
361g - Ken Timms 2008 style 0
365g - Kiwaya FS-5 DX Eco with UPTH planetary tuners (the Koa laminate)
369g - Kiwaya FS-5G with geared tuners (and two tiny strap buttons)
374g - Martin 2014 Cherry 3 (13.2oz)
376g - Black bear koa (13.25 oz)
283g - KoAloha
397g - Kamaka (w/strap button) (14 oz)
397g - Wm King cedar/koa (w/oversize tuners) (14 oz)
402.6g Harmony Wow original spruce/pine
406g - KoAloha Pineapple
408g - Kala (solid acacia body, mahogany type neck)
408g - Risa Uke Solid
410g - Koaloha KSO-10 (with UPTs and one strap button)
417g - Martin OXK
419g - AnueNue Re-entrants Signature
425g - Kala Acacia
425g - Kala KA-KIWI
429g - Flea
430g - Simon Bush Native soprano
430g - Tangi gloss mahogany soprano yr. 2000
450g - Makala Dolphin
475g - Makala Dolphin
495g - Applause UA-10
554g - Applause UAE-20
600g - Ken Smith Uukleles mahogany top/ serpentwood sides/back/fretboard
1200g - 1920's banjoukulele with very small pot/integral resonator, 6.5" to 12th fret
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