Pete Howlett Revelator - All Spalted Korina Electro Acoustic Tenor Ukulele w/Case - KRSNT1 #98120

The Revelator is something of a legend... The product of Pete Howlett's exhaustive struggle to innovate and perfect his craft of Ukulele making; The Revelator is a thin body Ukulele with offset soundhole. It's sleek aesthetics just glow at you when looking at the Uke and it's purpose is two-fold, it can be plugged in and provide a top notch amplified Ukulele tone with a more natural body fit or it can be played unplugged to produce a sweet and full bodied Ukulele sound.

This Revelator, was completed in November 2020 by Pete in Gwynedd, Wales. At this stage in his career Pete has really bonded with certain tonewoods and many of his real legacy instruments are made of Korina. Korina gives off an extremely rich and open sound and is the perfect companion to the slimline Revelator design that Pete has hit his stride with. I only wish he had several more pairs of hands to make them faster!

It's sound is textured and clear, punctuated by the slightly mellower tone produced naturally by the slimline body design and position of the sound hole. I must confess that I expected this instrument to be more suited to being electrified but it's acoustic sound is to die for as hopefully demonstrated in our video below?

For more information on the Revelator, we highly recommending searching back through Pete Howlett's Facebook group where he has documented the design and various building decisions made nearly every day for the past 2 years. It's a fascinating journey and worth a bit of exploring if you like the idea of getting the full picture on what brought this instrument to life.

This Revelator features Petes slightly rounder original soundhole and the effect it has on the sound is a slightly mellower treble whereas a Nautilus Revelator (large soundhole) has an accentuated treble sound. When I played this instrument for the comparison video I found it to just be a bit cheeky and full of life.

Solid Spalted Korina top, back and sides
Oval soundhole design
17'' Tenor Scale Length
Satin Matt Finish
Korina neck
Kingwood fingerboard and faceplate
Mgurure Bridge
Pin Bridge design with matching wooden pins
Corian nut and saddle
36mm Nut Width
Risa Hard Case with Stencil Revelator logo (it is a debadged Risa case, so there are 4 small holes from where the screws holding the Risa logo in the case near the handle have been removed)

A sound sample of this exact instrument is available here we have a fantastic audio sample of previous Revelators that you can listen to for reference.