Looking for a quality wood laminate concert player (not a Fluke) for a neice who is unwilling to commit to care and feeding of a solid top.
Is the Kala KA-KCG all about looks, or does the koa laminate add something to the sound on that instrument? How does the Islander AC-4 compare, at nearly half the retail price?
Others?
[Edit: . I prob should have clarified: I'd already started these four girls, Kala KA-15S sopranos to the little ones and Luna concerts to the older ones (both lam hog ukes, COMPLETELY playable and sounding OK for the money, esp the Kalas), and promised them I'd buy them a better uke if they learned to play them. Two of them did, so now I'm on the quest for something prettier (prob a gloss finish with binding, though the Islander looks good to me!], with better tone if possible...]
Is the Kala KA-KCG all about looks, or does the koa laminate add something to the sound on that instrument? How does the Islander AC-4 compare, at nearly half the retail price?
Others?
[Edit: . I prob should have clarified: I'd already started these four girls, Kala KA-15S sopranos to the little ones and Luna concerts to the older ones (both lam hog ukes, COMPLETELY playable and sounding OK for the money, esp the Kalas), and promised them I'd buy them a better uke if they learned to play them. Two of them did, so now I'm on the quest for something prettier (prob a gloss finish with binding, though the Islander looks good to me!], with better tone if possible...]
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