tangimango
Well-known member
Went to a local Ukulele shop today since I was in Waikiki. I remember visiting before and they had a huge selection of Hawaiian brand ukuleles. Now its almost 80% percent all imports. I ask the seller where is all the Hawaii made. his answer was, demand for them are low and a shortage of Hawaiian koa is raising the price up so they are too expensive to sale nowa days. that's why even Ukulele Pua pua had to close down one of there stores. High rent and Hawaii mades getting to expensive because of Koa shortage or greed?