Why not get one at Butler Music on Ebay. I got a flawed Lanikai Bari from them and I'll be darned if I can even find the flaw. Sounds pretty darned good too
Can I ask what the high end one is? For $200 (or probably a lot less) you should be able to get a nice hard case and take the uke you have. Just a thought.
Butler music happens to have a gamblers special Lanakai Bari for 46 bucks total. Gamble part is they are from a "lot" of ukes in where some were found to be defective so instead of going through all the boxes Lanikai just sold the lot so, could be damaged....might be just fine.
I picked one up from Butler at the next level up which I think was $60 where the do a setup and it came in great shape. They bought a whole shipping container from Lanakai and are selling them lots of different ways.
Why not get one at Butler Music on Ebay. I got a flawed Lanikai Bari from them and I'll be darned if I can even find the flaw. Sounds pretty darned good too