knotscott
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Hi all - We bought a Lanukai LU-21C with Aquila strings for our 18 year old daughter's college music class. Our younger 16 year old daughter has starting playing it...often! She's picked it pretty quickly, and is starting to ask about a better quality uke of her own. She's an excellent musician with a great voice, and apparently a very sensitive ear for tone and intonation.
It's likely that she'll have less than $150 dollars available. We've started to look at Concert and Tenor ukes, preferably with at least a solid wood top. Is it better to go with a more modest instrument from good names like Cordoba, Ohana, Kala, Kamoa, Lanukai, etc., that are made in China and have minimal solid woods, or get a kit that features solid Acacia Koa wood throughout, like those from Viet Nam that are sold on Ebay?
I don't play, but have built and setup 3 electric guitars for our sons, so I think I can handle the assembly and finishing myself, and am willing to add real bone nut and saddle to the equation, as well as Aquila nylgut strings. TIA for your insights!
It's likely that she'll have less than $150 dollars available. We've started to look at Concert and Tenor ukes, preferably with at least a solid wood top. Is it better to go with a more modest instrument from good names like Cordoba, Ohana, Kala, Kamoa, Lanukai, etc., that are made in China and have minimal solid woods, or get a kit that features solid Acacia Koa wood throughout, like those from Viet Nam that are sold on Ebay?
I don't play, but have built and setup 3 electric guitars for our sons, so I think I can handle the assembly and finishing myself, and am willing to add real bone nut and saddle to the equation, as well as Aquila nylgut strings. TIA for your insights!