NUD: Fender Piha'eu...

UkerDanno

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A box from HMS arrived a couple days ago, had this in it.
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more later...

and, a friend in metal shop made this Ukupelli from my design...
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I got tired of art on the front of ukes like etching and stuff after my Luna, but that actually looks great. Congrats.
 
That looks cool. Nice uke
 
NICE X 2! Love the Ukupelli and the Piha'eu looks great!
 
Hmm I wonder how long till someone like fender or luna let you upload your own art to be laser-ed onto to the top of a uke.
 
Piha'eu means playful in Hawaiian...to me this uke is a novelty, but it plays great, probably due to the legendary HMS setup and sounds pretty good! The design is printed on somehow, not etched or anything. The fit and finish is really nice, the finish is a thin matte. I has a compensated saddle, the string ties are the neatest I've ever seen, not sure if it came from the factory or if HMS did this, but, couldn't have done better myself.

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Its an affordable mahogany laminate that sounds pretty nice, in the luna catagory. I believe fender makes them
Overseas. Tone is nice for the price, i do agree Hms setups are what makes these ukes sing...happy strummings
 
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