SoloRule
Well-known member
I came across this T2 Koa model by accident while browsing HMS site on a miserable cold night in April . I asked Corey Fujimoto what he thinks of this uke. This was the first time he got so excited over any of the uke I enquired in the past . I knew right the way , this must be something very special.
Weight of the instrument is very important to me. This Ko'olau is very light weight. In fact, I can barely feel the weight on my neck. I kept it in High G tuning just because I feel that Koa belongs to reentrant tuning. Corey recommended Southcoast Medium Gauge firm tension. It sings beautifully with crystal clear tone. Great sustain and full volume all the way up and down the neck.
I like to mention this is a 12 inch radius fretboard which is a lot more noticeable than Pono classic series. I took a close up picture to show the radius board. The wood is beautiful and the back "bookmark" is matched perfectly. Noa Bonk did an excellent job !!
The action is super super low. One day I played 8 hour straight , did not give me sore fingers ( I don’t have calluses built up from pervious practice).
To sum this up : The feel of this instrument is like driving a car that has great handling. You don't mind driving all day. .
Our UU member Tim gave me permission to use this video as sound sample . I would have used landscape mode if I knew I was going to post it here. Ko'olau is as good as it's reputation. Very very happy with my 'impulse buy' . I feel very lucky and blessed to own this beauty.
Thank you Andrew , Corey, Joel and Zach at HMS for your unparalleled customer service. My uke journey would not be as colourful and FUN without all of you. Zach took this picture for me of master Joel holding the uke .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTfFTxXN56Q
Weight of the instrument is very important to me. This Ko'olau is very light weight. In fact, I can barely feel the weight on my neck. I kept it in High G tuning just because I feel that Koa belongs to reentrant tuning. Corey recommended Southcoast Medium Gauge firm tension. It sings beautifully with crystal clear tone. Great sustain and full volume all the way up and down the neck.
I like to mention this is a 12 inch radius fretboard which is a lot more noticeable than Pono classic series. I took a close up picture to show the radius board. The wood is beautiful and the back "bookmark" is matched perfectly. Noa Bonk did an excellent job !!
The action is super super low. One day I played 8 hour straight , did not give me sore fingers ( I don’t have calluses built up from pervious practice).
To sum this up : The feel of this instrument is like driving a car that has great handling. You don't mind driving all day. .
Our UU member Tim gave me permission to use this video as sound sample . I would have used landscape mode if I knew I was going to post it here. Ko'olau is as good as it's reputation. Very very happy with my 'impulse buy' . I feel very lucky and blessed to own this beauty.
Thank you Andrew , Corey, Joel and Zach at HMS for your unparalleled customer service. My uke journey would not be as colourful and FUN without all of you. Zach took this picture for me of master Joel holding the uke .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTfFTxXN56Q