rappsy
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Those that know me, know I love to try out Ukes and have bought, sold, and traded many.
A few weeks ago, a Kamaka Ohta-San in Cedar became available. it was one that was onthe list of Ukes I wanted to try when I first started out, and it was being offered by someone I had bought from a few times before. I knew it would be in wonderful shape and it was.
For those that don't know, the Ohta-San is between the concert and tenor scales at 15 15/16" and is known for it's finger picking qualities, although works quite nicely as a strummer as well.
Unbelievably, a Ohta-San in Koa came up locally a few days later and I couldn't pass up the possibility of being able to compare two such fine instruments in my own home. How often does something like this come up locally? Most of know that we have to order, wait and wait and wait, and then hope we like it. <smile>
After extensively playing of both, I chose the all Koa version, so the Cedar version is now available. It was built in 2013, is in excellent condition, and comes with a hard case. The Cedar Ohta-San is actually in better condition and is newer as the Koa was built in 2005 and was really played, but I like the Koa version more. Some of my other Ukes are Koa so I guess I am a Koa kind of a guy. <smile>
Pictures can be seen at:
https://goo.gl/photos/cdMggwiDRR9xytMN8
The first 4 pictures were taken by the original owner and these are screen shots from my phone. The rest of the pictures were taken by me. There a few little fine marks on the sound board but I couldn't capture them on camera. You have to really look hard for them. You would think that it was almost new otherwise. There is some shadowing in the pictures but a look at another picture and you should be able to see where the shadowing is.
It will include an original hard shell case and the case still has the tag on it. I have changed the strings since these pictures were taken.
The price is $1595 (new is $2200) which will include CONUS shipping and insurance. I will ask you to use PayPal friends and family. If you are uncomfortable with that, use regular PayPal and split the PayPal fee with me.
http://www.kamakaukulele.com/instruments.html
This is the link to the Kamaka site and the specs are at the bottom of the page.
I don't expect this to last long as they rarely come up. If you want an amazing Uke priced right, this is it.
I would very much prefer to sell, but a trade for something really special that appeals to me might work as well.
Thanks for reading.
A few weeks ago, a Kamaka Ohta-San in Cedar became available. it was one that was onthe list of Ukes I wanted to try when I first started out, and it was being offered by someone I had bought from a few times before. I knew it would be in wonderful shape and it was.
For those that don't know, the Ohta-San is between the concert and tenor scales at 15 15/16" and is known for it's finger picking qualities, although works quite nicely as a strummer as well.
Unbelievably, a Ohta-San in Koa came up locally a few days later and I couldn't pass up the possibility of being able to compare two such fine instruments in my own home. How often does something like this come up locally? Most of know that we have to order, wait and wait and wait, and then hope we like it. <smile>
After extensively playing of both, I chose the all Koa version, so the Cedar version is now available. It was built in 2013, is in excellent condition, and comes with a hard case. The Cedar Ohta-San is actually in better condition and is newer as the Koa was built in 2005 and was really played, but I like the Koa version more. Some of my other Ukes are Koa so I guess I am a Koa kind of a guy. <smile>
Pictures can be seen at:
https://goo.gl/photos/cdMggwiDRR9xytMN8
The first 4 pictures were taken by the original owner and these are screen shots from my phone. The rest of the pictures were taken by me. There a few little fine marks on the sound board but I couldn't capture them on camera. You have to really look hard for them. You would think that it was almost new otherwise. There is some shadowing in the pictures but a look at another picture and you should be able to see where the shadowing is.
It will include an original hard shell case and the case still has the tag on it. I have changed the strings since these pictures were taken.
The price is $1595 (new is $2200) which will include CONUS shipping and insurance. I will ask you to use PayPal friends and family. If you are uncomfortable with that, use regular PayPal and split the PayPal fee with me.
http://www.kamakaukulele.com/instruments.html
This is the link to the Kamaka site and the specs are at the bottom of the page.
I don't expect this to last long as they rarely come up. If you want an amazing Uke priced right, this is it.
I would very much prefer to sell, but a trade for something really special that appeals to me might work as well.
Thanks for reading.
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