Kibes37
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Than Koaloha. I was shocked I couldn’t find more info in this forum on this. I searched heavy, but still may have missed something. I feel like this is huge in the many threads about the differences of the two.
So, I got and Koaloha KCO-10 yesterday. I instantly noticed my Kanile’a had more frets. 17-20. Didn’t think too much of it. It is my first experience with any KoAloha in person. It’s a great little uke, but I realized while playing I had to position it so the Bout was further from right hip so it felt like the neck extended a bit more. This sent me into research mode after I got done playing. I realized all the concert Kanile’a models had more frets and thus a longer neck than KoAlohas. Also, a wider body, but that’s been touched on.
This isn’t me knocking KoAloha in any way. After one day the little Uke is growing on me. Makes it more portable too. Overall though I know I like the longer Kanile’a neck for sure!
With all this talk about scale length and width with varying sizes and super scale models this makes a HUGE difference in preference between the two for me. It’s a little more than half an inch.
Maybe nobody noticed or even cares, but I can feel it for sure and that definitely makes me prefer Kanile’a at this point in my young Uke journey. Still, I am very interested in getting a high end Koaloha in the future as I’m sure my Opio will continue to grow on me.
I didn’t look into Soprano or Tenor as I’m a Concert only player and I don’t care. However, I struggled with if Concert was for me off the bat and came to the conclusion through my love for my K-2, that (Tried Tenor and will get a soprano eventually) concert was perfect. I didn’t realize even within the Concert size, neck length could be interesting.
Sorry if this is meaningless to most.
So, I got and Koaloha KCO-10 yesterday. I instantly noticed my Kanile’a had more frets. 17-20. Didn’t think too much of it. It is my first experience with any KoAloha in person. It’s a great little uke, but I realized while playing I had to position it so the Bout was further from right hip so it felt like the neck extended a bit more. This sent me into research mode after I got done playing. I realized all the concert Kanile’a models had more frets and thus a longer neck than KoAlohas. Also, a wider body, but that’s been touched on.
This isn’t me knocking KoAloha in any way. After one day the little Uke is growing on me. Makes it more portable too. Overall though I know I like the longer Kanile’a neck for sure!
With all this talk about scale length and width with varying sizes and super scale models this makes a HUGE difference in preference between the two for me. It’s a little more than half an inch.
Maybe nobody noticed or even cares, but I can feel it for sure and that definitely makes me prefer Kanile’a at this point in my young Uke journey. Still, I am very interested in getting a high end Koaloha in the future as I’m sure my Opio will continue to grow on me.
I didn’t look into Soprano or Tenor as I’m a Concert only player and I don’t care. However, I struggled with if Concert was for me off the bat and came to the conclusion through my love for my K-2, that (Tried Tenor and will get a soprano eventually) concert was perfect. I didn’t realize even within the Concert size, neck length could be interesting.
Sorry if this is meaningless to most.
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