edubya
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I got to visit the Kamaka factory in Honolulu last week. They have a daily free tour and show how they hand make all of the ukes. Fred Kamaka Jr. took four of us around.
One thing that was especially awesome was near the end of the tour. I was asking Fred about the various koa qualities (1-5A, etc.) and happened to see two custom models at the far end of the workshop. He said those were 5A and from a special set. Being a total uke nerd I asked "The 100 Jake models?"...
Yes!
Not only, that, but he let me take a few photos....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edubya/5268981945/in/set-72157625492768247/
There's more photos of the factory in the link above.
He said they have only shipped about 24 of the 100 from the lottery, I guess they have very detailed specs. If you happen to have an extra day in Oahu, or you get rained out of day, I highly recommend this 30 minute tour!
One thing that was especially awesome was near the end of the tour. I was asking Fred about the various koa qualities (1-5A, etc.) and happened to see two custom models at the far end of the workshop. He said those were 5A and from a special set. Being a total uke nerd I asked "The 100 Jake models?"...
Yes!
Not only, that, but he let me take a few photos....
http://www.flickr.com/photos/edubya/5268981945/in/set-72157625492768247/
There's more photos of the factory in the link above.
He said they have only shipped about 24 of the 100 from the lottery, I guess they have very detailed specs. If you happen to have an extra day in Oahu, or you get rained out of day, I highly recommend this 30 minute tour!