Gillian
Well-known member
I wanted a uke with a pickup. Here is my new Nalu Hokua tenor with cutaway and Mi-Si. Solid sapele mahogany, padauk binding, LOTS of highly coloured abalone inlay, gold Grover tuners, black Tusq nut and saddle, D'addario T2 titanium strings. The finish is really good: accurate mitres in the binding corners, smoothed soundhole, padauk cap on the neck's heel, no blobs of glue on the inside.
The extra pickup wire is coiled and firmly attached to the inside of the uke.
This is one pretty uke, but most importantly, the sound is wonderful. Great intonation even past the 12th fret. This thing rings. Compared to Worth Clears and Aquilas, I would describe the D'Addario T2's as sounding "glassy". Very crisp. The factory-set action is just fine.
Nalu is a new uke company, so it isn't in many dealerships yet, but it should be. I got mine from the Ukulele Source in San Jose. I picked it up when Rick Rasay, one of the owners of Nalu, was making a delivery. It was a pleasure to meet him and after talking with him, it is obvious that he cares about customer satisfaction. I told him Nalu needs to work on their website and he agreed, saying it is still under construction. And, no, I don't get kickbacks from Nalu. I did get a T-shirt, though.
I'm going to post a video review of the Hokua soon so UUers can hear how nice this uke sounds.
Here are some pix.
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The extra pickup wire is coiled and firmly attached to the inside of the uke.
This is one pretty uke, but most importantly, the sound is wonderful. Great intonation even past the 12th fret. This thing rings. Compared to Worth Clears and Aquilas, I would describe the D'Addario T2's as sounding "glassy". Very crisp. The factory-set action is just fine.
Nalu is a new uke company, so it isn't in many dealerships yet, but it should be. I got mine from the Ukulele Source in San Jose. I picked it up when Rick Rasay, one of the owners of Nalu, was making a delivery. It was a pleasure to meet him and after talking with him, it is obvious that he cares about customer satisfaction. I told him Nalu needs to work on their website and he agreed, saying it is still under construction. And, no, I don't get kickbacks from Nalu. I did get a T-shirt, though.
I'm going to post a video review of the Hokua soon so UUers can hear how nice this uke sounds.
Here are some pix.