After a 42 year sabbatical (3-5 grade music class at Pear Harbor Kai Elementary) I am back playing the uke and loving it. My wife gave me a Mahalo U-351 soprano for my B-day. Solid mahogany top and Koa sides. Sounded good but real bad action so off to the local music shop to drop the action. Now it plays great. The only problem was my fingers have gotten chubby in those 42 years so I persuade my wife that I also need a concert.
I’m in southern Minnesota so the local choices are next to nothing. All they have is Lanikai and I was not impressed. After pouring over all the posts here at UU I decide on either a Kala KA-SMHC or an Ohana CK-25. (Sorry Mainland, I just don’t like the binding). So I email Hawaii Music Supply and they are out of the Kala. I email Music Guy Mic at his new website and still haven’t heard back (is he OK?). So I’m down to the Ohana. There’s a music store 2 hours from here that carries Ohana and I’m going by on a trip. I stop to check the action and all they have is the CK-20S. Action is good and sound is nice. Solid top, but not sides and back. Well, not being a patient person I get the CK-20S and am enjoying it.
All that said, I still want a solid body, pretty wood grain concert that’s as nice to look at as it is to hear. So here’s my question: How do you justify the third uke to your wife?
I figure once I get #3 I’m home free. #3 will get me in to “all those ukuleles” category and she may not notice #4, #5, etc.
Any advice?
I’m in southern Minnesota so the local choices are next to nothing. All they have is Lanikai and I was not impressed. After pouring over all the posts here at UU I decide on either a Kala KA-SMHC or an Ohana CK-25. (Sorry Mainland, I just don’t like the binding). So I email Hawaii Music Supply and they are out of the Kala. I email Music Guy Mic at his new website and still haven’t heard back (is he OK?). So I’m down to the Ohana. There’s a music store 2 hours from here that carries Ohana and I’m going by on a trip. I stop to check the action and all they have is the CK-20S. Action is good and sound is nice. Solid top, but not sides and back. Well, not being a patient person I get the CK-20S and am enjoying it.
All that said, I still want a solid body, pretty wood grain concert that’s as nice to look at as it is to hear. So here’s my question: How do you justify the third uke to your wife?
I figure once I get #3 I’m home free. #3 will get me in to “all those ukuleles” category and she may not notice #4, #5, etc.
Any advice?
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