Total Ukphoria
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a summary would be nice, yes?
I did not have a booth at NAMM (too expensive), but the Ohana booth was showing my Uke Leash.Lori, thanks for the summary! Were you at NAMM to display your Uke Leashes? Did you get to see/play Kala's new golden acacia travel ukes? I'm curious about how they sound compared to Kala's sprucetop travel ukes. Did Kala happen to say when their golden acacia line would become available? Thanks!
I've been waiting for Luna to update their website. THey have pics of the new models but no info
I did not have a booth at NAMM (too expensive), but the Ohana booth was showing my Uke Leash.
It is hard to hear much in the convention center, but I did a side-by-side sound test on the new Kala thin line travel acacia next to the spruce top thin line. In that environment, I could hear that the spruce top had a brighter tone. I wish I had a quieter environment to truly hear the full range of sound. I have seen a few websites that have already offered the acacia travel uke. They are very pretty in person. I like sparkly high end, so I would probably choose the spruce for sound based on that very limited test. I love the look of the acacia though.
–Lori
the kamoa steel string electric ukes were pretty interesting. Martin came out with some affordable solid koa models that are made in china. Ohana also is coming out with more vintage martin-inspired ukes like the sk-38. They also put out a tiple. Lots of banjo-ukes from new makers, including gretsch and luna.
Martin makes nothing in China or Asia. Some of their lower-end guitars and ukuleles are coming out of their factory in Navojoa, Mexico. Everything else is still made in Nazareth, PA. Here's a link to a story in the January issue of The Music Trades about Martin's Mexico factory. http://onlinedigeditions.com/display_article.php?id=922359