fretie
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Here she is! My new koa Honu concert uke. Big Island all the way!
She's a pal for my BI mango tenor and while the tenor is in low G, the new concert is securing the high G spot in the uke quiver.
So, now what I wonder, is the sound...it is at this point, right out of the box, somewhat more quiet and less full than the former Kala acacia concert uke that the BI koa has replaced. Is that because the strings are not broken in yet? Or the wood has not quite mellowed out fully yet? (According to the paper inside the body, the uke was made in November 2011.) Or is koa just generally more quiet than acacia? This is my first koa uke so I'm not very familiar with the sound of koa wood.