Ben_H
Well-known member
Well, I was expecting one on Thursday and one Friday but they both showed up yesterday which was twice as exciting! Apparently my four year old daughter told the second delivery man that we had already had one a didn't need any more thankyou! 
Fortunately he had his paperwork. I tried to post this last night but lost the thread while logging in again. Doh!
So, I have just received a Mainland red cedar soprano and a Moana UK300KDXG koa soprano. I had been planning to do a 400 mile round trip to attempt to see them both in their respective shops but when I discovered that both shops would mail them to me and allow me to return them if I was not happy (and I paid the postage) I thought I would prefer to spend the 8 hours drive time playing the ukes without rushing. The problem is that already I'm not sure if want to give either up. They are both beautiful in different ways and sound lovely.
Each has a couple of things I'm not 100% happy with but I was expecting that. Minor cosmetic niggles on the Mainland and gold tuners when I'm a silver man normally whilst the Moana has a poorly fitted fret, some rough edges and a couple places where the laqueuring is not so great. I've posteed a question about the fret in the technical support area of the forum and am rining the shop later to discuss. Unfortunately these are not made any more and it was already heavily discounted. I also will be returning the case I bought with it as it doesn't close properly I think this is down to a badly fitting hinge.
I'll post some photos later and will attempt to get initial reviews up over the weekend as these may help me clarify my own thinking.
It's going to be a busy weekend I think
Ben
Fortunately he had his paperwork. I tried to post this last night but lost the thread while logging in again. Doh!So, I have just received a Mainland red cedar soprano and a Moana UK300KDXG koa soprano. I had been planning to do a 400 mile round trip to attempt to see them both in their respective shops but when I discovered that both shops would mail them to me and allow me to return them if I was not happy (and I paid the postage) I thought I would prefer to spend the 8 hours drive time playing the ukes without rushing. The problem is that already I'm not sure if want to give either up. They are both beautiful in different ways and sound lovely.
Each has a couple of things I'm not 100% happy with but I was expecting that. Minor cosmetic niggles on the Mainland and gold tuners when I'm a silver man normally whilst the Moana has a poorly fitted fret, some rough edges and a couple places where the laqueuring is not so great. I've posteed a question about the fret in the technical support area of the forum and am rining the shop later to discuss. Unfortunately these are not made any more and it was already heavily discounted. I also will be returning the case I bought with it as it doesn't close properly I think this is down to a badly fitting hinge.
I'll post some photos later and will attempt to get initial reviews up over the weekend as these may help me clarify my own thinking.
It's going to be a busy weekend I think
Ben
