kissing
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As some of you may know, I've recently gotten a massive Hawaiian Koa uke fever. It's terrible, I'm literally spending late nights just obsessing over the HMS website looking again and again at all the options.
I'm waiting on a Kamaka baritone, and I'm looking to get another "K" brand uke tuned GCEA - perhaps a tenor.
I really want a Koaloha.
They have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
I really want a Kamaka tenor too.
They also certainly have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
Kanileas also seem quite amazing.
They also certainly have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
Truth be told, I've not played any of them in person. Heck, I've not even heard any of them in person. As a uke lover in Australia, it's not easy to get such a privilege.
I just feel as though I know those ukes are what I'm looking for. I want a "representative" Hawaiian Koa uke in my collection, to satisfy my deep and obsessive desire to have tasted a slice of what a top standard Hawaiian uke is like.
And then I can't help running into the Keli'i page of HMS and being baffled at how ukes that are more-or-less similar in specification to the above ukes can come at such affordable prices.
http://www.theukulelesite.com/shop-by/brand/kelii.html
Especially their Tenor:
http://www.theukulelesite.com/kelii-tenor-koa-w-case.html
And I am curious and skeptical to death of what these Keli'i ukes are like when compared head to head to the more expensive Hawaiian K-brand ukes.
Do they have the same "quality" of tone and volume as them?
Why are they so affordable?
Will I "miss out" on anything that a more expensive Hawaiian tenor will possess in getting a Keli'i?
I'm waiting on a Kamaka baritone, and I'm looking to get another "K" brand uke tuned GCEA - perhaps a tenor.
I really want a Koaloha.
They have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
I really want a Kamaka tenor too.
They also certainly have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
Kanileas also seem quite amazing.
They also certainly have the reputation and representation.
And most of all, they have undoubtable tone.
Truth be told, I've not played any of them in person. Heck, I've not even heard any of them in person. As a uke lover in Australia, it's not easy to get such a privilege.
I just feel as though I know those ukes are what I'm looking for. I want a "representative" Hawaiian Koa uke in my collection, to satisfy my deep and obsessive desire to have tasted a slice of what a top standard Hawaiian uke is like.
And then I can't help running into the Keli'i page of HMS and being baffled at how ukes that are more-or-less similar in specification to the above ukes can come at such affordable prices.
http://www.theukulelesite.com/shop-by/brand/kelii.html
Especially their Tenor:
http://www.theukulelesite.com/kelii-tenor-koa-w-case.html
And I am curious and skeptical to death of what these Keli'i ukes are like when compared head to head to the more expensive Hawaiian K-brand ukes.
Do they have the same "quality" of tone and volume as them?
Why are they so affordable?
Will I "miss out" on anything that a more expensive Hawaiian tenor will possess in getting a Keli'i?
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