Blem/refurbished Ponos on ebay

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I think they are more expensive than last time.

MS $189

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MS-Sop...707?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c745bb

MC $199

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MC-Con...999?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c77d8f

MSD $269

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MSD-So...768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c774d8

For What its worth I've got a pono MT-E and in person I think the satin finish looks better than the gloss finish. I think these ukes are too plain to justify the gloss finish. Also I tried to post this a few minutes ago but it didn't show up.
 
Thanks for the heads-up- there is also a Bari ths tme.

Lord Mandrake said:
I think they are more expensive than last time.

MS $189

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MS-Sop...707?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c745bb

MC $199

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MC-Con...999?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c77d8f

MSD $269

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pono-MSD-So...768?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19d4c774d8

For What its worth I've got a pono MT-E and in person I think the satin finish looks better than the gloss finish. I think these ukes are too plain to justify the gloss finish. Also I tried to post this a few minutes ago but it didn't show up.
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just wanted to chime in and say I bought one of the MSD's first time around from the seller. It was 189 bucks, and I cannot find a blemish. I disagree about the gloss finish, it is really well done on these ukes and brings out the grain of the mahogany beautifully. I would not swap it for the satin, but prefer to pay the little extra. It is perhaps the best money I ever spent on an instrument given they retail well over 400 dollars. I encourage any fence sitters with the available cash looking for a great production line soprano to try them out. Can't vouch for their concerts and baritones but the MSD I bought is very sweet.

a couple of links to sound demos of the MSD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EmOXUd0bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1hU369T14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hybFE5zKjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OrLgYC1oQ

guess I need to say that I've no association with the seller, but just excited at getting a great deal. blessings all!
 
Oh man, this is really tempting...especially since the Pono MB is literally #1 on my want list right now! :drool:
 
My Pono 6 string tenor had no flaws on it either.
 
Wish they had a tenor size.
 
Okay what the Hell does MSD stand for........oh well, once a car guy, always a car guy...ha ha
 
I ordered a satin soprano. I'm anxious to see if the instrument lives up to all the positive things I have heard about it.
 
Didn't see any. Humm, if a glossy soprano shows up, I'm gonna be mighty tempted! Played a few really sweet Ponos at HMS last July. :)

Damn, they got a MSD glossy soprano. A bit more than I wanted to spend though...
 
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eugene ukulele said:
just wanted to chime in and say I bought one of the MSD's first time around from the seller. It was 189 bucks, and I cannot find a blemish. I disagree about the gloss finish, it is really well done on these ukes and brings out the grain of the mahogany beautifully. I would not swap it for the satin, but prefer to pay the little extra. It is perhaps the best money I ever spent on an instrument given they retail well over 400 dollars. I encourage any fence sitters with the available cash looking for a great production line soprano to try them out. Can't vouch for their concerts and baritones but the MSD I bought is very sweet.

a couple of links to sound demos of the MSD:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EmOXUd0bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1hU369T14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hybFE5zKjY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_OrLgYC1oQ

guess I need to say that I've no association with the seller, but just excited at getting a great deal. blessings all!
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Jon and anyone else who has purchased from this seller:
I'm wondering if the instrument required set up when you received it. I'm not really in the market -- but I can't help but think about the baritone. I would not be able to do my own set-up, though, so that would be an added expense.
 
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luluwrites said:
Jon and anyone else who has purchased from this seller:
I'm wondering if the instrument required set up when you received it. I'm not really in the market -- but I can't help but think about the baritone. I would not be able to do my own set-up, though, so that would be an added expense.
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These ukes are coming directly from Ko'olau so you can guarantee that they have been given the once over and set-up correctly.
 
I got the concert and soprano satin finish last time around. Both were set up fine.
 
My 6 string has a couple of barely perceptible nicks in the binding and a couple of finish spots that just look like the mahogany took the stain a bit differently, and it is a satin finish. Otherwise it is flawless, and the sound and playability is excellent. I did take my saddle height down by taking some material off the bottom, but I usually do that with any uke. Intonation is spot on.

@Stan it looks like the Ds have ebony fretboards and headstock faceplates.
 
uke42 said:
These ukes are coming directly from Ko'olau so you can guarantee that they have been given the once over and set-up correctly.
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katysax said:
I got the concert and soprano satin finish last time around. Both were set up fine.
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Does set up correctly/fine translate into having low action? I'm very tempted by this deal and would like something with low action.
 
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