wadleysf
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Woo hoo! New uke day! And all the family love it too which is a bonus. Sounds gorgeous. And it isn't bad looking either! Well it's been a long wait but eventually I made the call and chose this Kanile'a tenor that I'd first tried out before NAMM in January. Thank you to Edgar (at Aloha Warehouse in San Franciso) for all the time he let me spend trying out different ukes. It was the only Kanile'a tenor in stock at the time I played it, but more were promised "soon" and they would be gloss finish. And I was persuaded that the gloss finish was stunning and worth checking out. So I waited. Well "soon" turned into a couple of months as Kanile'a were very busy with NAMM, another festival, and getting many orders out. Well this was the week that the gloss K-1T Deluxe arrived. It was as lovely as promised. I road-tested both side by side and still very clearly preferred the satin. I admit that was much to my surprise. I didn't think the gloss finish, being so thin, would make that much difference to the sound (and maybe it didn't, it could just be instrument to instrument variation). The K-1T deluxe certainly looked great, but it's really about the sound and this one had the edge. Also mds725 was in the store to see what I bought! To help me decide he did a blind playing session of both. I couldn't see which one he'd picked up. It was very clear which of the two I liked by the sound alone, and it was the satin one I fell in love with in January. So glad it hadn't sold! (I might be in trouble next week if I go back in and the other gloss tenors shipping soon sound nicer - two regular K-1 and one 'premium' wood!) I must admit knowing that this week the gloss was really coming in to the store I was getting a bit UAS symptomatic. Very nearly pulled the trigger on one of the two light brown/orange Kamoa 700T ex demo models with the full Kamoa case that HMS had ex demo for $439. But I was slow and they were gone in a flash. Might have been a nice 2nd tenor. But I did email Andrew and he let me know of another fiberglass case that wasn't yet on the website and so I picked that up for a song (well $70). Nice to have a good case like that to travel with. Anyway, I'm loving the K-1T so far. Only had it just over 24 hours but first impressions are it has great sustain, and it just sounds so clear. It's the sound that got me in the first place, and it still does. Beautiful. And I think the pictures do it justice, nice that it's pretty wood! (ps there might be another NUD post in 10 days - perhaps an Islander blem from HMS, who knows?) |
K-1T SF by amwadley, on Flickr | K-1T SF front by amwadley, on Flickr | |
K-1T SF body by amwadley, on Flickr | K-1T SF body by amwadley, on Flickr |
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