I have a monkeypod tenor bought several months ago, and it's beautiful wood, along with the slotted headstock and gold tuners; it was a 'blem' from Butler, and was exactly what they said. A small crack, which I filled with glue and it's stayed solid ever since; I really have to look hard to see where it was. The sound has opened up to where it's a nice sounding instrument, with perhaps more emphasis on higher notes than lower.
There was a clearance of sorts a couple of months ago, and I bought the solid mahogany tenor with pickup, and a concert quilted ash/spruce top with pickup, both cutaway. The prices were a steal, and I couldn't resist. My wife really likes the quilted ash, mostly due to the unusual wood; it plays nice and sounds fine, but I really can't compare the sound to the two tenors because of the smaller size. Probably most similar to the monkeypod in sound. The mahogany tenor surprised me, as it's my favorite for sound. It has a more even balance of low to high, and not to where it gets a booming bass, boxy sound, but very clean low to high balance. Of the 3, this is the one I wouldn't part with (it's also nice looking, although I don't care a lot for the new plastic logo on the two newer ones). the tuners on mine are fine, but I'm not a tuner gourmet, as long as they're geared and they work well, which they do.
I've bought quite a few ukes from Butler, and with no issues whatsoever; always as described or better, shipped quickly with offer for returning if desired. It's fun to have some different ukes around with different characteristics, and being able to get these at the very low prices makes it possible without the feeling that you're wasting a lot of money on full-list price models. The setup they get is a 'maybe', with some having been fine, others needing some touchup, but I don't mind a bit of nut/saddle work if needed, or even fret leveling, they all need it eventually anyway.
The monkeypod has no pickup, but the other two have the inside-the-hole controls, which I really don't care for much, but it's not really an issue....I'd rather have the top mounted panel with tuner and controls, but I don't plug in all that often, and when I do I don't really need to be adjusting the volume and tone on the fly.
But I love the sound of the mahogany tenor over all the others.