blue_knight_usa
Well-known member
I go into a music store yesterday and see a Peavy stamp on a headstock on this uke sitting on the floor and not on the display stands with the Kala, Makala, and other ukes. Hmmm never played these yet so I checked it out.
This uke is 80 bucks and that must be 60.00 of profit in there. The headstock is a chunk of cut wood that looks like it was thrown on a saw table, ripped and sanded in 5 minutes. The neck was so heavy while trying to just put the body in my hands, the neck would tip the uke quickly due to the weight of the neck. Almost felt like the Kohala necks except the Kohala by Lanikai (not KoAloha but the Costco uke) is a better instrument for that price by far.
The swoosh sound hole is something I am not sure they thought out other than "this looks good so let's go with it" and the side port just doesn't work period, bad placement without any substantial sound coming out the side.
The Aquilas while good on other ukes just don't work and probably because the uke is not something that is really a ukulele but rather an electronic company putting together wood, and saying ""ukulele"!!
Zero sustain and you can make it sound like a machine gun with a fan strum.
Now I know it is 80 bucks but it is interesting a company is putting out things like this. The action of course needed a serious set up and after playing it I realized for the price how well Lanikai or something like the Kala KAS give in value for the price. Even with a setup this uke is an underperformer compared to the numerous other ukes I have played in this range.
Peavy should stick with "electronics" in my opinion. The uke craze is clearly high with many folks trying to get a ukulele to market just to have one available to buy. However without proper marketing, better design and proper manufacturing to obtain a solid player, it will unfortunately continue to sit on the floor. Maybe this was just a bad one but if so I would not want my name to go out on it.
This uke is 80 bucks and that must be 60.00 of profit in there. The headstock is a chunk of cut wood that looks like it was thrown on a saw table, ripped and sanded in 5 minutes. The neck was so heavy while trying to just put the body in my hands, the neck would tip the uke quickly due to the weight of the neck. Almost felt like the Kohala necks except the Kohala by Lanikai (not KoAloha but the Costco uke) is a better instrument for that price by far.
The swoosh sound hole is something I am not sure they thought out other than "this looks good so let's go with it" and the side port just doesn't work period, bad placement without any substantial sound coming out the side.
The Aquilas while good on other ukes just don't work and probably because the uke is not something that is really a ukulele but rather an electronic company putting together wood, and saying ""ukulele"!!
Zero sustain and you can make it sound like a machine gun with a fan strum.
Now I know it is 80 bucks but it is interesting a company is putting out things like this. The action of course needed a serious set up and after playing it I realized for the price how well Lanikai or something like the Kala KAS give in value for the price. Even with a setup this uke is an underperformer compared to the numerous other ukes I have played in this range.
Peavy should stick with "electronics" in my opinion. The uke craze is clearly high with many folks trying to get a ukulele to market just to have one available to buy. However without proper marketing, better design and proper manufacturing to obtain a solid player, it will unfortunately continue to sit on the floor. Maybe this was just a bad one but if so I would not want my name to go out on it.