SWAP? Kanile'a Deluxe tenor for KoAloha or Kamaka similar

Anyone in Los Angeles area want to try on a swap of a KoAloha or Kamaka tenor for my Kanile'a K-1 T Deluxe? Gorgeous flamey butterscotch koa with rosewood fretboard and bridge. Gorgeous sound too, big deep and beautiful bell like tones with long sustain and volume. It is similar to a newer tenor I have which has the radiused fretboard and fat frets and slightly slimmer neck I prefer. I'm looking for one nice tenor to replace two, so that I have one linear tuned and one reentrant. The other Ks have the fatter frets. This uke with case should be worth a solid $1K+ cash or more in a straight trade since all the K's have posted drastic price increases to current high levels, new lists $1488 for the Deluxe on the Kanile'a website. I prefer darker koa and some nice figure in a swap, but similar color to this is good too.

I think that this should be basically swapping comparable tenors, and for someone looking for a deeper sound while I am looking for brighter.

Here's a tenor on eBay, not a Deluxe but a Premium so comparable.

If anybody has any interest at all speak now!

I have met this uke in person and it is a very nice one! The geckos are just decals, by the way, if I remember correctly?

–Lori

Thanks Lori for the kind words, I think you played it a couple months ago when I got the Pro Classic and shared. It was really nice to hear someone else with talent play it! Yes the geckos are just very thin PET from Jockomo en eBay, they peel right off but I think the colors are really nice on the flamey gold koa. It's like my tattoos, I forget they are even there.

They still have a Deluxe and Premium Version on their Website

Oh thanks! The UV Gloss Finish Deluxe lists for $1,488. I edited the original post.

Well I went shopping and couldn't find anything that sounded half as nice as this uke in KoAlohas and Kamakas. I even matched it side by side to a Kamaka Ohta-san and was disappointed in the Kamaka which weighed a ton; very dense gorgeous koa but too thick, very muted. I did find a really nice Collings though. So I'm closing this thread, wondering what was I thinking? If anyone has a Collings concert for sale or trade please let me know.