An excerpt from "Ukulele Ghetto" on a factory tour to the KoAloha factory:
"The Okamis are Christian family and the signature KoAloha headstock actually has the following meaning: The 2 K's in the logo means "King of Kings", which refers to the almighty God. The center staff is the king's staff, or the Sceptre. There are 7 points on the headstock specifically representing the number 7. All this time I thought the headstock was just something that's supposed to look like a crown or a pineapple head. I literally got the chills as Brian told us about this. I'm a Christian myself, so this is a very cool thing to know and I am even more proud to own a KoAloha 'ukulele."
http://gx9901ukes.blogspot.com/2008/01/visiting-koaloha.htmlAn excerpt from "Ukulele Ghetto" on a factory tour to the KoAloha factory:
An excerpt from "Ukulele Ghetto" on a factory tour to the KoAloha factory:
"The Okamis are Christian family and the signature KoAloha headstock actually has the following meaning: The 2 K's in the logo means "King of Kings", which refers to the almighty God. The center staff is the king's staff, or the Sceptre. There are 7 points on the headstock specifically representing the number 7. All this time I thought the headstock was just something that's supposed to look like a crown or a pineapple head. I literally got the chills as Brian told us about this. I'm a Christian myself, so this is a very cool thing to know and I am even more proud to own a KoAloha 'ukulele."
Being an agnostic atheist, they hold very little meaning to me. But I think the logo design and headstock look very nice, and are well designed. I bought my KoAloha for the sounds it makes
Okay, thanks for the blog. That explains the quote and turns me on to a new uke website. I guess 7 has meaning in Biblical Numerology, presumably positive connotations. I misinterpreted the meaning of "...I literally got the chills" as negative, as if to paraphrase "...it really creeped me out."
Much more clear now. It's nice to know how and why an artist or luthier puts in certain elements in their creations.
I always thought the musubi sound hole looked like the mouth of a carp.
Ok, you're slow. I had never seen a close up shot to notice that either. Love that.Call me a little slow, but I just noticed the inside of the K's forms the outline of a ukulele body. It's like my KoAloha uke has a tiny KoAloha uke on the headstock!