Recent content by NoKaOi

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    FS: Pono MT Tenor: 2013 model - near flawless, but well loved!

    Aloha- Between the ever increasing number of Ukes & existing guitars, amps, sound equipment ... etc, the music room is simply becoming too full to comfortably manuver in; also, I really need to let go of some instruments that aren't receiving their fair share of love -- sadly, we humans...
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    Small(er) diameter LOW 4th ("G") string options..

    Aloha folks- I'd initially planned on installing a low 4th/G on my Kanile'a K-2 dlx along with the new Ph.D's I popped on, but the standard reentrant set sounds so awesome that I'm hesitant to re-cut the nut to accommodate my "go-to" low 4th (Freemont polished "squeakless" Soloist,) which is a...
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    WTB: Solid Mahogany Tenor-- Pono, Ohaha, Mainland, Kala

    Have a Pono MT (solid mahagony) Tenor Alo)(a, Ronnie- I just acquired a 6-string Pono Tenor & wasn't intending on selling my MT, but I have faaaaaaaaar too many stringed instruments already & really don't need them both. This MT is less than 8-mos old, and was hand-picked by Ko'olau/Pono...
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    Strings - wound or un-wound low G; & brand preference, PhD, Living Water, Fremont etc

    Strings - wound or un-wound low G; & brand preference, PhD, Living Water, Fremont etc Two-parter here- 1. if you've tried both wound low "G" as well as the non-wound variety, which is your preference and why? I have a very long guitar back ground & only a short, though mounting, period of...
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    Alo)(a, from NorCal NoKaOi! :)

    Hey all- lurked here for a bit. Been a guitar player for decades & decades & am back 'n forth between the east bay & Maui all the time. Lamely, I waited 'til about trip #30 to pick up a Uke & start jammin' like Jake! (in my dreams.. ; ) My 15 y/o nephew just won the annual Maui Ukulele...