Most of my ukes are tenors or baritones. I have always gravitated to a guitar like tone so a soft wood wood top with a hardwood back and sides have been my combo of choice. That being said the best sounding baritone I have played is my all koa Kamaka and the best sounding concert size is my all koa Kamaka super concert.
Sam13 has two awesome sounding all koa tenors, a Ko'olau and a Kamaka long neck tenor. Two of the very best sounding ukes I have played. Hopefully he joins in with some pictures, they are beautiful
Making generalizations about "koa" not sounding good is wrong. That is like saying spruce is always too bright and cedar is too warm. It all depends on the builder and the individual pieces of wood used. I dont think anybody has ever said an all koa Moore Bettah doesnt sound good.
Sam13 has two awesome sounding all koa tenors, a Ko'olau and a Kamaka long neck tenor. Two of the very best sounding ukes I have played. Hopefully he joins in with some pictures, they are beautiful
Making generalizations about "koa" not sounding good is wrong. That is like saying spruce is always too bright and cedar is too warm. It all depends on the builder and the individual pieces of wood used. I dont think anybody has ever said an all koa Moore Bettah doesnt sound good.
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