Aloha, a few weeks ago the Ukulele Site had the new pono koa master series. It looked beautiful. Corey said, "its amazing, it blew me out of the water". Any thoughts about this new model? Is it really that amazing? I dont see it listed anymore, wondering if they are sold out.
Pono MKT koa master series
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SleepyheadRooster
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Pono Koa LE Master Series Lattice Braced Tenor (MKT-MS #1 of 8)
Pictures AND video show the exact ukulele available here. This is from a small batch collaboration we did with the new Master Series from Ko'olau's Pono line. Only 8 of these gorgeous curly Hawaiian koa ukuleles were made and they look AND sound incredible! Corey gives us a sample of this tenor...
theukulelesite.com
Looks sold out. These pages remain up even after they remove the link to them. I figured that out after ordering a ukulele recently when I wanted to revisit the page.
Beautiful uke! Sounds pretty amazing as well, although he makes all ukuleles sound amazing.
vcs700s
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Yep. They had eight. Were gone in a day at $2k each.
Ya those flew off the shelf super fast. I was really contemplating getting one when they were posted, but they just kept disappearing from being available. My thoughts on them were they were all gorgeous with master-grade koa. Pono hasn't had a Koa ukulele since the PKT back in the late 2000's. The sound and tone with the new bracing were awesome. A huge step up from the old bracing. Much bigger and more resonant sound, IMO. What gave me pause is I just got an Anuenue Lion, and I wasn't used to seeing a pono tenor for 2k. In retrospect, the 2k is probably worth it because of the koa. You don't really see that kind of koa at that price point.
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Tin Ear
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WowYep. They had eight. Were gone in a day at $2k each.
I really like my Spruce / Rosewood Master Series.
I never saw the recent Koa ones. So they had eight and gone in a day at $2K each -
Oh my.
Unclear. In the description, they say that they were holding the special koa wood until they got the construction down right. There might not be any more limited like these, but there should be some more "master series" from Pono that should sound equal with different wood choices.
