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I love the Revelator voice with Korina. Always wondered if the wood is the bigger part of it's sound or the Revelator design. I guess for $1500 I could find out! Think I'll just be satisfied with my Korina...

Like Rainbow21, I was fortunate to get one of Chuck Moore's wonderful ukes. I got mine on the used market, which also as stated doesn't mean you scored a "deal". They come up for sale so rarely that the values always stay pretty high. The seller I got mine from was primarily a guitar player...

I hear you Nickie, but as a beginner uke teacher who teaches group classes, I am always on the lookout for decent made student ukes as I know only 30-50% will keep on playing after the 5 weeks of classes. There are a couple brands I have found are consistently above average builds (still not...

I never noticed TT playing left handed. he's right handed in both those pics.

I'll abstain, I don't want to know that number! Besides, there are really 2 numbers, the one I tell my wife I have and the real number!

Beautiful grains!

Any solid wood is affected by dry humidity and shrinks. The thinner the wood the faster it shrinks and as said above thinner wood doesn't have much room to shrink before something has to give. The "give" is typically between the grains, but it can also be the glue pulls loose. A solid wood...

I have a few, vintage Martin, KoAloha standard and pineapple, couple customs. The loudest by far is my Pop's WOW. Not just louder but fuller. Then probably the KoAloha's and vintage Martin are all around the same volume but the Martin has that "plinky planky" voice that's pure vintage Martin.

Try to fit in the 3 Big K factory tours, they are each great in their own way. You can probably make reservations now. Kamaka is the one Factory that rarely has HF ukes for sale. A friend was just there and he said they did have 1 Jake Blue uke for sale. What a souvenir that would be. Or...

I don't have both of my Romero's here to compare but from my understanding the lower bout is a little larger on the Grand Tenor. It has a big full voice but I'm not sure if that's from the cedar top or the larger body (or both).

How cool is that! If I didn't have a KoAloha "Noah" sopranino just 1 1/2" longer, I'd jump on this one. Nice work!

It doesn't say but based on the pickup style and adjustable bridge I'd say it's a steel string uke. Bet it sounds nice if you like playing steel string ukes.

My 1st Romero Creations uke sold the 1st day. That speaks volumes for the quality and sound these ukes have. They don't come up for sale all that often. This one is a "Limited Edition", I got on a trade and it's literally "like new" as it probably less than 10 hours of use. The UU member I...

Great writeup, I think I mentioned I was so impressed with that uke that even though I wanted a tenor and even though I wanted a Spruce top, I almost put that hunt on hold to grab this one! So happy you snagged it. When I Facetimed with Laudra I could tell this was a special uke. I love the...

Lanikai had a model with a tunauke bridge. Now discontinued, there's still a few used ukes around. It wasn't a screw adjustment like this Japanese builder which is much more accurate. The problem with the Lanikai's was they were cheap builds, mostly laminates. The saddle just slid up and...

Many of you know I've been on a hunt for a nice Spruce top tenor. On that hunt a good friend and fellow UU member reached out with this great Romero Creations Replica tenor. By itself the Replica has really nice styling. The nice abalone trim and rosette, the black ebony binding front and...

I bought it used (mostly for the Koa). It's in super clean shape and according to the serial number I'd say it was built in June of 2018. Might explain it's nice voice, it's had some time to open up. Thanks for asking!

I got this Kanile'a for a regular player since my 2019 Platinum Pineapple tenor hardly ever leaves the house. But it's still to nice for a Uke Jam or class teacher so it isn't getting used as intended. So it's time to find it a new home. The set of Koa on this uke is pretty awesome even for a...

Any one of us who has been playing ukulele's for several years (over10 for me) have owned/played and sold several ukes while learning what we prefer in the instrument we love to play. Add to that the fact, that even when we've figured out what those preferences are, there is always something...