Kaelrie
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Maybe 10 months ago, I saw a Leolani ukulele for $144 at Sam's Club in Honolulu. I was kinda curious about it, but no way was I going to buy a uke without knowing anything about the company. I'd never seen the brand in any local music store, which would be weird for a Hawaiian uke.
So I started googling and asking around, and nobody anywhere had heard of Leolani. Not even google knew anything about them. I wrote them off as maybe a Chinese importer trying to get a foothold in the islands or something.
Now, nearly a year later I see them in The Ukulele Site branded as either Leolani or Kumu. They generally don't sell crap ukuleles, so I started googling again and now Leolani has a website. https://www.leolaniukulele.com/
Looks nice, but they're actually claiming to be Hawaii's #1 importer of the best ukes since the early 00s. A company nobody anywhere had even heard of a year ago is somehow selling ukes on the islands for almost 20 years? What? I KNOW that's not true lol. I live here. I looked up their website and it was created in 2019 and the site owner lives in California, not Hawaii.
If it weren't for TUS carrying some of their stuff, I'd just think they're a complete fraud. But I guess they must make ok ukes? Confusing.
So I started googling and asking around, and nobody anywhere had heard of Leolani. Not even google knew anything about them. I wrote them off as maybe a Chinese importer trying to get a foothold in the islands or something.
Now, nearly a year later I see them in The Ukulele Site branded as either Leolani or Kumu. They generally don't sell crap ukuleles, so I started googling again and now Leolani has a website. https://www.leolaniukulele.com/
Looks nice, but they're actually claiming to be Hawaii's #1 importer of the best ukes since the early 00s. A company nobody anywhere had even heard of a year ago is somehow selling ukes on the islands for almost 20 years? What? I KNOW that's not true lol. I live here. I looked up their website and it was created in 2019 and the site owner lives in California, not Hawaii.
If it weren't for TUS carrying some of their stuff, I'd just think they're a complete fraud. But I guess they must make ok ukes? Confusing.