So i was bored the other night and Ive been wanting to mod this Koa Pili Koko cutaway tenor i have.
One thing i like all my guitars and ukes to have is a Sound port! so i took it into the garage and used dremel cutting wheel to cut a square hole on the side of the uke. i followed up with a tiny sanding drum on the dremel and gave it a oval shape. I then hit it with some fine sand paper gave it a quick spray with some canned lacquer and boom instant sound port. took me like 15 mins. I love how this sounds! night and day. 80% of the time i play for my self so thats why i love the sound ports it shoots the music right in your face an d makes playing much more enjoyable.
I ordered a unbleached bone nut and saddle from stew mac and those will go on next.
now to get rid of those cheapo tuners this thing comes with. i have my eye on waverly open gear ukulele tuners but man are they expensivo! more than half the price of the KPK uke. i have a set of grover minis laying around i might just drill out the holes and pop those in. we will see. ill save the waverlys for the Brad Donaldson Ukes i have coming!
I love the koa pili koko uke. it really does sound great and for the price and i dont mind modding it since it was inexpensive so far so good.
One thing i like all my guitars and ukes to have is a Sound port! so i took it into the garage and used dremel cutting wheel to cut a square hole on the side of the uke. i followed up with a tiny sanding drum on the dremel and gave it a oval shape. I then hit it with some fine sand paper gave it a quick spray with some canned lacquer and boom instant sound port. took me like 15 mins. I love how this sounds! night and day. 80% of the time i play for my self so thats why i love the sound ports it shoots the music right in your face an d makes playing much more enjoyable.
I ordered a unbleached bone nut and saddle from stew mac and those will go on next.
now to get rid of those cheapo tuners this thing comes with. i have my eye on waverly open gear ukulele tuners but man are they expensivo! more than half the price of the KPK uke. i have a set of grover minis laying around i might just drill out the holes and pop those in. we will see. ill save the waverlys for the Brad Donaldson Ukes i have coming!
I love the koa pili koko uke. it really does sound great and for the price and i dont mind modding it since it was inexpensive so far so good.