So I went out to do some ukulele research yesterday and got to play a few ukes. I'm looking for a tenor uke specifically. The first store I went to had a Gretsch G9120 and a Kala KA-TG. They both come with Aquila strings. Compared to a solid rosewood concert sized Amahi Snail ukulele (a brand I never heard of), the other two sounded a little lifeless. I went to another store and played a few Alvarez ukes, a Cordoba 20TM, a Lanikai TunaUke, a Martin T1K and a few Kamakas. The Martin had the best action by far but it's outside my price range. Also it had thinner, clear strings on it. I had gone out specifically to look at the Kala KA-TG as that was the one I thought about buying but it just didn't "wow" me. Could it be that they just took it straight from the box and hung it on the wall? Also, does anyone know anything about Amahi ukuleles? They looked really nice, made in China and sounded nice. The concert sized rosewood uke was the same price as both the Gretsch and the Kala. If my sausage fingers could navigate the smaller frets better I would have considered that one for sure. I'm really trying to stay around the $125 range thereabouts.