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KoAloha Ukulele Pineapple Sunday Pyrography Review | Pops KoAloha | Uke Like The Pros | Terry Carter

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Channel: Uke Like The Pros · 2018 · Education

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In this very special ukulele video I'm going to tell you my experience with Pops KoAloha and how I became the proud owner of the KoAloha Pineapple Sunday Pyrography Ukulele - only 1 of 2 ever made. 

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I visited the KoAloha factory in September 2018. While having lunch with the "family," Pops came up to me and was extremely excited to show me something. 

He said that after 23 years of making ukuleles he made the best sounding and playing ukulele he has ever build.

This is hard to believe considering Pops makes the famous Pineapple Sunday ukulele, one of the coolest ukuleles on the planet.

He was so convinced that this was the best ukulele that he said he would give it to me if I agreed with him.

So we sat down in front of the camera (not this video) and we talked, he told me about the instrument and I played several pieces on it.

YES, after playing it and hearing it, the Pineapple Sunday Pyrography was the greatest playing and sounding ukulele I have ever played.

Although it truly was, what else could I have said.

The Pyrography was done by a Romanian gentleman (don't remember his name) who literally burns the look of a pineapple into the wood.

He does this for the front, back, and sides. It is truly a work of art that must have taken him countless hours. 

Besides the incredible artwork what makes this ukulele sound so unique is the woods that Pops used.

Most of the Pineapple Sunday Ukuleles are made of koa wood for the top, back, and sides. I also have one of these and it sounds awesome as well.

But for this special build, Pops used Engelmann Spruce for the top and back, and select pine for the sides. Although spruce is used tons for acoustic steel string guitars, it is becoming more popular on ukuleles

Pine? Who uses pine on an ukulele? Pops KoAloha does.

Understand that pine is a very soft wood to work with and also fairly bright sounding.

What happened with the combination of the spruce and the pine (which you'll hear in the video) is that it created a resonate sound that accentuated the harmonics and crispness of the notes.

Although the ukulele is bright sounding, it is also loud, and warm. Strange how an ukulele can sound bright and warm at the same time but this one does.

Besides it being loud, it projects. The sound resonates in the the wood and projects out like something I have never heard before. 

This is truly not only a beautiful sounding but also a beautiful looking ukulele.

I am so honored to be so loved by Pops he is a remarkable man and KoAloha is a remarkable company, always putting aloha and love into their instruments and relationships.

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I play a KoAloha Pineapple Sunday Ukulele with a high G String. https://www.koaloha.com

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Enjoy,
Terry

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