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KoAloha Ukulele Unpacking WOW!!!

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Channel: Uke Like The Pros · 2017 · Education

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My new KoAloha Tenor Ukulele. www.ukelikethepros.com

I recently went to Maui for the first time and while there I popped over to Honolulu to visit my friends at KoAloha Ukuleles.

If you don't know, KoAloha is a wonderful family run company that makes some of the finest hand made ukuleles in the world. I have been fortunate enough to be a artist with them from the very beginning of Uke Like The Pros and they have treated me extremely well.

After getting a complete behind the scenes tour of their factory, having lunch with the entire company (yes, the entire company eats lunch together everyday), meeting Mom and Pops (the founders of KoAloha), jamming with some of the locals, they presented me with 2 brand new ukuleles.

The 1st ukulele, a concert opio with spruce top, which I was able to take home on the spot and the 2nd this one.

The story is that when Lloyd Manamtam presented me with this special ukulele that you see in this video, he told me that he was holding it for a very special person. 

The reason why this ukulele is so amazing is because of the Koa wood. Most Koa wood is a beautiful red grain but this Koa wood has streaks of black running through it which makes it absolutely stunning to look at.

Not all nice looking instruments play or sound that well. I have friends that have bought custom made ukuleles for thousands of dollars and are unhappy with how the ukulele plays.

Not in this case. This is one of the warmest and roundest sounding ukuleles I have ever played. It has a soft "mellow" sound which is very unlike ukuleles, which tend to be bright. 

And the way this instrument plays is a dream. The fretboard allows your hand to glide up and down the neck and each note rings out with clarity.

The reason I didn't take this ukulele home with me after my tour of the factory was because it needed to have a pickup installed and they were waiting for a shipment from LR Baggs.

I need a pickup in my ukuleles not only to play live but when I do my instructional videos for www.ukelikethepros.com I also record with a microphone and a direct line from the ukulele. The direct line gives me a clean ukulele signal for mixing later.

When the ukulele arrived at my house, I was out of town for a few days. So when I returned, even though I was anxious to open the box, I decided to wait and share the experience with you.

So here is the unpacking of my KoAloha Tenor Ukulele.

This ukulele is from their Classic Line and the pickup we use is an LR Bagg (Five O). I also have a Low G.

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