After seeing your feature on the first batch, I just had to have a SUS western cedar top with curly koa concert model. Through working with Isaac at the Uke Lab, an unfinished concert from that first order was located. It was finished in a beautiful gloss, and I am now the proud owner of it. It is my favorite Koaloha to play for it's sweet, mellow projection.
It’s lunch time, this comes through and I know these are going to be stunning and turn me green with envy. Must now only listen so not to engage my UAS. Thanks Alex, you have a good day.
Great ukes. Personally I love the royale pikake models. I love the satin finish on those models. I have one of the sopranos and it's my favorite soprano.
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s either an ebony faceplate or the bear mahogany wood with the abalone inlay. I don’t think there’s a koa veneer/faceplate… I’ve had my magnifying glass 🔍 out! 🤣
Hard to say which is better to my ears than the cedar or the mango (for the tenors). It depends if you want to go for a bright or a warmer sound, but none is best in itself. The koa is more of a middle ground somehow, with less of a mid scoop than the mango one. Somehow I find mango is making less difference on a Koaloha than on other brands of ukulele, as the build and the bracing of Koaloha are already bass oriented, it seems that using mango makes less of a difference than for other brand. As I love dynamics I will probably go for the cedar one, hence a really good choice for SUS to make this combination available !
After seeing your feature on the first batch, I just had to have a SUS western cedar top with curly koa concert model. Through working with Isaac at the Uke Lab, an unfinished concert from that first order was located. It was finished in a beautiful gloss, and I am now the proud owner of it. It is my favorite Koaloha to play for it's sweet, mellow projection.
It’s lunch time, this comes through and I know these are going to be stunning and turn me green with envy. Must now only listen so not to engage my UAS. Thanks Alex, you have a good day.
Great ukes. Personally I love the royale pikake models. I love the satin finish on those models. I have one of the sopranos and it's my favorite soprano.
Having a ceder model that's something to be proud of that would be my first choice their great ukes🏝️💪
Correct me if I’m wrong but I think it’s either an ebony faceplate or the bear mahogany wood with the abalone inlay. I don’t think there’s a koa veneer/faceplate… I’ve had my magnifying glass 🔍 out! 🤣
Mango, easily the best sound.
My KAI is Cedar and Becote
Hard to say which is better to my ears than the cedar or the mango (for the tenors). It depends if you want to go for a bright or a warmer sound, but none is best in itself. The koa is more of a middle ground somehow, with less of a mid scoop than the mango one. Somehow I find mango is making less difference on a Koaloha than on other brands of ukulele, as the build and the bracing of Koaloha are already bass oriented, it seems that using mango makes less of a difference than for other brand. As I love dynamics I will probably go for the cedar one, hence a really good choice for SUS to make this combination available !