We are back now from our travels to a few shops in California with some our favorite uke makers and the NAMM 2016 musical instrument trade show. We still have a few more videos to put up but I figured I would start a page with these videos accessible from the home page menu under the Reviews and News tab. …
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Uke News for 2016
Aloha friends and Happy New Year! I haven’t posted here lately but I am excited to let you know that we will resume with the review and add some new content we think you'll enjoy. We'll be expanding with the addition of third-party reviews and uke-related articles. More on that in an upcoming post. We will also add more sheet ...
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In Loving Memory of Chino Montero – One of Hawaii’s Finest Musicians
A salute to one of the finest musicians ever~ A good friend of ours passed away today. My dad was especially close with him and so I asked him to share some of his thoughts. For many years Chino has been a part of our life here at Ko’olau Pono Guitar and Ukulele. Just three days ago he was here ...
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Blackbird Tenor Ukulele through Roland Guitar Synth Pedal
Sometime last year I was talking with Joe from Blackbird and said, "You guys should make a uke that can get synth access." His reply was, "we already have". You just have to get the RMC preamp to convert to 13 pin. So I ordered one from him and it came in last week. A few days ago I got ...
ALDRINE GUERRERO’S KANILE’A
Almost every week we get instruments from Kanile’a with tremendously beautiful Koa. These last a few days at the most on our website and then disappear . This instrument didn’t make it through the morning so I decided to post it here. Why? Because it’s insanely gorgeous! Radical Koa gives mind altering pleasure! You all know who Aldrine Guerrero is, right? He’s probably most …
4 Tenors from $500-$700
These ukes are fairly new models and they are my top choices for a tenor in this price range. You can sometimes find local builders in this price range but these are a notch above what I have seen. Heck, next floor up from some I have seen. When you lay down over 500 bucks you want a super musical …
KoAloha Custom Solid Body Tenor Electric!
This is a 7 piece neck-thru solid body tenor from the ever innovative KoAloha company. Not only is it the coolest thing I've ever seen but the sounds you can get are endless! KoAloha knocks this one out of the park. How's Corey's sample?
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New Pono Solid Body Tenor!
When I got into work this morning I saw a a new Ko’olau on my photo table. CE-2.. it looks like…Wait…it’s not a a Ko’olau…This is the new Pono Tenor electric! A chambered solid body electric and it’s so nice! I am truly ecstatic to see and hear the quality of this new TE model. These will sell for 649 …