With the arrival of the King concert, I guess it's time to do a lineup update. Hopefully this will be it for UAS for a while (yeah right!).
Since the last update, the changes are:
Comings: Kamaka tenor, LoPrinzi mahogany model A tenor, DaSilva Santo reproduction, Fender Nohea, Aaron Taylor tenor, William King LS-concert.
Goings: Kala tenor-neck soprano, Kelii tenor, National mahogany concert, Martin style 1 (on the blocks), Sonny D tenor (junked).
I guess I'm behind on the one-in-one out policy, but overall I guess it's not bad. The Aaron Taylor was something unexpected, so if you don't count that one, I kind of sort of (not really) achieved one-in-one out. With so many ukes, look for some wacky comparisons down the road as I attempt to put the number of ukes I have to good use.
Below are the group shots.
Tenors: Top row (L-R): Bluegrass Ukes cigar box, Koa Works, Aaron Taylor, KoAloha Pineapple Sunday
Bottom row (L-R): LoPrinzi model A, Kamaka, William King, Kanile'a super tenor, Fender Nohea
Concerts (L-R): Pete Howlett Uklectic, Honu XXX, William King, Kepasa Gypsy Rose, Kanile'a super soprano
Sopranos (L-R): Kiwaya KTS-7, DaSilva Santo reproduction
Bushman Cedartone baritone
kind of a silly question but I can't find an answer elsewhere...
ReplyDeleteis Aaron Taylor the uke maker the same guy who played guard for the Packers in the mid 90's?
Thanks!
Haha, no it's not that Aaron Taylor. The Aaron Taylor uke is made by Aaron Oya from Oahu. He now goes by his own name and doesn't use "Taylor" (his son's name) on his labels anymore. He also does inlays for Ko'olau, Kamaka, and KoAloha. One of the Ko'olau ukes with his inlays sold for over $10,000 at the past NAMM show.
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