Comments on: Mahalo and K Wave Telecasters, Bass Ukes on eBay

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sat, 21 May 2011 07:00:07 +0000

Ambient: Thanks! That does sound really good. I’ve added it to the post.

By: Ambient Doughnut

Ambient Doughnut — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:47:06 +0000

I posted up a little sound demo if anyone’s interested. Excuse scrappy playing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxCXrCeOrSo

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:58:30 +0000

Ambient: Thanks. The Mahalo LPs are excellent for the price. Glad to hear the same is true of the Teles.

By: Ambient Doughnut

Ambient Doughnut — Mon, 16 May 2011 08:51:07 +0000

I bought one of those Mahalo Telecasters at the weekend as a present for my brother. I was against it but the guy in the shop rated it so thought I might give it a go. Frankly I was amazed! Its not the fullest sounding uke in the world but its a pleasant sound nonetheless. The setup is absolutely spot on and the intonation perfect. It’s so nice to play that I’m having serious qualms about actually handing it over. Really surprised, TBH I though all Mahalos were crap!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:00:43 +0000

Tuscadero: Congrats on the new uke. If you’ve got any photos of the new look uke, I’d love to see them.

By: Tuscadero

Tuscadero — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:34:26 +0000

I picked up a tele mahalo today. If it’s true that 1 of 5 mahalos sound great then I think I lucked out. This one sounds pretty sweet. I agree it looks a little weird without a strikeplate, but the guitar store I shop at had some cheapo deapo stick-on strikeplates for only $6. I trimmed it to size and shape and stuck it on and it really balances out the design. Granted, I wouldn’t do that with an expensive uke, but this is a novelty, so the cheesy solution doesn’t bother me much. I’m off to your rock riff tab section to pick up some hot licks for my cool uke!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:50:09 +0000

Thanks for that, Alan. Really interesting that Teles are more resonant than LPs in both cases.

By: Ukisociety

Ukisociety — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:17:50 +0000

I just bought the Mahalo tele. Had a chance to play both it and a Les Paul style Mahalo and the tele sounded much more resonant. It was the same way when I bought my K-Wave Kiwaya tele. Sounded better that the LP version. I wonder why…. But also the butterscotch tele I bought sounded better than the brown tele – both by Kiwaya. strange… I haven’t compared the Mahalo tele to the K-Wave, but for 50 bucks, the Mahalo is the winner. It sounds great!

By: Woodshed

Woodshed — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:40:57 +0000

The Ashbory bass doesn’t look like a uke though.

By: Cardboardfrog

Cardboardfrog — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:05:47 +0000

surely an ashbory bass would suffice? they’re small scale and bassy.
is it just me whos noticed how many uke players start off playing bass?