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Suppose the K brands all decided to re-release the first models they'd ever made. Whether that means a different body style, different dimensions, different bracing techniques, whatever. Would you rather play the old style or the new one?

Had this thought today while playing my Favilla and wondering what it would look like if they were still making ukes today; how different would they be, and would they be better, worse, or the same? Click to expand In general products change over time to reflect commercial realities, the product has to sell in a competitive environment and the production costs can make dating kamaka ukuleles product more or less competitively priced. So my question of old against new would be what has changed between to two and more info Most of all I like tried, tested and proven dating kamaka ukuleles things that were right or right enough to start with and good enough to stand the test of time.

Some vintage instruments are like that and hence part of their popularity. Bill1 said: This is a great topic to discuss. If you look at several of the well known members in the Luthiers lounge, you will find they are making new instruments which have the old designs.

Martin soprano type models are an excellent example. I think they mostly copy the Martin designs, but one of them also makes instruments based on ancient designs from medieval onwards. Do they sound like the originals did when they were new?

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dating kamaka ukuleles Also there used to be some chatter about a low cost uke like the Mahalo U30 being close to an exact copy to the design of an old Martin as well, obviously with different wood and a paint job. But, with CNC machines it is not hard to reverse engineer a design and recreate it. The folk here copy what they know will work, which I think is fine.]

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