• Very Nice Beginner Uke!

  
  As reviewed by Marissa Villarosa on 12/2/2011

  I bought this ukulele as a beginner ukulele to see if I might have an interest in it. I didn't see much reviews on here as I saw on the Lanikai LU-21 Standard that I was thinking of getting so I was a bit worried. To my surprise, this was an OUTSTANDING ukulele. At first the only flaw I found was that the uku would not stay in tune, but I learned it takes a day or two for Aquila Strings to stretch... heh. [x As I start to get better on the ukulele, I might buy a concert from Luna Guitars since I've fallen in love with their unique designs. :) I regret not buying a concert sooner since a soprano is quite small, but it's good for a beginner like me. I suggest this ukulele to people, as I can barely stop playing it!

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• great first ukulele

  
  As reviewed by Kyler Stephensen on 5/21/2012

  I've had my Luna Honu for about 3 weeks and absolutely love it. It's made very well, sounds crisp and clean but full and mellow too. My roommate bought a Cordoba 20CM Concert and it's holds up well against the Cordoba. It's a nice contrast to a Concert size Uke. I am just a beginner with my 1st ukulele but I am very happy with the quality for the money. I would buy another Luna in a heart beat.

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• Beautiful, but decidedly flawed

  
  As reviewed by Matt Miller on 12/21/2012

  I bought this instrument for my 6 year-old niece; I bought it based on the four 5-star reviews it had gotten, and because it looked like a beautiful instrument. It is, in fact, lovely. The included "tuner" (a pitch-pipe) was way off - the A was fine, but the E was high, the C was low, and the G was high, too. I tried to tune by ear; but the intonation is way off. I used a vibration-sensing tuner, to find the fretted E played on the C-string was more than a quarter-tone high. OK, OK. Cheap uke = lousy intonation. I get it. I realize you shouldn't have grandiose expectations for a budget uke; but even for a starter instrument, it should be possible to tune it properly to itself, or at least get pretty close. Add to that the egregiously bad pitch-pipe, and you end up with a starter player on an out-of-tune instrument (which makes for painful listening!) or a frustrated experienced player. That gets it two stars, despite the pretty turtle design around the sound hole - which is beautiful; and if you want a uke for an accessory, and you don't mind it being impossible to tune satisfactorily, then go for it. But if you're looking for a starter instrument with any sort of longevity at all, then look elsewhere. An inspired learner would almost certainly get frustrated with this one after only a few months and need something better, anyway.

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