I own a lanikai standard lu-21 which is half the price of this and it sounds warmer and never goes out of tune. This uke looks beautiful, but sadly thats about it. You are going to spend half the time tuning it and the other half playing it out of tune. The same goes for the concert version of this uke.

This uke is quite beautiful, much better than expected. After living with it for about 6 month and playing it everyday, I’d say it is a good value. Sounds good, stays in tune and plays well. There are some quality issues that keep it from being as good as it looks: 1) The fret edges are unfinished and can be sharp. I filed them down myself to improve playability. 2) The neck nut is a little off center, moving string centers down. Somewhat annoying, but playable. 3) The strings supplied were very poor quality, you’ll need to replace them right away. 4) Neck to body seam on the back side has some wood putty filler. Not noticeable unless you are looking. Other items that are a feature of the design that might take a little getting used to are: 1) The body depth is almost 5 inches, 50% thicker than most ukes, very guitar like. 2) The tuners are also guitar like and heavy compared to the size of the uke, making it very top heavy. A good buy, but you’ll have to rework it a little to make it a good value.

I got into the uke after falling in love with George Harrison's music again...Macca and Joe Brown played beautiful tributes @ the Concert for George...It is such a sweet instrument and totally hurt by its association with Tiny Tim. THis is my second uke by OS...this one is a little "softer" in sound but just as strong as any uke out there in looks and playability! It goes almost everywhere with me...guitarists need to give this a try!