ATD 5025
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ATD 5025
Special Price $559.00 Regular Price $699.00 |or$51/month*

Pono ATD - Acacia Tenor Deluxe

Quarter Sawn Solid Acacia Wood -Gloss Finish

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This model from Pono gives us quality and musicality never seen in this price range. The ATD is gorgeous in every way. Features include rich tone, great sustain, perfect feel, and beautiful all solid Acacia wood! 

Kalei gives us a short review and sample as well with the Ko'olau Aho Smoothwound Low G set.

 

The ATD is dynamic. It will work with any style of music, any popular set of string. Perfect with a low G, showing off a robust lower range, or with a high G, still giving us a surprising depth. This all solid wood tenor ukulele has it all! A refined classic style, glossy exotic woods, and a beautiful voice. This Pono is an excellent value on a professional quality tenor ukulele. It has less flash than some of the other models, but the wood is gorgeous and the tone is very warm and sweet, and the construction is meticulous. 

Acacia is a family of trees that Hawaiian Koa belongs to. This is not Hawaiian Koa but comes from a very similar species. Ko'olau is exacting in their woods being quarter sawn and dried properly. This is an essential factor in the precision you experience with the Pono ATD. 

This Gloss finish really sets this model off. It's wonderful to just look at. But the key to this model is a sweet balanced tone with wonderful intonation and fantastic sustain. With think you'll love it. 

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  1. A Novice's Perspective 2 people found this helpful
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    First off, hats off to the Ukulele Site for clear communication and beating their setup estimate. The packing job was pristine and the uke arrived in plenty of time for an upcoming trip. The AT-D is my first Tenor after playing $80-200 sopranos for a couple of months. Let's just say it is in a different league. This thing is robust! Gorgeous finish, beautiful wood patterns, and hefty enough to make my other ukes feel like toys. To my ears, the Acacia sound is glorious - the perfect middle ground between warmth and biting attack. Sounds amazing inside and outdoors. It's no secret that the setup is fantastic as well -- in combination with the extra room on this tenor, barre chords are a breeze and general playability is head and shoulders above my other ukes. My only gripe is with the wound C string it originally shipped with. Just sounded a little twangy and off to my ears, so I restrung with Fremont Blackline and am loving life. This was a bit of a stretch for me, but wow what a payoff. Looking forward to playing and learning with this uke for years to come.
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    A great sounding uke! 2 people found this helpful
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    I love this ukulele! I love playing this uke. A big shout out to the team at HMS. Had a minor issue, emailed Andrew, and he was generous in making things right. I have and will continue to shop and tell others about this amazing company! They are, in my mind, the only place worth buying a uke from.
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    Beautiful uke, excellent, trustworthy service 2 people found this helpful
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    I have been playing a cheap laminate soprano ukelele for a year. It has given me huge enjoyment but I decided it was time to upgrade. After listening to so many of the excellent demos on the ukelele side I decided to get the Pono acacia deluxe. Andrew recommended some strings for the sound I was looking for and advised the low G stringing which I was a bit apprehensive about but sounds wonderful. This uke looks really beautiful and sounds warm and rich. The set up seems perfect to me. However the most important part of this review is praise for the excellent customer service. I needed the ukelele by a specific date. Due to a small communication error it was getting a bit touch and go as to whether it would be in time and I contacted Joel. There were no excuses, just a genuine apology and thereafter he could not have gone further out of his way to make sure that everything worked out. The ukelele arrived in perfect condition and in time and Joel made everything right and the communication was excellent. I felt I was in really trustworthy hands and would not hesitate to use the Ukelele Sitein the future. In fact I'm already eyeing up a new soprano! Thanks for saving the day and the great set up. I'm loving it.
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    I couldn't be happier! 0 people found this helpful
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    I spend many hours on line looking for ukulele's when I came across this one from The Ukulele Site. All of the positive reviews convinced me that this was one great Uke, and I totally agree! I couldn't be happier! I'm also very, very impressed with the set-up that they do to all of the Ukes that they sell.
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    Great instruments and great service. I am a customer for life. 0 people found this helpful
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    I just opened up my Pono ATD yesterday and I am in awe of its beauty and sound. Eli went the extra effort to match a uke to the description I wrote with my order and I could not be happier with the one he selected for me. He noted that he opened 15 ukes before he found a match. The Pono ATD is exceptional in looks and sound, the action is great and intonation is spot on. I love this ukulele!
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