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Pono Mango Tenor Pineapple (MGTP 7199) Free Hard Case!

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Product Review (submitted on May 22, 2014):

We love Pono, we love tenor, we love mango, and who doesn't like pineapple? Here you can have it all in one package! We were completely blown away when we discovered this, ordered right away, and got the one pictured.

As good as the pics are, they can hardly give you a true impression of how unique the mango wood looks, since different grain patterns appear in every angle you look at it. Certainly not as beautiful as koa, but definitely very special. And it suits the pineapple shape perfectly!

As with all our Pono ukuleles, craftmanship is excellent. The special shape makes it actually quite comfortable to hold and play.

We ordered ours strung with low G. The two wound strings do sound rather "metallic" on it, however, so we will replace them with unwound Worth Clear strings eventually. We think they will suit the mango wood and the pineapple shape much better.

Since pineapples in tenor size are very rare to come by, the Pono MGTP will make a great addition to any collection. In fact, we hope Pono will continue to surprise us with diverse inventions like this one. How about a pineapple baritone?! Or a guitalele?