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.
Top customer reviews
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Quality Build, Rich sound, superb set up. 0 people found this helpfulBeautiful rich sound. Amazing finish. This instrument looks sharp and sounds even better. The crew @ HMS did a great job of setting it up. I'm been playing this Tenor a lot and it sings.
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I had no idea an Ukulele could sound like this! 0 people found this helpfulThe ukuleles I currently have, I thought, were good, until I did a lot of research and wound up working with the outstanding team of folks at HMS to get this Pono ATD Gloss Tenor. Andrew could not have been more helpful in guiding me through this purchase and HMS did a flawless job in setting the uke up with low action for me. When I pulled it out of the box, I spent the first several minutes just staring at it because the finish, and the look of the wood is gorgeous and it arrived in flawless condition. When I played it, I was, and still am, blown away by the warmth and fullness of the tone, the sustain, and the overall beautiful sound of this ukulele. The quality to price ratio is unbeatable. I feel like I got a $1,000+ ukulele here for just a little north of $400. The folks at HMS will have to explain to me what the improvement would be in buying a higher end ukulele. That may be my inexperience talking, but at what point can you no longer make it sound any better? If this one is anywhere near your price point, buy it and get ready, you won't be able to put it down. I will be doing all my future ukulele business with HMS. Great job!
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Best value quality for the Dollar 1 people found this helpfulVery simply you will not find another solid body Ukulele at this price point that offers as much in regards to tone and playability. Just an outstanding instrument.
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Five Stars 0 people found this helpfulThe quality is extremely good. The price at HMS cannot be beat. The value, well, unless you are quite lucky and visit thousands of garage sales I find it difficult to believe you could obtain a finer ukulele for the price. Spend the extra for the Oasis humidifier, my bridge started to come up, which HMS and Pono repaired at no cost and very little turnaround time. Fret-ends are a common issue but if you have a steady hand and a diamond fingernail file this can be remedied permanently without harming the finish, just get your ALOHA on and go slow and easy. I love this ukulele and you will too.
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beautiful tone & great craftsmanship! 0 people found this helpfulI do not typically write reviews, but I have to here. This ukulele has the most wonderful sustain and harmonics of any I have played. The craftsmanship from PONO on this is impeccable. The gloss finish is beautiful and not too thick & flashy. The acacia wood on mine has a different pattern than the pics of course but this thing is just as gorgeous as the pics on this website, if not more so. The neck is smooooth, no sharp frets stays in perfect tune, etc. A beautiful & very solid feeling instrument and also very comfortable to play. The setup by HMS is insane, I was blown away that I could actually pull off the harmonic picking that they show in the first sample video, and I am by no means a professional player! Big smiles and much Aloha with this ukulele!! :) Thank you!