Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele 

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

LOVE IT. have a luna concert. Recommend it too. well worth the extra money.

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

If you are not tone deaf, do not buy this uke! It simply will not stay in tune, and the intonation is incredibly bad. I don't think that anyone with useful limbs could have put this thing together and got it so wrong. A blind, deaf, and drunk Chinaman must have built this thing with his feet. It's really that bad. DO NOT listen to the other reviews; this uke is GARBAGE! If anyone gives praise to this instrument and are not talking about how it looks, they have no idea what they are talking about. That is not just hyperbolic trash talk either, the ukulele stinks.

I gave this uke to my three years old nephew because it looks cool. I told my brother to just hang it on the wall in his room, and if he ever gets the desire to play, I'll take him to a music store and get him one that stays in tune.

If you're interested in playing ukulele and want a starter/cheapo uke, get one of the bottom of the line Kalas. You have a much better chance of getting a playable instrument.

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

Purchased for a student. Quite pleased with the
general appearance. Excellent for the price. I am sure it will more than do the job for the student and will be with her for a long time. For a new instrument, the strings stay in tune quite well.

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

I was very pleased with both the quality of the Honu Soprano Ukulele and with Musician's Friend. Although I had experience with stringed instruments, I had none with the ukulele, and even though I am unable to compare it to more expensive instruments, I feel it was an excellent acquisition.
The Honu features geared tuning keys, well balanced action on the neck, and fine woodwork, and includes a pitch pipe, basic chord sheet, and gig bag.
The Honu Ukulele has great tone and action, keeps a tune, and has an accurate fret arrangement.
In shopping for ukuleles, I found a great variation on the price. The Honu is an excellent value as I feel it provides all the quality I sought in a very affordable entry price.

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

The Luna Honu Soprano Ukelele we received is beautiful. I see no cosmetic flaws and my teenager, who we bought this for, LOVES the turtle carving around the sound hole. The uke has a very nice tone, and after an afternoon of being tuned and stretched, stayed in tune. The pegs are geared which will make it easy for my daughter to tune, also. Overall, we are very happy with this instrument.

We were very confused at first because the pitchpipe supplied by Luna had the label on upside down, so all the notes were completely off. The label did peel off and reattach in the right direction though.

To add to our confusion we did not know that the 4th string (closest to the chest) is NOT the largest and lowest pitch as on a guitar, violin or cello. Nothing was mentioned about this in the tuning and chord booklet that was included with the uke. (Yes, we are beginners.) Fortunately, I had ordered a separate instructional book along with the ukelele which straightened us out.

Buy an instructional book when you order or at least research it on the Net so you know which G (or A, as a soprano uke can be tuned two ways--see ukele at Wikpedia) to tune that 4th string to. Don't break any strings guessing around!

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

Absolutely love this uke. Almost a year back I bought a starter ukulele package to try and learna new instrument and got fed up pretty quick with it never staying in tune and it being very poorly intonated down the neck. I ordered this when it was backordered, waited over a month to get it and I could not be happier with this instrument. The geared tuners hold well and the strings stay in tune no problem. It sounds great even when fretted up high. It looks a lot different from the picture. In reality, the wood is darker and has a nice shiny finish to it. Also, the etched turtle isn't black like the picture lead me to believe, its only slightly darker than the rest of the uke and has a nice natural-looking colour. overall beautiful instrument that sounds great for something priced so affordably

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

Overall I gave it a 7 because the action and sound were good and since I bought it as a beater instrument to lug around to the beach and park where I won't take my good Ukulele for fear of damage it serves it's purpose well. Great sounding take anywhere Ukulele and a good price.
The Luna Honu Soprano Ukulele doesn't have a lot of features but it wasn't sold as a high feature model. You get what you pay for features wise and this is a no frills Ukulele that feels good, plays well and sounds great. You'd be hard pressed to find a better sounding Ukulele in this price range.
I had to ding it on quality because mine came with some pretty severe cosmetic issues. One of the fret markers has a slight gap along one edge, another had excess glue around it and the top of the headstock was not sanded at all. Seriously the top of the headstck stock was not sanded at all, the saw marks were still there. However the quality control issues seemed to be only with the cosmetics. The action is good and intonation is spot on (after the strings streched and settled). In defense of Luna this model was on back order for some time and mine looks like it was a rush job trying to fill orders but that's not really a good excuse for poor quality control.
As for value it's a pretty decent deal for the price. I would have given it higher marks for value had the headstock been sanded. I can overlook minor cosmetic issues in this price range but to totally miss sanding the headstock in prodction?

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

I just bought this ukulele a week ago:) I love it..I'm a newbie at ukulele and this is an excellent product. It stays in tune very well and the shipping time was great :)My highest recommendations :)

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

Today is my first day, I've played guitar for years, and wanted something different. I have been playing for 8 hours straight. Extremely easy instrument to learn how to play, especially with prior music experience. if you want something fun to play on with great quality and a even better price, this is it! It was a lot smaller than I thought it would be though, only downfall. It isn't even the length of my arm.When I got received it today, had a cute gig bag, pitch pipe worked great, and great book of "how to play". I had to tune it when I got it... thats about it.

Comments about Luna Guitars Honu Soprano Ukulele:

I have owned this ukulele for about a year now, and I use it all of the time. Luna offers the most stunning designs on any of their products, and this one is no different. The sound is great for the price of the ukulele. The only probelm I had was, when I first recieved it, it didn't like to stay in tune, but after tightening some screws, it stays in tune perfectly.