Kimo Hussey plays one of my ukuleles

Was at a local ukulele festival, and Kimo Hussey came by (he was the headliner).  I asked him to try out the XL tenor, since he had liked the normal tenor at the Guild Of American Luthiers convention.  Sorry about the background noise, but an impromptu tune.  Click on this link to play the video.  (You probably have to click on the video itself to get the sound.)

https://goo.gl/photos/58ESDK36E7qcPhXW7

Kimo brought his own (hand made) instrument by to show me.  It was also a 19″ scale tenor (though he likes it tuned down one step).  The really interesting thing to me is that the back and sides are sycamore, one of my favorite local woods both from a looks and sound perspective.   Here was some evidence from both a high end builder and player that sycamore can hold its own!

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