With their subtle multi-colored "rope" purfling around the soundhole and the top, these Deluxe Kamaka models harken back to traditional Hawaiian ukuleles of a century ago. Although many of those ukes were beautifully appointed, they often lacked good fret work and suffered from poor intonation and marginal tuners. Such problems are never found on contemporary Kamaka ukes, so models like this give you the best of both worlds.