As it happens......
I was just on vacation in Kauai, HI, with my family. I have been wanting a Uke for a long time now.... My wife gave me the green light, so I took the plunge. I looked around, and played more brands and models than I can recall. I finally ended up with a Kamoa E3-GC (Grand Concert size). It has solid maple back and sides, with a spruce top. The store where I bought it was amazing, and they really spent a lot of time working with me to see what I wanted. Then they reset it to lefty for me while I waited and played additional models. They had a wonderful Bass model, but it was not what I was looking for. The guy that worked there was playing it, and it sounded sweet.

This is the model I got. Now I get to play around and try to learn more about it!
It appears that GAS can come on wherever you are....

Jason