FT ukuleles get their name from a pretty obvious source--Famous and T's Guitars. Their logo mark on the head looks a bit like a paper airplane in flight, but closer inspection will reveal it is indeed an "F" and a "T".
FT ukuleles are upper mid-range to low high-range priced axes--at least for Japanese ukuleles. Remember, prices here can be substantially more than what people would pay for elsewhere.
They are very light instruments. They are made with the kind of strengthening inside that a classical guitar might have, which they would need given how light the things are. They are made out of mahogany and Hawaiian koa. They have lacquer finishes. The finish is supposed to be only 0.1mm thick in order to bring out the qualities of the wood.
A fellow I know plays one. It does have (to me anyway) that good-old days ukulele kind of sound. It would probably go well as a jazz instrument even though he plays mostly Hawaiian music on it.
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