BLEM - Solid Cedar Top Mahogany Orchestra Mini Guitar
$299
The size and shape of the Orchestra Guitar places the greatest emphasis on high & mid-range clarity, making it ideal for fingerpicking and solo play.
The more tonally balanced of our two Orchestra Mini Guitar varieties, our Cedar Top Mahogany provides an even boost to highs, mids, and lows alike, standing out with a distinct warmth and harmonic blend. The toasted autumnal blend of the Cedar soundboard and Mahogany back & sides deliver a familiar classic look and feel at a refreshingly affordable price.
Specs
| Size: | Orchestra Mini |
| Top: | Solid Cedar |
| Back & Sides: | Mahogany |
| Binding: | Black |
| Neck: | Mahogany |
| Finish: | Satin |
| Fingerboard: | Ebony |
| Headstock: | Standard |
| Nut & Saddle: | Bone |
| Tuners: | Chrome Closed Gear |
| Truss Rod: | Yes |
| Strings: | D'Addario® EXP Phosphor Bronze |
| Electronics: | N/A |
| Strap Button: | Chrome |
| Includes: | Bag |
Measurements
Scale Length: 22.5 inches, Overall Instrument Length: 35.5 inches, Body Length: 15.5 inches, Number of Frets: 20, Width at Upper Bout: 9.625 inches, Width at Lower Bout: 13.375 inches, Width at Waist: 8.0 inches, Body Depth: 4.125 inches, Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1.688 inches, Fingerboard width at neck/body joint: 2.25 inches
- CBCraig B.Verified BuyerRated 4 out of 5 stars2 months agoSweet little thing
It's the cedar top that hooked me in. It turns out it had a crack that I was able to repair. I intend to use it for lessons for my grandchildren, and it is well set up, a great size and a quality build.
The price was great in the blems section of Kala's website.
- JMJohn M.Verified BuyerRated 5 out of 5 stars3 months agoGreat value, big sound in a small package
This is the second Kala guitar I've bought in the last several months; previously, I bought the Cedar Top Parlor Guitar, which is very similar to this one. While this was marked "BLEM," I can't figure out why. It must be Kala's policy to sell any returned instruments at a discount. There wasn't a scratch on it.
I wrote a long review on Amazon, which I won't repeat here. But the gist is this: I think Kala is making guitars that, for the money, sound *way* better than anything else in its class. And they are very light and comfortable to play and travel with. I've already had mine twice in an overhead bin on American with no complaints from flight attendants. I think that Kala, having made ukuleles for so long, has figured out how to get big sound from a small package.
I bought this BLEM guitar to see how it would handle a K&K Pure Mini Acoustic Guitar Pickup, and the results are incredible. I've played it through my ToneMaster and Princeton Reverb amps (not made for acoustic guitars) as well as a Positive Grid Mini amp, and it sounds amazing without a preamp, with just a touch of reverb.
Now, I understand that most people won't go to this length to amplify a Kala guitar, and if you want one, Kala makes a thinline with built-in electronics. But I did, and because of it, there's no way I'm buying another guitar at this price point. Unplugged, it sounds bigger, fuller, and richer than a GS Mini or GS Mini Koa and sounds every bit as good as a Gibson parlor guitar that costs…
