Nice at the price!
This is the first Baritone in my collection. The teak has great character and she has a very nice voice for a new instrument. I must admit, I bought it at a great sale price and I do love my Kala instruments!
Sleek and attractive, our Teak Ukulele Series is an addition to our more affordable ukulele lines. Teak is a tropical hardwood that has a very soft brown color with tight, straight grain patterns and striping. It is known to be water resistant and durable, which makes it a great choice for any adventuring musician. The natural stain of the wood gives this instrument an organic & fresh-cut feel, right at home in the outdoors. This baritone model comes with electronics.
Size: | Baritone |
Top: | Teak |
Back & Sides: | Teak |
Binding: | N/A |
Neck: | Meranti |
Finish: | Satin |
Fingerboard: | Indonesian Nandu |
Headstock: | Standard |
Tuners: | Chrome Open Gear |
Strings: | Aquila Super Nylgut® |
Electronics: | Kala Active EQ |
Nut & Saddle: | Graph Tech TUSQ® |
Strap Button: | Chrome |
Scale Length: 20.1875 inches, Overall Instrument Length: 30.375 inches, Body Length: 14.0 inches, Number of Frets: 18, Width at Upper Bout: 7.75 inches, Width at Lower Bout: 10.4375 inches, Width at Waist: 6.625 inches, Body Depth: 3.1875 inches, Fingerboard Width at Nut: 1.5 inches, Fingerboard width at neck/body joint: 1.8125 inches
This is the first Baritone in my collection. The teak has great character and she has a very nice voice for a new instrument. I must admit, I bought it at a great sale price and I do love my Kala instruments!
I on several ukuleles, from a humble Honer found in pierces in the crawl space of my grandfather’s house. A 1963 Kamakantenor that belonged to my father, and a Kamala tenor along with several others. I also have several classical guitars as well. I have always wanted something with a range between Small Pepe and the Tenor Kamala. When I saw the baritone it spoke to me. When it arrived I inspected the fit and finish and am very pleased with the teak body. After tuning, I was pleased with unamplified sound and played for a short while. I have smaller that average size hands yet found cording and even finger picking easy. My only issues is the frets lack a round off on the edges and I will need to accomplish this in the future.
In all I am very pleased and will add this to my collection ( see first picture) as a daily player and will be making a hard shell travel case. Great work! The second is of my two Kalas.
I have played guitar for many years but this is my first ukulele. Seems well built and the tone is great! Very happy with my purchase.
Great tone and playability, beautiful instrument. It's just a tad larger than my Scout U-Bass but still fits in the same case. As it is tuned DGFE (i.e. like a guitar without the lowest two strings), it plays much like a smaller, simpler acoustic guitar. Small enough that I can play sitting in my car killing time before work or during lunch breaks. Very pleased with this.
Hi Benjamin,
Thanks for your feedback - we are so glad you're enjoying the baritone! DGFE tuning might be a preference of yours - so if that's the case - then we're glad that works. For our audience, we want to clarify that baritone ukuleles are intended to be tuned DGBE - just like the top four strings of a guitar.
Best,
Kala Service Team