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Hi this is Steve Sellers in San Antonio Texas for UkuleleHub.com with a review, just for you,
of this beautiful Kala Tenor Ukulele. Now this ukulele has a long name,
It's the Kala KA-KTG-CT tenor ukulele and let me tell you, it's a real eye-catcher.
When I saw it in the store it caught my eye immediately, it's absolutely beautiful here's why
This is a pure cedar top, which gives the ukulele
a really nice ring. then you have the shell inlay here. It has a binding,
the white binding but that is accentuated by the shell inlay and this is great, all around the body
the rosette at the soundhole and look at this and even has the shell right there
on the headstock which makes it so beautiful. Like I said, a really eye-catching ukulele.
But, how does it sound? Well the sound is accented by Koa wood: Hawaiin Koa wood on the back
and on the sides
Really nicely figured. This neck is mahogany
Then you have rosewood accents, on the bridge and has a rosewood fingerboard and
has saw some more beautiful accents on the fret markers. So in terms of
good looking ukuleles, this is one of them. It's also accentuated by these tuner buttons which are black which gives it a really nice touch
In terms of the sound of the ukulele, the tenor well let me tell ya, I think this uke finds a great balance
between the brightness that you want in your open chords...
... and when you start playing some closed, jazz chords, it doesn't mush out
like a lot of ukuleles do. It still keeps enough brightness so you still get the beauty of the chord...
As far as the downside of this ukulele, here is what I did - this particular tenor Kala Ukulele does not come with a pickup or a tuner
which I wanted. I had my professional Luthier, here in San Antonio
order the exact Kala tuner and pick up that are used on the rest of their ukes
and professionally install it on this particular ukulele. So the only downside
doesn't come with a pickup but I had his professionnally installed. Just a tip,
when you're having work like that done, please use a professional luthier. You don't want to mess up a really pretty ukulele
like the Kala KA-KTG-CT. There's more Kala ukulele reviews at the link below ukulelehub.com
Aloha!