Kala Soprano Mahogany Ukulele KA-S with Hardcase, Headstock Tuner, Setup and Aussie Shipping.

Kala KA-S Soprano Ukulele Package

June 2014 means End Of Financial Year Sales in Australia. To clear out stock I've Bundled this Soprano Ukulele up with a Case and a Tuner and Free Shipping in OZ. One only at this Price So Be Quick!

SOLD

The KA-S Soprano Ukulele is from the Kala Satin Mahogany Series.

If you're looking for a cheap but good quality and reliable ukulele, this is one of the best.

This is a great little "first Ukulele" to learn on, or a second ukulele as a “Car / Picnic / Beach ” uke. It has nice tones and the KA-S represents "Great Bang For Buck"

The Kala Mahogany Series Ukulele offer a full-bodied tone with plenty of "Sweet Highs" and "Mellow Lows"  that combine for a full rich sound.

Traditional white binding on the top and the back accent the satin finish, while chrome die-cast tuners assure your instrument will stay in tune

I set up every ukulele to ensure you get the absolute best playing and sounding uke for your money! This includes a thorough inspection and adjustments needed to Saddle / Nut heights, and Fret work.

I have Packaged this KA-S up with Hardcase and Headstock Tuner as a "Starter pack" with everything a new uker needs: Case, Tuner, decent Aquila strings and, most important of all, a professional set-up.

• 13-11/16 Soprano Scale (Distance from Nut toSaddle)
  
• 21 Overall body length
• 9-3/8 Body length
• 5-1/4 Upper Bout
• 7 Lower Bout
• 4-1/2 Waist
• 2-3/8 Body depth
• 1-3/8 At Nut
• Mahogany body
• Traditional White Binding
• Fret position Marks at 5th,7th and 10th frets on neck and top of fingerboard
• 12 Silver nickel Frets
• Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge
• Mahogany neck
  
• Satin Finish
• Geared tuners
• Premium AQUILA NYLGUT String

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I Carry a Huge Range of Kala & Ohana Ukuleles, Aquila & Worth Ukulele Strings.

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Please Contact me and I can arrange to make it happen.
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MANY MORE Ukuleles, Strings, Tuners, Cases, Capos & Accessories in-stock.

I Carry a Huge Range of Kala & Ohana Ukuleles, Aquila & Worth Ukulele Strings.

Fancy Something Else?

Please Contact me and I can arrange to make it happen.
Please Call 0432 306 920 9am to 5pm

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Kala KA-KCG-CE Kala Hawaiian Koa Ukulele with cutaway and EQ

Just arrived in Australia the Kala KA-KCG-CE Kala Hawaiian Koa Ukulele with cutaway and EQ.

I have a feeling these slotted headstock Gloss Koa Ukuleles are going to be Big.

Also back instock are the Pacific Walnut, Spalted Maple, Spruce Top and Paduak Ukuleles.

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I Carry a Huge Range of Kala & Ohana Ukuleles, Aquila & Worth Ukulele Strings.

Fancy Something Else?

Please Contact me and I can arrange to make it happen.
Please Call 0432 306 920 9am to 5pm

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Try a Baritone Ukulele for More Volume and Aquila gCEA Vs DGBE tuned strings

QUESTION: I need Maximum Ukulele Volume
I got an interesting question via Ebay, someone asking about how to get more volume and what ukulele to go for, interested in Baritone or Resonators.

My Answer: The larger in size you go the more volume you get out of a ukulele because the sound box is bigger and the top is larger. But you get a deeper more rounded mellow sound out of the bigger ukuleles.  



So a little Soprano may actually have more "cut through" and be perceived as louder as all the energy is centred in the Mids and Treble range, which we humans hear best.






CHANGE STRINGS TO AQUILA NYLGUT STRINGS:
If your Ukulele is a Starter low end one then fitting a set of the Italian Aquila Strings will increase your volume over the nasty clear fishing line junk that are fitted some starter ukuleles.



RESONATOR MECHANICAL AMPLIFICATION:
If max volume to get heard above the crowd is what is required then the Resonator Ukuleles are the way to go, Banjoleles are still the loudest of the ukuleles, but they sound like, well... banjo.



BARITONE THE BIGGEST UKULELE:
Baritones are the biggest ukuleles and sure enough they are loud, but Baritones are not tuned like a ukulele (Uke = GCEA five steps above guitar). Baritones are tuned like a guitar in same register of DGBE (basically no E or A strings)



BARITONE gCEA STRINGS:
Great new is that Aquila do a set of Ukulele strings for Baritone ukes that convert them to Ukulele tuning in the same 5 steps above register. Normal baritone strings snap if you try and tune them up five steps. So you get that baritones big box volume, but in that higher register of Ukulele.

If you want a set of those Aquila GCEA baritone strings give me an email.

Cheers CC

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MANY MORE Ukuleles, Strings, Tuners, Cases, Capos & Accessories in-stock.

I Carry a Huge Range of Kala & Ohana Ukuleles, Aquila & Worth Ukulele Strings. 

Fancy Something Else?
Please Contact me and I can arrange to make it happen.
Call 0432 306 920 9am to 5pm
Or Email ChrisFromUkuleleTrading@gmail.com

Most of my Products are FREE Postage Australia Wide!

I also Sell on eBay Australia
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Review of Kala Tenor Resonator Ukulele KA-R-T

Kala KA-R-T Tenor Resonator Ukulele - Natural Mahogany Satin Finish

$425 RRP In Australia.
FREE Setup, Headstock Tuner,  Chrome Slide and Shipping.  
Yep I include a Chromed slide should you wish to give “slide” playing a go on this resonator.
UPDATE The New Generation II Resonators are only available in Satin Sunburst Finish

What we are looking at today is a Tenor size Kala Resonator Ukulele  with natural finish Mahogany Body and Neck.

I really like this ukulele, I like its look, but I especially like its Chunky Neck.  Originally a guitarist, sometimes ukulele necks are too thin for my taste.  Generally I have found that the thicker the neck profile
the more comfortable the neck is for my fretting hand. It’s nice to have something to really grab a hold of.

The custom made aluminium resonator cone gives a totally different tone to a standard Tenor Ukulele, with lots of Honky midrange growl and bite.  It’s a loud Ukulele too and the sound has that top end jangly brightness not dissimilar to a Banjo.  But you get increased volume without losing your bottom end sustain as happens playing Banjoleles.  The KA-R-T sits tonally halfway between a regular Wooden Ukulele and a Banjolele.  The Kala Resonators projection is most impressive,  you will be heard over the regular ukuleles, but the Banjolele players will still beat you on sheer volume.

I like the light colour natural looking satin finish mahogany body.  No edge binding, it has plain, but neat a pin side and back joints with a slightly arched back.  The Resonator is a simple good looking uke and the chrome plated resonator cover is the visual star of the show that screams "vintage look at me"

Kala have developed a special Logo for the Resonator Series headstock reading "Qualitas Innovatio Veritas'.   I think it is cool, in a tongue in cheek manner, and very in keeping with both the nature of Ukulele community and Resonators i.e. not shy and very "outside the box".

As seems to be universal these days Kala fits the Italian Aquila strings in standard re entrant tuning with the
high G.  If you want during the setup I can fit Low G Strings.  A low G is a bit less jangle, and a touch more
beef to the tone I find.  In keeping with the vintage vibe the machine heads are open geared tuners with
metal buttons that work smoothly and look the part.

SUMMARY:
There are a few resonator ukuleles out there in the Market place these days.  Some similarly priced entry level all metal constructed resonators compete with the Kala Resonator.  By comparison they are heavy buggers, and very bright sounding.  In the wood bodied resonator field there are a few top shelf brands out there, and as fancy looking as they may be, none are around $400 that Kala is pitching the KA-R-T.  That makes the Kala a very attractive proposition for those players who want to broaden their Ukulele collection with a Reso Uke without taking out a second mortgage.

Whatever your budget the real attraction is that unique “Reso Tone” that mechanically amplified instruments have because of the vibrating aluminium resonator cone.  And the KA-R-T has that in spades.

SPECS:
Mahogany top, back and sides
18 Silver-Nickel Frets
Fret position Marks at 5th,7th,10th, 12th and 15th frets on neck
Rosewood Fingerboard
Mahogany neck
Satin Finish
Aluminum resonator cone with chrome plated cover
Open geared Tuners with black buttons
Custom Kala Headstock logo
Aquila Strings
17” Tenor Scale (Distance from Nut to Saddle)
25” Overall body length
11-5/8” Body length
6-5/16” Upper Bout
8-1/2” Lower Bout
5” Waist
2-7/16-” TO 2-3/4” Arched-Back Body depth
1-3/8” At Nut

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MANY MORE Ukuleles, Strings, Tuners, Cases, Capos & Accessories in-stock.

I Carry a Huge Range of Kala & Ohana Ukuleles, Aquila & Worth Ukulele Strings.

Fancy Something Else?

Please Contact me and I can arrange to make it happen.
Please Call 0432 306 920 9am to 5pm

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Kala KA-R-C Resonator Ukulele Concert Size $395 with FREE Setup, Hardcase, Shipping and Headstock Tuner

Do you fancy some "Mechanical Amplification" with that Mahogany Ukulele?

SPECIFICATIONS KA-R-C:

• $395 Aussie Dollars,
• INCLUDES FREE Setup, Shipping, Hard case and Headstock Tuner.
• Rosewood fingerboard,
• Mahogany Neck,
• Tilt back Angled Headstock,
• Satin finish,
• Cover Plate polished silver-nickel,
• Open geared tuners,
• Custom Kala Headstock logo and Tail-piece cover.
• Strung with Aquila Nyglut Strings.
• What does it sound like? Soundcloud Demo

Kala Brand Music has blended the worlds of blues and bluegrass tone in the Resonator Series of Ukuleles that really capture the sound of classical Americana.  That usual ukulele 'sweet and mellow' tone has been given some tasty bite and growl in the form of the aluminium resonator cone.

MECHANICAL AMPLIFICATION...
What’s that then?
Resonator AKA Dobro Instruments have a distinctive tone and volume that sets music made on them apart. John Dopyera (born Ján Dopjera) (1893–1988) was a Slovak-American inventor and entrepreneur, and a maker of stringed instruments.

In the 1920's something was needed so the emerging jazz guitarists could be heard above the orchestra, this was before the electrical public address system was widely used. In 1925, vaudeville promoter George Beauchamp approached John Dopyera and made a request; he asked Dopyera to make him a guitar loud
enough to be heard over other instruments. Dopyera invented a guitar with a mechanical amplification scheme similar to the diaphragms inside a speaker.

A cone sat inside the soundbox of an instrument and that was directly linked to the bridge so that the cone vibrated like a megaphone.  Such instruments were much louder than normal acoustic instruments and had a rich, metallic tone.  He applied this Mechanical Amplification to Ukuleles also.

Such mechanical amplified instruments found welcoming homes in the largely un-electrified Southern USA or in the poorer boroughs of the larger Northern towns such as Chicago or New York City.

KA-R-C CONSTRUCTION:
The Mahogany body is clear satin finished, great to see a natural mahogany finish, most guitars or ukuleles
normally have a stain applied to the wood to darken it.  Mahogany wood is actually a lot lighter than people
think in its natural unstained state.  The Neck is Mahogany and is a really likeable playable neck with a chunky round C profile.  The headstock is angled (tilt back) so you get Max pressure of strings over the nut for Max energy transfer... that makes for the best sustain and volume.

Even though this is the Concert Model (a Larger Tenor size is available) it is still a loud ukulele.  Not as loud as a Banjolele but louder than a regular concert ukulele.  All the extra volume comes in midrange cut-through, yes you will be heard in the mix with this KA-R-C resonator.  The KA-R-C has way way more sustain to its notes and chords than a Banjolele.  In Comparison to a Resonator Ukulele, Banjoleles are all note attack with little in the way of sustain.   Check out the Soundcloud and Video Demos to hear for yourself.

SUMMARY: Kala KA-R-C Resonator Ukulele
Kala Brand Ukuleles have designed a Mahogany Ukulele crafted an aluminium resonator cone into the body
resulting in a distinctive voice and appearance all its own. Whether adding a little extra output in a jam or for
providing musical inspiration when playing alone this is one barking loud ukulele with Vintage Americana tone by the bucket load.

Only a few of these came in, so if you want to get it with my professional setup and quality control, act now!

SPECIFICATIONS:
$395 Aussie Dollars,
Rosewood fingerboard,
Mahogany neck,
Tilt back angled Headstock,
Satin finish,
Cover Plate polished silver-nickel,
Open geared tuners,
Custom Kala Headstock logo and Tailpiece cover.
Strung with Aquila Nyglut Strings.
INCLUDES FREE Setup, Shipping, Hard case and Headstock Tuner.

KALA KA-TE Tenor Size Electric Ukulele by Kala,

KALA KA-TE
Tenor Size Ukulele by Kala, Mahogany with Electric Pickup.
Retails for $285 In Australia.

Every Ukulele I sell Comes with a Setup Included.  Upgrade to Worth Strings for $30 Extra (Low or Hi G)

The Kala Mahogany Series Ukuleles offer a Full-Bodied Tone with plenty of “Sweet Highs” And “Mellow Lows” that combine for a full rich sound. Traditional white binding on the top and back accent the Rich Satin Mahogany finish, while geared tuners assure your instrument will keep it’s tune.

The Kala KA-TE now has a built in digital tuner in the preamp mounted on the side facing you as you hold the ukulele. This is so convenient! One less thing to buy, keep track of, and find when you need. It's a back -lit chromatic tuner that tells you the note you play and whether you are flat, sharp, or in tune.

Kala KA-TE ukulele has fantastic features and would be an excellent choice for any budget conscious musician looking for a quality sound and plug in. The Kala KA-TE has a bright, full sound that will either jump start your love for ukulele, or take it even higher!

ABOUT KALA.
Kala Ukuleles are a relatively new ukulele brand, but have made a big impact. They are a great choice for people who want a well-made, quality ukulele at a decent price. They are particularly good for people who are getting more serious about playing the uke and want a quality ukulele without breaking the bank.


VIDEOS about the Kala KA-TE on YouTube.


SPECIFICATIONS.
17 tenor scale (distance from nut to saddle)
26-3/8 overall body length
11-3/4 body length
6-3/4 upper bout
9 lower bout
5-1/4 waist
3-1/8 body depth
1-3/8 at nut
Traditional white binding
Fret position marks at 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets on neck and top of fingerboard
Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
Chrome die-cast sealed geared tuners
Aquila Nylgut premium strings

Kala KA-TEM Tenor Exotic Mahogany Ukulele

 The Tenor Ukulele market is chock a block with options, but if you are in the market you really should check out the Kala Exotic Mahogany Tenor before you make a final decision... on a "Bank for Buck" scale you get a lot for your money.

The Kala KA-TEM retails in Australia for $175 and you get a lot of tone, playability and looks for your money.



Remember we check and  we setup every Ukulele we sell, so you won't get a "Drop Shipped" dog of a ukulele.  And we ship Australia Wide.
Cheers CC

Play a Tenor Uke That Looks as Great as It Sounds!When it comes to ukuleles, you want the best possible tone and projection from your instrument. But good looks don't hurt, either! That's why you'll love Kala's KA-TEM tenor. This great-sounding uke is part of Kala's Exotic Mahogany series, and its all-mahogany construction gives you both beautiful tonality and the kind of looks that you - and your audience - will definitely appreciate. The KA-TEM is absolutely made to be played, thanks to its quality workmanship, excellent tonewoods, and ultra-stable die-cast tuners. Black binding on the top and back add a touch of subtle elegance to this amazing uke!

SPECIFICATIONS

• 17 Tenor Scale (Distance from Nut to Saddle)
• 26-3/8 Overall body length
• 11-3/4 Body length
• 6-3/4 Upper Bout
• 9 Lower Bout
• 5-1/4 Waist
• 3-1/8 Body depth
• 1-3/8 At Nut
• Figured Mahogany body
• Satin finish
• Black binding
• 19 Silver Nickel Frets
• Fret position Marks at 5th,7th,10th and 12th frets on neck and top of fingerboard
• Rosewood Fingerboard and Bridge
• Mahogany neck
• Chrome Die-Cast tuners with black buttons
• PREMIUM AQUILA NYLGUT STRINGS