The Hau’oli is Fender‘s cheapest ukulele. If you’re looking to buy one, be sure to check out the decidedly mixed reviews on this post. Good alternatives for the same price are the Kala KA-TG or the Kala travel ukulele. On Musician’s Friend Price: $149.99 On eBay UK On Video Specifications Size: Tenor Construction: Laminated Mahogany […]
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The ukulele is already a very transport-friendly instrument but the Kala thinline travel ukulele takes it one step further by reducing the depth of the ukulele’s body (to 1 and a quarter inches). The ukulele comes in soprano and – strangely considering they’re aiming for compactness – tenor size. They have a solid spruce top […]
The UKS50 is Ibanez’s most expensive ukulele but retains many of the features of the rest of the collection (laminated top, back and sides; radiused rosewood fretboard). Specifications Size: Soprano Construction: Figured koa (laminated) Fretboard: Rosewood Bridge: Rosewood Neck: Mahogany Binding: Abalone Tuners: Grover, geared, gold. Finish: Natural high gloss
As far as I can tell, the only difference between the UEW20SG and the Ibanez UEW10QM is the wood (this is spalted mango), the gold tuners and an extra $20 on the price. Because both ukuleles are laminated (cheap plywood underneath the top wood) the wood isn’t going to make any appreciable difference to the […]
The quilted maple on the Ibanez UEW10QM is a real eye-catcher. I’m guessing by the fact they don’t say it’s solid means that it’s laminated – but I couldn’t confirm that – which is a little disappointing as you can pick up solid wood ukuleles by the likes of Ohana for around the same price. […]
There aren’t as many beginner level concert ukuleles as there are soprano ukuleles, so it looks like a good move on the part of Ibanez to release a budget level concert ukulele. Ibanez haven’t been producing ukuleles long enough to build up a buzz (and I haven’t tried one myself) but they have a great […]
The UKS10 is Ibanez’s introductory level ukulele and comes with what you’d expect: laminated body, geared tuners. Looks like a decent enough ukulele for the price. Specifications Size: Soprano Construction: Sapele (laminated) top, Mahogany (laminated) back and sides. Fretboard: Rosewood Bridge: Rosewood Neck: Mahogany Tuners: Geared, open, chrome. Available on Musician’s Friend Price: $49.99 On […]
The Kala Utar is Kala’s version of the guitarlele (I don’t quite know why they felt the need to switch the order round – perhaps they were continuing the trend from the UBass). It is tuned exactly like a guitar capoed at the fifth fret i.e. ADGCEA with no re-entrant strings. So the top four […]
The Kala UBass is the size of a baritone ukulele but has the range of a bass guitar i.e. it is tuned EADG in the same octave as a standard bass guitar. It achieves this through polyurethane strings. The original bass ukulele was the Road Toad. The downside is that it was very expensive – […]
If you’re looking for a cheap but good quality and reliable ukulele, this is one of the best. Kala have a great reputation (I have one of their Lacewood ukuleles – it’s marvelous) and musicguymic’s Kala KA-S starter packs come with everything a new uker needs: case, books, decent strings and, most important of all, […]
