I received a Tom TUT-200E last week and boy howdy was I impressed with this uke. The TUT-200E is a tenor laminate mahogany acoustic/electric with Aquila strings. It was roughly half the cost of my Kala KA-TE and the fit, finish and playability is every bit as good. The neck is a dream, your hand slides up and down like silk. The fret ends and fingerboard nicely finished as well. Intonation is ever so slightly sharp at the 12th. It has a MOP 'T' inlay on the headstock and tortoise shell binding front and back. Body shape is thinner at the top bout than the bottom bout with a curved back. Sound wise it is louder and has a deeper tone than the Kala. I'm thinking of going with a low G because of it. Plugged in it sounds pretty much like the Kala. The electronics are branded Tom TP-20U and are very similar to the Belcat UK-300T including the chromatic tuner. I think it would make for a good first uke or a good take with you anywhere and not worry about uke. My wife thinks it's much prettier than the Kala. After about a week of swapping back and forth if I was only allowed to keep one I would pick the Kala because of it's brighter tone..but that would be a hard decision. I really like the Tom and it's not going anywhere