My first upgrade!

blackunicorn · Mar 1, 2010

So, six months ago I bought a little purple Mahalo for about 20 bucks (I think my guitar capo cost more). It was totally an impulse purchase- I was shooting a commercial at the chiropractor next door to the music shop, and wandered over while we were waiting for someone to show up, and nabbed it. But I liked messing around with it, and found UU pretty soon after and a bunch of ukulele players on YouTube, and I'm hooked. My boyfriend plays electric bass, and it's been fun jamming together on these two very different instruments while I learn, except my uke's just not very loud.

Well, it's Happy Tax Refund time, and it's also going to be my birthday in a week. So I got myself a little present:

KA CE KALA Mahogany Concert Ukulele w PU & cs. SETUP

I'm so excited!

Papa Dave · Mar 1, 2010

Congratulations!!!

ukejeff · Mar 1, 2010

I started with a mahalo that was a X-mas present. After a year or so of shredding on that li'l guy I got the Kala KA-T. It's changed my life. I can make music now instead of pretending to! Have fun.

pdxuke · Mar 1, 2010

A solid mahogany is a great choice--and the pick up is a bonus! Happy Birthday!

Waterguy · Mar 1, 2010

This story seems very familiar. At a music store for a diferent reason and by a Mahalo uke.....check. Enjoy the Mahalo enough to decide to upgrade to a better uke and subsequently buy a Kala at the just under $200.00 range.....check.

Fair warning, in my particular story the next step was the purchase of a Kanile'a K1T. REALLY happy with that one, and I'm not saying that is where the UAS will take you but I am saying....be ready, it can happen to you.

Grats on your purchase, and enjoy your new Uke.

Trenchcoatangel · Mar 1, 2010

Congrats! And now you'll be able to hear yourself over the bass without straining to hear it, Yeah!

Ron · Mar 1, 2010

Nice work. My second uke was a kala tenor. I love it

Zaza The Rebel · Mar 1, 2010

Nice, I was lusting over that one for a while in November! I didn't get it in the end but verrry nice for the price!

blackunicorn · Mar 1, 2010

Waterguy said:
This story seems very familiar. At a music store for a diferent reason and by a Mahalo uke.....check. Enjoy the Mahalo enough to decide to upgrade to a better uke and subsequently buy a Kala at the just under $200.00 range.....check.

Fair warning, in my particular story the next step was the purchase of a Kanile'a K1T. REALLY happy with that one, and I'm not saying that is where the UAS will take you but I am saying....be ready, it can happen to you.

Grats on your purchase, and enjoy your new Uke.

I just looked up the Kanile'a- what a beauty.

hawaiianmusiclover06 · Mar 1, 2010

Congratulations! What a beauty... Solid Mahogany is a great choice.

blackunicorn · Mar 1, 2010

I thought, for the price, it was probably a laminate, so I just double-checked. The KA-CE is a laminate. The solid version is the KA-SMHCE-C, and it's quite a bit pricier. I'm still stoked, though. I'm not sure I'm ready to care for solid wood just yet ^_^;;;

Brewerpaul · Mar 1, 2010

Playing music with your loved one is the BEST. There's nothing you can do that's better. Well, almost nothing...

wxtornado · Mar 1, 2010

Happy birthday, and congrats!

grubblybubbly · Mar 1, 2010

ukejeff said:
I started with a mahalo that was a X-mas present. After a year or so of shredding on that li'l guy I got the Kala KA-T. It's changed my life. I can make music now instead of pretending to! Have fun.

i need to uprade from my mahalo.

molokinirum · Mar 1, 2010

Congrats on your new uke!! Looks sharp and with the pickup.....it's a win - win!!!

blackunicorn · Mar 1, 2010

Brewerpaul said:
Playing music with your loved one is the BEST. There's nothing you can do that's better. Well, almost nothing...

Without question! I'm totally looking forward to plugging in and being able to really hear each other.

rock_and_roll_camera · Mar 1, 2010

I just recently upgraded from a cheapie uke to the Kala KA-CE... beautiful uke, I love it! Sounds so beautiful, plays so sweet... and damn it smells good too! I did originally get the Lanikai LU-21CE, very similar but ended up with the Kala and I love it! It is solid Mahogany though isn't it?...

kenikas · Mar 1, 2010

rock_and_roll_camera said:
I just recently upgraded from a cheapie uke to the Kala KA-CE... beautiful uke, I love it! Sounds so beautiful, plays so sweet... and damn it smells good too! I did originally get the Lanikai LU-21CE, very similar but ended up with the Kala and I love it! It is solid Mahogany though isn't it?...

The KA-C (S,C,T, etc.) are laminate mahogany, the solid mahogany are the KA-ASM (S,C,T, etc) series.

bigploch · Mar 1, 2010

Congrats on the new hatchet! Yeah, I have the KA-S and it is for sure a laminate. +1 Kenikas.

blackunicorn · Mar 1, 2010

kenikas said:
The KA-C (S,C,T, etc.) are laminate mahogany, the solid mahogany are the KA-ASM (S,C,T, etc) series.

Yep, ASM stands for All-Solid-Mahogany.

And I've been lusting after various models of this on musicguymic's ebay page, and I've noticed he only specifies whether something is solid wood, so if it doesn't say solid, it's laminate. I actually kind of panicked when people were saying it was solid because I'm afraid I'm too reckless to properly care for one.

I am sitting here watching the clock, thinking "okay it's only 8am Hawaii time...have they opened yet? Is it processed? Is it on its way?" I'm not excited....nooooo :drool:

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