I had ordered a Kala from Mike back around April 12th in hopes that it would arrive in time for Easter. Did not hear from Mike, saw his ebay store was closed and I began to panic. I found this forum and started to piece together what was going on with him. I emailed his store, from ebay, called a few numbers that I had found, everything short of smoke signals and carrier pigeons. Still no word from him.
After reading countless threads that proclaimed Mike was a stand up guy, and hearing rumblings that he was getting his orders out, i decided to wait. I figured that I should cover my self so I ran up to the Big Box guitar store and bought a Lanikai so my daughter would have a great Easter, and she did...and I waited.
I saw last week that MGM had updated my eBay purchase to 'shipped', and sure enough, my Kala arrived on May 5th. Everything was as advertised and when you compare the Lanikai with the MGM Kala, there is a difference. The fret dressing was worth the wait, and as we all know by now, the delay was beyond any ones control.
Hopefully, those of you still waiting on Mike will find this encouraging. You can add me to the list of those who will vouch for his integrity. I look forward to purchasing Southern Uke from mgm