Took delivery of a Kala Pacific Wood this morning

It's chuffing marvellous this one. Lovely and rustic to look at, sounds great and was cheap as chips (as far as recent spends have been...) at £120. I won an auction on eBay and it's knocked down as it's a return. I can see why, as there's a couple of scratches on the top which you can see if you bend over backwards in dim light and your left eye squinted, and a soundhole with a few rough edges. But otherwise it's top notch.

It's a laminate, which put me off at first but I went and bought it anyway because I wanted a decent tenor-sized uke with a pickup for gigs. Certainly not regretting it.

Here's some piccies:







And I just did a short burst of Memphis Tennessee, which has been engraved into my brain for the past 3 months.

I got a thing for kala ukes myself, this one is very nice and sounds good too. Nice one mate!

Awesome lookin uke. Love the dark streaks!

Congrats on the new uke.

Good for you for being so clever! It's a great-looking uke; I love the non-symmetry of the grain, and it sounds good when you play it. Walnut is a nice change from koa and mahogany.

Beautiful grain! I love it!

Very nice! I was REALLY tempted by a similar one HMS has on sale http://www.theukulelesite.com/kala-ka-pwt-pacific-walnut-tenor.html

I'm really loving the pacific walnut ukes, so gorgeous.