pdxuke
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On the advice of the locals, I ventured forth today to the local shops and played the Kala KA B. I was very impressed that such a low priced, laminate uke, could sound so good. It was lovely.
I imagine with a set of Southcoast or Living Waters strings on it it would sound even better.
This was out of the box. I asked the shop if they did any set up, he said no. He mentioned maybe 1 out of 10 needed some adjustment, but they were pretty high quality right from factory. The action was great, the frets were smooth, it was comfortable. The nut is 1.5" I think, a bit wide for my taste, but still comfortable. The uke played in tune all the way up, the harmonics at the 12Th(?) fret were bell like. It was very pleasing.
There you have it. My first venture into the Barry World. It was nice using guitar chords again
I imagine with a set of Southcoast or Living Waters strings on it it would sound even better.
This was out of the box. I asked the shop if they did any set up, he said no. He mentioned maybe 1 out of 10 needed some adjustment, but they were pretty high quality right from factory. The action was great, the frets were smooth, it was comfortable. The nut is 1.5" I think, a bit wide for my taste, but still comfortable. The uke played in tune all the way up, the harmonics at the 12Th(?) fret were bell like. It was very pleasing.
There you have it. My first venture into the Barry World. It was nice using guitar chords again