......Not one uke received yet??.......
Got mine Tuesday - and as Choirguy suggested, there will NOT be an unboxing video. No photos till later either, as my wife has my camera (and my flip phone doesn't take photos).
Right now I am loving it...but there were a couple of setup issues that I contacted them about. I ordered mine low G, but the slotted bridge was cut for a very narrow high G string width. So I had to file open that slot to get the low G of my Living Waters set installed. Also as received the action was 0.125" at the 12th fret, which is high for me. No problem, as I expected to have to file it down some. But by the time I was done, there was not as much as I would like of the saddle left exposed to give a good break angle. That's easily solved, but again I didn't think I should have to be filing away at a brand new uke - saddle yes, bridge, no.
Anyway, I finished my setup, installed a Living Waters low G set, and let them settle in. The strings it came with didn't sound very good, but then I didn't really care, since I was going to change them anyway. Then today I played the uke all afternoon at the Silver Creek International Uke Festival north of Duluth MN. The neck is super straight, with no relief that I can see. With action at the 12th fret of 0.090", and string height at the nut of about 0.015", and no relief, it is the fastest uke neck I have played. And since I ordered mine with the two internal carbon fiber rods to reinforce the neck it should (I hope....) stay that way. Fret work is excellent, no high frets, no sharp ends. I do wish that they had not finished the sides of the wood fretboard to match the glossy neck finish, as that means when I eventually have to file away sharp fret ends I am going to be sanding away at the paint. There are (tiny) side dots at 5, 7, 10, 12, and 15, but not at 3 (which being a guitar player I am used to seeing). The peghead is really small to keep the overall size down, and I wish they had been a bit more generous, both to give more room between the tuners, and to give more room for an electronic tuner. But it's sure cute.
Another nit I have to pick has to do with the strap buttons. The normal way to install strap buttons (at least that I've seen) on carbon fiber instruments is to use a bolt and nut. But Klos have chosen to use a small block of wood on the inside of the body to allow them to simply use a wood screw. Which is fine, I guess, except that they used about a 1" square of blond wood - which stands out like a sore thumb up against all that black carbon fiber when you look inside the sound hole. How much trouble would it have been to paint that black first? It did come with a nicely fitted nylon case that contained perhaps a 1/8" foam padding.
Choirguy tried it briefly, and said he didn't think it was that loud. Could be, though I didn't get that impression (certainly my low action could be reducing the volume). It's not as loud as my Farallon for sure. As for the quality of the sound, it sounds good to me. Not as rich as my Farallon (at 3X the price), but really good. I spent the afternoon playing a lot of chords up the neck between frets 3 and 7, and the intonation sounded fine. I think if I had been able to comparison shop the Klos and my Farallon, side by side, I would have been hard pressed to justify the higher price of the Farallon, since back then I wouldn't have known enough to appreciate the Farallon. Of course the Klos does still have a wood neck and fretboard, so it isn't in the same league as the Farallon or Clara. But it's not bad, especially given the price.
So I think there have been (or will be) some birthing pains with the new Klos - all of them easily fixed. But in spite of my gripes, I still consider it a keeper, and am glad I bought it.