Kadence Concert Ukulele - Mahogany Wooden Ukulele for Beginners (Electro Combo) - Ukulele for Adults, Kids, Players or Professionals - Concert Ukulele with Tuner and Bag

I dabble a bit with the uke and lucked into a fantastic expensive VOX electric model. My 15 year grandaughter has been interested in learning so I started looking for options. I found this one. The ratings were good for the price range so I bought it for her. birthday.Once she opened it, the first thing we did was tune it. It tuned with very little fiddling. My grandaughter says it seems to keep tune well and she usually only tunes it at the start of a session. It was relatively comfortable to play and my grandaughter was immediatel able to play chords. The strings are inexpensive but not terrible for a beginner, besides better strings like from Aquila or D'Adarrio are not very expensive and are easy to put on. The sound was decent, in fact pretty good for a beginner to intermediate instrument. We did not get to try it with an amp when I was with her, but she did play it on an amp at a friends house and called me just thrilled with how it sounded.Bottom line... A good modestly priced uke that performs well and is suitable for a beginner or intermediate player... plus it has the fun option of connecting to an amp

I own a Kala Makala concert size ukulele which cost me $60. This one cost me $37 after a $10 discount. Kadence feels very light to hold in comparison to Makala. In terms of sound, out of the box Makala sounds a bit brighter. But for a beginner the difference is not that much. I am writing this review the very first day I got the Kadence. The new ukulele kept going out of tune repeatedly, but that is expected from a new ukulele. However, in comparison my Makala has rarely gone out of tune since day 1 (and I have the Makala for more than 2 years). The frets have a bit sharp edges. But then again had this been my first ukulele, I may have not noticed this. All in all, this ukulele is quite comparable to a much higher quality Kala Makala. If you are a beginner and want to save money, this ukuele is definitely recommended.Now for the fun part, I changed the stock strings with Aquila Sugar Low G strings (costing $11). As a first timer, it took me quite a while to change the strings and tune the ukulele (about 2 hours). But after switching to higher quality strings with a low G tuning, now my Kadence sounds much better than my Makala with a deeper and more guitar like sound (low G tuning strings do make your ukulele sound more like a guitar in general I believe). So, for an intermediate player I suggest to buy new Aquila strings (regular high G tuning or guitaresque low G tuning - your choice), and then this ukulele will be much more fun to play than some of the higher quality ones. On top of all this you also get to connect this uke to an amplifier (which I have yet to test myself). At this price range and with changed strings, I am very happy with buying this ukulele.

I absolutely love this ukulele. Everything is great. The action on the neck, the sound, the tuner, and the pickup built in sounds surprisingly good. I’d go with a better case for it but it’ll do for now. For the money you can’t beat it. My wife is very happy with it. Myself being a musician and attention to detail on any instrument and sound I highly recommend this for a beginner to even a pro. I bought better strings for it but have been pleased with what came on it. Just stretch the strings out and it’ll adjust within a couple days of playing. The strings were wound perfectly out of the box.

I bought this inexpensive ukulele for my grandson's 7th birthday because of the price, but it's really nice, better than than the price implies. The only flaws are that the fret-wire ends are very slightly sharp and the wiring inside rattles a little when I shake the uke, but not when I play. I can easily fix the fret ends with a fine file. No buzzes, nice strings that look like Aquila Nylgut and probably are, tuning gears are closed and work smoothly. It has a thin solid spruce top, which is comparable to the one on my Kala Traveler Tenor that cost me 10 times as much a few years ago. The build is clean, the trim is neat, there are no side dots but that's okay. The electronics came without a 9v battery. When I installed one, it works great in my little amp. The clip-on tuner had its battery and works fine. If you can get one at this price and are as lucky as I was with quality, go for it. The only glitch I had was that shipping from Texas to California took much longer than Amazon estimated, possibly due to disruption caused by recent storms. I'll add strap buttons and a strap. The gig bag is very thin, just a dust cover really, but I previously purchased a better bag in anticipation.

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First, this instrument does not have a kapo, extra strings, a strap, or picks, as described. However, it does come with a tuner and an unpadded bag/cover. But still a great deal for the sub-$50 price tag.Upon receiving the uke it was in need of a good setup. I immediately removed the terrible strings it came with, added some oil to the fretboard because it was extremely dry, and polished the rough body and neck. (I used Fender fretboard remedy and guitar polish.) Then I installed some new Aquila AQ-4 strings for only $8, which took about 20 minutes...WOW, what a difference!The frets are also very rough despite being rounded, but I didn't have a way to polish them at the moment. Will do it later.I also added the 9-volt battery, which I had to figure out because there is ZERO documentation on what battery to use. When AA and AAA didn't fit, I tried a 9-volt, and it works great. However, the feedback from the amp was terrible until I dialed back the volume on the side of the uke. Now it sounds great with or without using the amp.Overall, I like the uke and it sounds great with the new strings. But be ready to do the items I described above.

Very good for beginners, light weight, very easy to learn chords on, very easy for note progression. I use my ukulele for travel and practice. I love it. I'm checking out more instruments on Amazon. Mines came with tuner and battery for tuner. Just right to get me started back to playing my music.

Very good quality. We have zero complaints. Very happy with my purchase.