KO-T Kine'O Tenor Ukulele

For a $60 Tenor Ukulele - you have to tone down your expectations. Here's the Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:GOOD:Nice tuners - smooth action, geared tunersNice tone - for an inexpensive box this thing sounds pretty good.Mahogany construction - looks like mostly (if not all) solid wood.Decent neckNice color & appearance if you don't look too close.Light weightBAD:Comes with inexpensive nylon strings... You will want to change these out soon.Painted wooden fretboard - it will wear down.Upper intonation - has some "proud" frets further up the neck that kill the string. 1st 9-10 frets are decently playable.UGLYThe finish work leaves a good bit to be desired. Incomplete sanding, nicks on edges & sound-hole, rough places on top, waist & back.Bottom Line:I am a guitar guy and own some really nice instruments. I bought this with a gift card from my son as a birthday present. It is fun to play and keeps its tuning ok (once the strings finished stretching out). Even with the cheap strings it has a nice tone. This is not really a performance instrument - but worthy of consideration if you want a playable tenor ukulele for low cost. I compared it with a 60 year-old Harmony Baritone Uke. Though not as warm as the vintage instrument - this one sounded fairly decent.

When I received this item it came with a piece of paper that said "NO RETURNS". Well, I didn't want to return the instrument because I wanted to play it. But then I tuned it and it untuned itself almost instantly. I tightened the pegs, and it still untuned itself. Well.... now I am stuck with a ukulele that needs to be tuned every few minutes. Between uses (a day), it can go down an an entire octave while resting.I looked up reviews for this ukulele online and did not see this complaints in general, so I am guessing it is a hit or miss as to if you will get a working one, but buy it from a seller that will take it back. Also, everyone I read said to get a new set of strings, and I agree. They are cheap.

good tenor for a starter. strings took time to stretch so i was constantly tuning for a while but holds great tune now, frets were a little rough and had some dings on the body, looks like someone tried to cover it up with a marker. but overall it sounds great and its fun to play

I am a new ukulele player. This ukulele is perfect for me even though I realize it is not a high quality instrument , it is just right for me. Thanks, Byron Hicks

Love this Uke! I have to retune everytime I play it, but that is normal of most ukes I've picked up. The sound is great, it's well put together, and has stood up to being dropped by my nephew a few times. Definitely recommend!

I love to play it. It sounds good and looks nice

I wanted to start playing the ukulele and this is my first one. I think its a great piece for beginners.

I won't come up as a verified purchaser because I didn't get mine from here, but the photos should confirm that I do indeed own one.I have to say, as a wood worker with 30+ years experience, that I am pretty impressed with the build quality for a budget piece; little things like the lining, a build up that the top, bottom and sides are glued to, are pre-formed pieces instead of the cheaper flexible kerfed strip you see on budget instruments. Some reviews have said that the body is made from a laminated material, maybe a earlier generation was, I dont know; the Kohala site seems to say that what is offered is solid wood and, having shone a bright light through the back and sides to look for evidence of laminated construction, I would have to agree that what I have is indeed solid wood.The manufacture calls it "Eastern Mahogany", yeah, there aint no such animal; its kind of like how they call farm raised salmon "Atlantic Salmon". Eastern Mahogany is an exotic nick-name for Nato wood, which is fine; its used by other name brands for their instruments too.I purchased this second hand after buying one of the Lohanu Ukulele kits here on Amazon; I wanted a second tenor sized uke to have set up with a low G string. I like this one better than the Lohanu; craftmanship is much better.The Lohanu is prettier and has some nicer components, the enclosed geared tuners, bone saddle and bridge (the ones on this one are plastic) plus the Lohanu has fancy laser engraving around the sound hole (instead of a decal) and zebra wood bottom and sides (laminated though); this one with its uninspiring plain satin brown finish cant hold a candle to its looks, but the Lohanu isn't made nearly as well. I am very disappointed in that one. Moral of the story: don't be drawn in by what's pretty.This one has a nicer action, the space between the strings and fret board, even with brand new tight strings I can easily make clear tones while I fumble around learning to play. The Lohanu has a higher action and it is downright painful pressing down on the strings to play chords, especially ones using the first fret.Both have a rosewood fret board (again, maybe an earlier versions was painted) and bridge. The fret board on my new Lohanu has obvious saw blade marks that should have been sanded smooth and the bridge has a more rough rustic look. In contrast, on this one, they're clean and smooth like you would expect from a more expensive instrument..Some reviews I read recommended replacing the strings. I think they came stock with GHS Hawaiian black nylon strings. They don't have much tension; they're easy to wiggle from side to side, but they don't really sound horrible; play them until they need to be changed. People rave about and think that you should only put Aquila Nylgut strings on your ukes, and Aquila is a good quality string, but not my favorite. I put on mine a set by Living Waters and, man, what a difference it made, a beautiful full and mellow sound.Truth be told, I much more enjoy learning and strumming on this older plain-jane uke than my new pretty one.If you find one in decent shape and at a good price, give it a shot. It may not have all the fancy trimmings (and, really, you can replace most of those later on if you want) but where it matters: playability and sound, it's a winner.Happy strumming.

Hat zwar etwas gedauert bis sie geliefert wurde (ca 8 Wochen), das Warten hat sich aber gelohnt, Verarbeitung und Sound sind echt gut!Auch der Verkäufer war sehr nett und hat mich auf dem laufenden gehalten warum es zu den Lieferverzögerungen gekommen ist.

The uke was flat on one string when arrived so I had to repair it myself