Kmise, 4-String Ukulele, Right, Spruce Top Mahogany Back Side (MI2306)

Edit to add: I see this is currently unavailable and unknown if it will return. I hope someone from Kmise sees this comment: this is a great Uke for the price, I really hope Kmise starts making it again. This is a very nice instrument. I've seen some lower ratings for this but from people who aren't familiar with ukuleles. First the "broken chipped " saddle. It's a compensated saddle this is actually a desired feature and helps with tone, it's intentional not broken. When you get any string instrument they are down tuned to keep pressure off the neck during shipment. There are cheap tuners and free apps you can use to tune your instrument. This isn't a flaw but is done to protecting the instrument. When you get it it has standard uke strings on it, I admit this is annoying, however when buying a stringed instrument you're going to want to replace strings anyway, there's no way to tell how old the installed ones are so it's ideal to start fresh. Baritone strings are less than $10 and are often on sale. It wouldn't hurt to get two sets in case you break a string. If you're unsure how to restring a uke there's a lot of videos on YouTube that are helpful. Also please bear in mind newer strings don't stay in tune. They stretch a lot. Once they settle in, usually after a day or two you're still going to have to tune before you play. Weather and temperature really affect string instruments, it's annoying buy normal. I have a soprano kmise and love it. It was used off ebay and it's great, that's why I decided to get this Baritone. I got this yesterday and have already swapped the strings out and the strings are definitely settling in. I tried very unsuccessfully to play guitar, taking lessons and all and it wasn't going well. My hands are pretty small so the bigger fretboard was quit difficult. I picked up a concert (a Ranch) and soprano ukulele (the kmise) and was much more successful so I figured I'd give this a shot. It's tuned DGBE when you get true baritone strings so I can play it like a guitar but the chords are simpler because you're not fretting six strings. Also with this if you put a capo on the fifth fret you can play it like a soprano, concert or tenor. I hope if you're getting discouraged with guitar you see this and it's helpful. If you don't get this specific uke at least consider another baritone before giving up. I will update if my opinion changes but after having the soprano for as long as I have and with nothing but good things to say about that one I doubt I'll have anything to add.

I’ve bought 6 kmise brand ukes; a concert, a tenor, and 4 8-string tenor Ukes.— now their Baritone Uke. The workmanship and quality of each has been exceptional. Normally I’ve played guitar and banjo for over 60 years owned a music store and owned Martin, Taylor, Gibson, Yamaha, Goya and other guitars and Deering and Vega Banjoes. So I do know string instrument quality. I’m almost 90 years old and have some painful arthritis in my hands— so my playing technique has devolved into something that I had to overcome. My solution is to tune the Ukes to an open tuning. Either G Chord or C Chord; allowing me to use 1 finger barre chords and a lot of sliding to the requisite following chords. In C I tuned my Tenor and tenor 8 strings and baritone Uke 4th string to a low G, 3rd to C, 2nd to an E, and 1st to a higher G. It’s a full sound and I can finger pick it banjo style or strum or both. I love these Kmise Ukes. They are beautifully finished and have a I Unique sound. The price is unbelievable low. And all the tuner machine head have a 1:18 ratio— allowing for greater accuracy than normal 1:15. Yes, sadly they are made in China but now many main stream instruments are also made there—. MY ADVICE? Buy them now. Well worth the money or even triple the money. You can witness the playing results on YouTube search BlairandJacquelineAdams— for numerous sample clips for free.

I purchased the Spruce and Rosewood version of this baritone ukulele. This is my first baritone, so I'm not sure how it stacks up to others of this size, but I'm experienced playing Sopranos, Concerts, and Tenors. Upon tuning it up and playing, I was pleasantly surprised by the richer, bassier tone of the larger body. It sounds very nice, and there were no obvious intonation issues that I noticed. The original aquila strings don't sound bad, but I replaced the stock strings with a set of D'Addario Titanium Baritone Ukulele strings. The wound strings give this uke a much more full 'guitar' like sound. If you see my attached pictures of the fingerboard (the ones where I'm deliberately spreading the strings out) you may see that the wound strings are actually filing down the frets where pressed. I noticed this when I saw little metal flecks all over the fingerboard after playing. So while these frets are totally fine for nylon strings, the fret wire is too cheap to play with metal wound strings (without flattening the frets that is..). Which brings me to my next point, the frets do not appear to be installed with great care. There are pretty obvious filing marks on the ends of the frets that were never polished up. A few of them seem to be a half, possibly a whole milimeter off of the fretboard, and may possibly need to be tapped back into place in the future. That being said, the manufacturer DID make the effort to ensure that there were no sharp edges or burrs that could do any hand damage along any of the frets. The nut of the instrument is not glued or lacquered in place at all. It floats freely, and is only held down by the tension of the strings. If you see my picture of the nut, you can see how it gets pulled away from the fingerboard during tuning with wound strings. Be cautious if you see this happening to your instrument, because you don't want to put too much uneven pressure on the nut, which could cause a chip or break in the bone. I'll probably end up using some kind of wood adhesive to secure the nut in place myself at a later date. The body of the instrument is beautiful, I love the pattern of the Rosewood on the back, and the spruce top looks very attractive with the inlay around the soundhole (aside from a tiny part of it that appears to have been cut a little outside the diameter of the inlay ring). The sides look to be Rosewood as well, though I've found two spots on the side of the instrument that have 'bubbling'. If you see my attached picture of the siding where I have made red circles to highlight (as best as my camera is able to) the two 'bubbled' spots. I can press these bubbled spots down with my fingernail and they pop back up into place, so this leads me to believe that the Rosewood might actually just be a veneer over some other kind of solid wood, which certainly would not surprise me at this price range ($59.99 at the time of writing). The back of the instrument at the very end near the strap peg has a 1-2" long scratch in the Rosewood exposing unfinished wood (or the solid under wood if it really is just a veneer). Some of the fingerboard inlays aren't perfectly circular, but these are all very small details you probably wouldn't even notice without deliberately looking for them. I was deliberately looking for flaws and defects like these when checking over the instrument. With all of this being said, it is a beautiful ukulele and it sounds awesome. I would absolutely buy this again, or recommend it to a friend. Just be aware that this uke's price is somewhat reflected in the craftsmanship and attention to detail. Overall, you really get a nice instrument for the modest $60 price tag. The only reason I took a star off is because of the cheap fret wire. I don't like having tiny metal fragments on my fingerboard or on my fingers, and I think that the manufacturer should consider making their future instruments with real brass or stainless steel fret wire to prevent this.

i bought this uke as a stopgap while i waited for a replacement for a much more expensive instrument, from another manufacturer, that had arrived damaged. i thought, “it’s such a good price that, even if it doesn’t sound great, it’ll do for practice.” i honestly wish i’d just bought this one in the first place. the matte finish is lovely, the tone is sweet, and the strings are fabulous and held a tune practically right out of the box (seriously, i’m not kidding—i’ve only had to adjust the tuning once in almost 2 weeks). i only have 2 little quibbles: first, the frets are sharp and need to be dressed (but the wood was quite dry when it arrived, so i’m waiting to see whether humidifying will make the fretboard swell to its correct proportions); and second, the sound hole placement is slightly ‘eccentric,’ by which i mean off-centre (it doesn’t affect the sound, and the neck is equally eccentric and lines up with it perfectly). i would wholeheartedly recommend this uke.

I wanted to check out the baritone Ukulele,but I wasnt prepared to spend a lot.. This ukulele was not only reasonably priced.. it turned out to be good quality too.. It has great action, wonderful sound, the neck is smooth to move up and down... I would definitly reccomend this to anyone wanting to check out the baritone uke. I did change out the strings from GCEA to GBDE .. makes it an even warmer sounding instrument.

！コスパはAAAランクです。 接着剤のはみ出しも無く仕上げも綺麗なので愛着がわきます。 届いたばかりなので楽しみはこれからですが、安定したピッチで低価格の弦楽器にありがちなふらつきやうねる様な共鳴も感じませんでした。 深い胴鳴りにはまだまだですが、ボディがアーチドバックで計算された造りになっていると思うので期待出来ます。今のところ音量が控えめな分、私のような初心者が集合住宅等で練習するには最適だしスキルアップと楽器自体の成長も同時に見込んでいるのでしょうか... トラスロッドが入っておりますが、中国から世界中へ配送しているので環境の変化に対応出来るように...と長く使える様に...という配慮であろうかと思いました。 面白いのがバリトンでは珍しく4弦にhigh-D(high-G...？)が張られているので5カポA tunningでソプラノ曲の練習もいけます。 指先にトゲ程度に感じるフレットのバリが残っていますが、目の細かいヤスリか小さな砥石で磨けば問題解消します。 以前、1万円台のウクレレで刃物の様なバリが残っていた事がありますが数年で工作精度が向上していると実感しました。

見た目 弾き心地 良い感じです ただ何故か3弦だけがビビってしまい 原因がわかりません 弾いているうちに直ればよいのですが その後3.4弦を金属製の巻き弦セットに交換しました あまり気にならない様になりました。２本めのスプルース単板モデルは 紛れもなく単板です 引き込むほど音が良くなる事の期待が出来ます サイドバックのローズ合板 美しいです ５つ星付けます オクメ モデル 2ヶ月使用の感想追加です フレット ネック共に ローD巻き弦セットに十分耐える強度有ります ウクレレの場合 軟らか目フレットや テンションに耐え難いネック トップ材 有る中 ギター同等の強度が有ると思います 以前購入したC社製品はすぐに4弦が当たるところが磨り減ってしまいました アルミのフレットなのでしょうか？ この製品はニッケルだと思います。 その他 トップ スプルース単板 サイドバック マホガニー モデル 、オール マホガニー モデルもあり 余裕の有る方 4本揃えるのも良いかも。 他に ソプラノ コンサート テナー と所有してますが バリトンの良さを 知りました もっと早くてにいれるべきでした 最もこの製品に出会うまでは 高価な物しかなく 試しに買うには と言う感じでした 色々な弦も有るようで 張り替えの楽しみもあります

This thing is amazing. It even has an adjustable trust rod that gets the action and intonation bang on. It's super light but also heavy duty. And how smooth the rugged wood grain is satisfies me to hold it feel it and look at it. For the sound, it sounds really clear and balanced. But it's also loud and not any buzz or dead spots. The bridge is carved with care so that deffinatly helps alot eith the intonation. I'm satisfied bot just for my money but just as an instrument alone. I'd recommend this to a beginner because it will last a mature handling without killing the bank but will serve a great tool to enjoy learning on and add it to any instrument collection.