Kala KA-AS KS

Just a quick sound sample of one of the Kala sopranos made with koa wood sets purchased from Larrivee guitars. (UAS strikes again!)
It sounded a little flat in C tuning so I tuned it up to D and it sounds lovely. I think I'll leave it tuned that way Recorded on a Zoom H2 with no effects added.
I always wanted a Larrivee uke so I thought this might be the next best thing.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• ukulele
• Kala
• soprano
• koa
• Larrivee

[palinkasp91]

Hi! What's the name of the song that you play at 1:29? Pls. answer!

[phillipsderek]

@palinkasp91 I am playing my own very simple chord melody arrangement of the Hawaiian tune Aloha Oe.

I worked it out by ear and from memory so it is not very accurate.

I have seen various websites with chords and tab for the song.

I don't have any tab or chords written for my version, I just kind of play it by ear when I pick the uke up and it changes slightly every time.

[ukeandgtr]

nice! do you know where kala ukuleles are made in?

and how are they compared to other brands?

[phillipsderek]

Cheers!

I'm pretty sure Kala are made in China (I could be wrong though)

The few that I have played seemed like great value for money.

[fourteentwelve]

Ooh! Watching this is giving me UAS too! That sounds lovely Derek. What a beautiful sounding uke. You must be really happy with it. Are you going to the Melbourne Uke Festival? Would be great to catch up with you there.

[phillipsderek]

Thankyou Michelle!

I am really pleased with it.

I can't make it to Melbourne unfortunately.

I hope you have a great time.

[palinkasp91]

ThX

[phillipsderek]

Thankyou!

This uke seems to fit that category.

[phillipsderek]

The only thing sizzling around here is the summer barbeque!

I used to own a Larrivee parlor guitar and it was a gorgeous instrument.

I have heard that they are fairly particular about the wood they use on their instruments so this uke seemed like the next best thing to owning one made by Larrivee.