Distributed in Australia by South Australian based wholesaler Jacaranda Music, the Kala brand have unveiled their USA made range of ukuleles at this year’s NAMM show. Named The Elite series, these ukes are hand built in Kala’s custom shop in California. To begin with, the series will feature three models; Soprano, Concert and Tenor sizes. They feature solid Hawaiian koa tops, back and sides, Honduras mahogany necks, ebony and rosewood fingerboards and bridges, with a bone nut and saddle.
Kala also offer a great range of unique looking and sounding thinline steel guitars with their KA-GTR-SMTS-E (Solid Spruce Top) and KA-GTR-MTS-E (Solid Mahogany Top). Features include:
• Thin performance style cutaway
• Gloss Finish
• Solid Spruce or Solid Mahogany Top
• Mahogany Back and Sides
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Gold Classical Tuners
• 25.5″ Scale Length
• Compensated saddle
• 2.75″ body depth
• 1 5/8″ nut width
• D’Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Guitar Strings
• Shadow Performer Pro EQ with tuner