Instrument Type: 4-string baritone acoustic ukulele
Neck Specifications: Solid mahogany neck with a comfortable standard profile, internal adjustable truss rod, and smooth satin finish
Body Material: Solid North American cedar top, laminated acacia back and sides, real rosewood binding, head-turning abalone rosette, and mirror-like high-gloss polyurethane finish
Pickup Configuration: None (traditional pure acoustic operation)
Hardware & Bridge: Rosewood bridge with Graph Tech NuBone saddle, a 43mm PPS nut, and lightweight black Graph Tech Ratio rear-facing geared tuning machines
Scale & Nut Width: Expanded 20.0625-inch (510mm) baritone scale length, 1.5-inch (38mm) nut width, and 18 silver-nickel frets on a rosewood fretboard with top and side markers
The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built on Kala's fully redesigned baritone architecture, the deep soundbox geometry maximizes internal air volume to deliver a warm, rich, guitar-like acoustic baseline with immense low-end resonance. The body layout optimizes overall weight distribution, keeping the lower bout stable whether performing seated or standing on stage. Protecting the perimeter joints, premium rosewood binding frames the high-gloss body shell, reinforcing structural seams against sudden shifts in environmental climate while outlining a clean visual border accented by a natural abalone soundhole rosette.
Shifting cleanly away from conventional lightweight instrument boundaries, the mahogany neck houses an advanced internal adjustable truss rod matrix. While traditional standard ukuleles lack internal structural metal reinforcements, this functional rod gives audio technicians and musicians the power to dial out uninvited neck relief with pinpoint accuracy, counteracting heavy string pulls or seasonal humidity fluctuations. The neck core features a fast satin polyurethane finish that contrasts nicely against the glossy body shell, eliminating hand drag. This core carries an 18-fret rosewood fingerboard, embedded with crisp position markers at the 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets to ensure fast, error-free fretboard tracking in dim backstage environments.
The body architecture utilizes a solid North American cedar soundboard finished in a brilliant high-gloss coat, paired with resonant acacia back and sides. Renowned for its immediate touch responsiveness and soft, lush tone, the solid cedar top is specifically optimized for fingerstylists, delivering a warm acoustic footprint stacked with rich harmonic sustain and natural, loud projection out of the box. The acacia back and sides complement this by tightening mid-range frequencies, providing all the structural balance and crisp articulation needed to slice through a dense live mix without introducing muddy sub-frequency crowding. This pure acoustic design lacks invasive onboard preamps, letting the wood vibrate with total acoustic efficiency during raw studio microphone tracking.
The tuning infrastructure relies on a premium set of lightweight, black Graph Tech Ratio tuning machines mounted onto a standard profile headstock. These specialized rear-facing keys deploy a unique internal multi-ratio gear layout (6:1) calibrated specifically to match individual string core weights, allowing for lightning-fast pitch adjustments and rock-solid tuning stability right out of the case. Strung from the factory with premium Aquila Super Nylgut strings, the instrument utilizes a traditional four-string layout set to a deep linear D-G-B-E baritone tuning configuration featuring a low-D tuning footprint. This setup optimizes string tension across the 20.0625-inch scale, establishing a flat, balanced picking response that translates individual performance dynamics into organic analog tracking files with flawless tracking precision.
Instrument Type: 4-string baritone acoustic ukulele
Neck Specifications: Solid mahogany neck with a comfortable standard profile, internal adjustable truss rod, and smooth satin finish
Body Material: Solid North American cedar top, laminated acacia back and sides, real rosewood binding, head-turning abalone rosette, and mirror-like high-gloss polyurethane finish
Pickup Configuration: None (traditional pure acoustic operation)
Hardware & Bridge: Rosewood bridge with Graph Tech NuBone saddle, a 43mm PPS nut, and lightweight black Graph Tech Ratio rear-facing geared tuning machines
Scale & Nut Width: Expanded 20.0625-inch (510mm) baritone scale length, 1.5-inch (38mm) nut width, and 18 silver-nickel frets on a rosewood fretboard with top and side markers
The physical foundation of this model bridges vintage tracking comfort with elite performance tolerances. Built on Kala's fully redesigned baritone architecture, the deep soundbox geometry maximizes internal air volume to deliver a warm, rich, guitar-like acoustic baseline with immense low-end resonance. The body layout optimizes overall weight distribution, keeping the lower bout stable whether performing seated or standing on stage. Protecting the perimeter joints, premium rosewood binding frames the high-gloss body shell, reinforcing structural seams against sudden shifts in environmental climate while outlining a clean visual border accented by a natural abalone soundhole rosette.
Shifting cleanly away from conventional lightweight instrument boundaries, the mahogany neck houses an advanced internal adjustable truss rod matrix. While traditional standard ukuleles lack internal structural metal reinforcements, this functional rod gives audio technicians and musicians the power to dial out uninvited neck relief with pinpoint accuracy, counteracting heavy string pulls or seasonal humidity fluctuations. The neck core features a fast satin polyurethane finish that contrasts nicely against the glossy body shell, eliminating hand drag. This core carries an 18-fret rosewood fingerboard, embedded with crisp position markers at the 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets to ensure fast, error-free fretboard tracking in dim backstage environments.
The body architecture utilizes a solid North American cedar soundboard finished in a brilliant high-gloss coat, paired with resonant acacia back and sides. Renowned for its immediate touch responsiveness and soft, lush tone, the solid cedar top is specifically optimized for fingerstylists, delivering a warm acoustic footprint stacked with rich harmonic sustain and natural, loud projection out of the box. The acacia back and sides complement this by tightening mid-range frequencies, providing all the structural balance and crisp articulation needed to slice through a dense live mix without introducing muddy sub-frequency crowding. This pure acoustic design lacks invasive onboard preamps, letting the wood vibrate with total acoustic efficiency during raw studio microphone tracking.
The tuning infrastructure relies on a premium set of lightweight, black Graph Tech Ratio tuning machines mounted onto a standard profile headstock. These specialized rear-facing keys deploy a unique internal multi-ratio gear layout (6:1) calibrated specifically to match individual string core weights, allowing for lightning-fast pitch adjustments and rock-solid tuning stability right out of the case. Strung from the factory with premium Aquila Super Nylgut strings, the instrument utilizes a traditional four-string layout set to a deep linear D-G-B-E baritone tuning configuration featuring a low-D tuning footprint. This setup optimizes string tension across the 20.0625-inch scale, establishing a flat, balanced picking response that translates individual performance dynamics into organic analog tracking files with flawless tracking precision.
