Kmise Baritone Ukulele 30 Inch Mahogany Ukelele 4 String Hawaii Guitar Uke G-C-E-A from Kmise

The ukulele is really good. This baritone delivers a solid bass that gives a nice "round" tone overall. Not all baritones will do this. The setup was spot on - the way a good "standard" setup should be. However, I play with a light touch and desire a really low action. I filed the nut down somewhat and adjusted the truss rod - for me, it now plays like "butter." Which brings me to the feature that sold me - the truss rod. You don't often find them on ukuleles. On a baritone the need is even greater. Without a truss rod, if your neck ever gets a bow in it, say from weather or elements, fixing it can get expensive. I found the truss rod to be very effective. I would add, that if you are not experienced filing a nut or adjusting a truss rod, you must have a technician do it for you. This uke has a natural finish, not much shine at all. You can however, get a shine - it just takes some elbow grease. I just used a guitar polish and soft cloth and paper towel - expect to spend some time. This of course, is purely a matter of taste. Check with a technician to make sure the polish you use will not affect the tone. This is a great little instrument - a better player than those costing more.

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 IUnique 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.

Great entry level baritone! I purchased this from amazon, and did not realize it ships from China because the seller was named "kimse-us" so I assumed it would be in a warehouse in the United States. So it took 3 weeks to get to here. But that was the only con. I selected this baritone because it was half the cost of the other baritones out there, and I didn't want to spend a lot because I am an avid tenor ukulele player and I wasn't sure if I'd like playing baritone. It turns out that I love playing this baritone. One thing that I thought was odd when I first tuned it is that it was strung with a high D on top, which doesn't give the traditional baritone feel, it made it sound like a tenor ukulele in a different tune. To remedy this, it was very easy to re-string just the top string to a wound low D that you can get at the local music store. The baritone string packs are good, but I also recommend, for half the price of baritone strings, nylon classical guitar strings which have all you need with the wound low D, just simply disregard 2 of the 6 strings that the pack comes with. One other thing is that the action was too high, but again, as an entry level baritone, you can't beat the price.UPDATE: I was having difficulties with buzzing because the action was so high (i.e. the strings were too high above the frets), and it wasn't as fun to play because my fingers were having to work extra hard coming up high off the fret board to grab the strings and pull them down to play chords. I decided to remedy this, and it was a very easy fix! I simply loosened all the strings and slid a small hardcover book (about 3/4 inch high) under the strings, so that they were not pushing down on the nut/saddle anymore. After that, the bone (which I think is just a white piece of plastic) slid right out from under the strings. I held the top of the bone with pliers (vise-grips) and sanded the bottom of the bone down about half of its original height (I used an electric handheld sander for speed, but a sheet of sandpaper will work too). I then slid the bone back into place and tightened the strings over it to secure it. Now the bone just barely peaks out above the rosewood saddle that holds it in place. The process took only 5 minutes and it worked great! This cheap uke now has about the same action as my $200 Oscar Schmidt Uke! Much more enjoyable to play now!