Kala Brand Music Co., 4-String Ukulele, Natural, Baritone (KA-ZCT-B)

Great quality and sounds nice

I love this baritone. I took a chance and ordered a "good" used instrument from Amazon warehouse deals. It was shipped in a normal Amazon box with a small amount of packing paper so it had some playability issues plus it seemed someone was hard on it then returned it (saddle cracked when tuning, deep gouging on the fretboard, fret corrosion, etc). Even still, the sound was deep, resonant, and beautiful. The action was perfect and frets were decently smooth. The body is glossy but not overproduced and the neck is a lovely satin finish. Just beautiful. I love Kala, especially the ziricote models. It's so hard to buy online, but I think they have pretty good QC and I have been happy with their instruments straight out of the box. I have one of the older Kala ziricote baritones with the blonde sapwood striping but my older model sounds very similar to the entry level KA-BG baritone whereas this new all dark wood ziricote baritone sounds far deeper (though to be fair, sound can vary by individual instrument). I love my sapwood but I also love darker, glossy version (almost black) and I much prefer the deeper/richer sound over my 2020 model. I ended up returning after a professional agreed that the "good" condition wasn't worth the marginally discounted price, but I was very sad about it and I hope I can get another one someday. One thing to note: if you experiment with different strings, you might have to widen the string groove at the nut. I bought Perry's whole octave lower GCEA to use on my Kala 2020 Ziricote baritone, but the 3rd and 4th string grooves were too narrow. I didn't want to widen so it'll stay dGBE, but the Perry's fit fine on my Kala Baritone KA-BG with no alterations needed.

The ukulele is made very well and is one of the best sounding ukuleles I’ve played. The strings that come with it are absolutely terrible. One of my strings had a large cut in them and is borderline snapping. If you buy this ukulele, buy brand new strings as well because you are going to want to change them out ASAP

First off I need to say that the shipping box and materials this Uke comes in was impressive. The shipping box itself was sturdy and arrived dent-free from FedEx. Inside the box there were multiple thick layers of plastic air filled squares that cushioned the smaller Uke box that contained the instrument. The protective packaging inside that box was great too and my Ukulele was scratch-free, shiny, glossy and perfect. No damage at all and mostly still in tune. It plays like a dream and as my first Kala Uke and my first Baritone Uke I am very happy and satisfied with my purchase. Previously my other Uke's have all been Enya's, which are a concert and two tenors. I saw the popular YouTuber, Marco Cirillo, feature this exact Ukulele on his channel and was very impressed. I never considered a Baritone Uke before watching his video on this Uke, but it sounded so nice and looked great I had to have it. This Ukulele is now my every day main instrument as I vastly prefer it over the sound of the concert and tenor ukes.

This is an instrument anyone would be proud to own. If you want to learn the ukulele I don't think you could go wrong purchasing the Kala KA-ZCT-B. The fit and finish are amazing. Ukuleles are relatively inexpensive so there's not a huge barrier to entry to start with this instrument. You can certainly get a less expensive baritone ukulele and I'm sure many are fine. The important issue is whether your instrument will tune and stays in tune. This one will. Also the action, is very good. The action is how close the strings are to the fret board. The Kala is well set up. If you already play the guitar, the baritone ukulele is easy to learn since the notes and chords are exactly the same as the first 4 strings on your guitar. If you're buying this as a gift, especially for a new learner, I can assure you this will be a long lasting and treasured instrument that makes learning enjoyable. I highly recommend the Kala Baritone and would buy it again as well as gift it to anyone I care about.

The color and everything about it is beautiful I have no complaints about my baritone ukulele.

It has excellent tone, excellent action. Too bad it arrived with a cracked neck. It was obviously packed incorrectly. The little triangular guitar box was left to knock around inside an oversized box with no cushioning. There was also damage to both boxes. So the instrument was probably knocked around before it was packaged for shipment. It was shipped from an Amazon warehouse. I highly recommend the purchase of this model but I also recommend a thorough inspection of the instrument especially this area shone in the photos.

Great sounding instrument. Fingerboard is a little damaged. Doesn't affect tone, but I can feel it as I move up the fingerboard.