KmiseConcert Ukulele Uke Acoustic Hawaiian Guitar 23 Inch 18 Frets Mahagany With Ukelele Bag and Tuner

Beautiful, unique solid spruce top concert ukulele with laser design etchings of wheat and water fowl.The sound is strong and good. Absolutely Awesome ukulele.After a week of play, it sounds even better and stays in tune quite well.I am so pleasantly surprised that the Ukulele came with two strap buttonsinstalled, although that was not mentioned in the specs. Makes this a great value. Even better than expected.This ukulele is a gift to myself tocelebrate and reward myself for my twoyear ukulele anniversary of practisingself-taught to play ukulelewith assistance of YouTube tutorials. I am quite pleased with this ukulele. I lovelooking at it and playing it.Note: Sorry that the lighting in my apartment or cell phone camera makes the color of the spruce wood look more appricot than yellow.

This is the second ukulele I’ve purchase from this company, their other brand name being aklot, and I’m not disappointed in the slightest.This ukulele is very well made. It’s got a solid spruce top, which gives it a nice crisp sound, and mohogany back and sides. The soundhole is a cool flower shape, which doesn’t seem to affect the sound at all if you’re concerned about that. When you look into the inside, it’s very clean with no glue spots or anything like that. The top has a nice laser etched design with flowers and fairies. It’s also got a nice white with black striped binding around the body.The neck is very smooth, and the fret edges are filed down nice and smooth too. It comes with some decent sealed geared tuners, and fitted with some Aquila strings. Also it has a really nice action on it already, which is rare to find on a uke straight out of the box. Even much more expensive ukes usually need a set up done on them to get a nice height on the nut and saddle. This one comes pretty perfect already. Of course I should note that like any stringed instrument, the strings will need to stretch and be tuned constantly for the first few days before they’ll stay in tune.So all in all, there’s no reason for me to not recommend this ukulele to anyone, beginner or seasoned player. I have only a couple nitpicky complaints, one is that there are no side fret markers. Another is that the other uke I bought from them has strap buttons, this one does not, and being the odd shape of the soundhole it is something I’d hope to see on this. And lastly, the kmise logo on the headstock is/was coming up around the edges right out of the box. None of these things affect its playability so I still give it a solid 5 star rating.After the strings have settled a bit more I’ll load up a short video for a sound sample.

I am so excited about this ukulele! It has such a natural yet unique look. Right out the box it only took a little tweaking to tune it up to GCEA. It was set up and ready to go.I love the sound hole on this. It's petal/flower shaped, and gives it great sound. As a woman I love having this feminine touch! The fairy and floral designs are burned into the wood giving it a very natural feel. No peeling of stickers or designs in the future!It has a solid wood fretboard and the tuning knobs are made out of a metallic plastic. All of the hardware and details are a silver/chrome color. Including nicely laid "Kmise" branding at the top. The finish on the body is a warm toned satin smooth grain. Very pleasant to hold and lightweight. When played along side another concert Uke that has a higher price tag, the sounds were rich and very comparable.Overall I'd absolutely recommend this to both a beginner, or seasoned player. Would also make a great gift. I'm excited to hang her on my wall! She's much too pretty to live in a gig bag.I'll name her Ferngully after the 90's movie. Has a very fairy in the forest vibe. Rock on, you won't be disappointed!

My review of the Kmise 23 inch concert ukulele. The box from UPS was a little beat up on the outside with very little packing on the inside I am surprised there was no damage to the ukulele. To Start,on the headstock it has the Kmise Logo which is basically just a decal, the tuners are sealed and with plastic knobs,the fret board it self It’s made out of Rosewood with marking dots on the fifth seventh 10th and 12th fret and also on the side in the same positions,The Frets are sharp and unfinished. The string height was very good and very playable. The face is made of spruce and the sides and back are mahogany. There is a lazer Etching on the face of fairies and a vine. There are no electronics in this model. There is no bag or accessories with this model. The sound is very good I would give it a five star rating if it was not for the sharp Frets.For the price this ukulele is a good value,and with Christmas coming would be a good Christmas present for the young or beginning ukulele player in your family.

Tuners good, sound good, workmanship good, intonation good. The SOLID spruce top has 20 growth rings per inch which is pretty good.update after 7 months of playing: I still love it. I should have mentioned it came with side dots and top dots at fret 5, 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, and has 18 frets, I got the cheapest Kmise and it came unfinished on the spruce. That played fine but I thought over time it might get dirty or scratched so I smeared Wipe on Polyurethane by Minwax on it and it came out great. A spray can finish is probably even easier. I also rounded off any rough areas on the bridge and keyboard edge just like I did to 2 other brands of Uke I bought (Ulumac, Uma) so the Kmise is just as nice as those except no finish on the spruce which some players like the sound of. I couldn't notice any sound difference between finished and unfinished but being spruce makes a big difference over mahogany but everyone has different preferences. I also put a stick-on pick guard for a few dollars to protect it. I can't help mentioning I put Worth Low G Brown Flourocarbon strings (which look black) and love those too. They took 2 months to get stable but now rarely need tuning.