Kahuna CLU-Bass Ukulele FL : Very interesting, but...

8 years ago

Firstly, sound-wise this is awesome, very interesting and useful for acoustic gigs or ethnic-jazz stuff.

The hardware is pretty nice, especially the tuners.

But: The fretboard and the finish were almost half-finished, the fretboard was not flat and leveled, the finish was rough and not uniform, the nut was too high, so the first position was out of tune and most importantly, after about 1-2 months the piezo died because of the tension of the strings, when I tune way down the piezo comes back, but in standard tuning it just can't handle the string pressure.

I fixed the fretboard, the finish, the nut, I put flatwounds, installed a guitar pickup in the soundhole and it's way better now, but I wouldn't recommend this instrument and I wouldn't buy it again.

Image Harley Benton Kahuna CLU-Bass Ukulele FL

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2014
  • Average price : $162
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