Kiwaya KTS-7 Solid Exotic Mahogany Soprano Ukulele made in Japan

£1,199.00 £999.17

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Left Handed? If the uke is a 5 or 6 string, or it has a cutaway, personal soundhole or preamp panel then we cannot convert left handed.

Convert my Ukulele to left handed please

Fit a Low G string (Soprano/Concert/Tenor size in GCEA tuning only)

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Fremont Squeakless Flatwound Low G (recommended) + £5.99 (Excl. Tax: £4.99)
D'Addario J4504 Polished Flatwound Low G (recommended) + £7.00 (Excl. Tax: £5.83)
Worth Clear Plain Unwound Fluorocarbon Low G + £6.50 (Excl. Tax: £5.42)
Worth Brown Plain Unwound Fluorocarbon Low G + £6.50 (Excl. Tax: £5.42)
Aquila 16U Wire Wound Low G string + £4.29 (Excl. Tax: £3.57)
Uke Logic 42C Hard Tension Clear Fluorcarbon Low G + £6.99 (Excl. Tax: £5.82)

Fit a strap button to the bottom bout - check listing to see if it comes with one first

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Chrome + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Black + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Gold + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Match it to the hardware + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)

Fit a Strap button to the heel joint of the neck - check listing to see if if comes with one first

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Chrome + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Black + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Gold + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)
Match it to the hardware + £5.00 (Excl. Tax: £4.17)

Fit a Piezo Pickup - do not select if the uke already has one factory fitted. Not suitable for banjoleles.

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MiSi Rechargeable Active pickup (recommended) + £179.00 (Excl. Tax: £149.17)
Fishman Pro Passive pickup + £120.00 (Excl. Tax: £100.00)

Full setup, including adjustment of frets, saddle and nut is included. If you have specific instructions regarding the action of your uke, please tell us here:

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Details

This solid exotic mahogany Kiwaya soprano ukulele sound and looks fantastic. Kiwaya ukuleles are built as light as possible for tone and projection, and modelled on the vintage Martin models. The craftsmen in Japan pay close attention to details such as intonation, action, playability and cosmetic appearance.

The result is extraordinary. This vintage vibed soprano ukulele sings with a volume and clarity that is astonishing, but with that lovely warmth of mahogany. Beginning in 2018 this model has received some upgrades of real note. The fingerboard and bridge are now ebony and the strings are now a much more vibrant sounding clear fluorocarbon.

This really is the top end of the Kiwaya KTS artist range. It has the looks, the sound, the feel, the finish...it is so fabulously characterful but precise at the same time that it makes playing it an absolute doddle, with huge and gratifying rewards!

Up close, they are stunning, and display the same chatoyancy that you normally associate with quarter sawn and bookmatched Koa. Every time you change your viewing angle, the holographic grain seems to change pattern! It was very hard to photograph :-) This one is a particularly lovely sounding one as well, with a wonderful pattern of harmonics in the strumming sound, which you normally only get with the choicest cuts of Honduran mahogany.

Specification:
Solid Honduran Mahogany body
Ebony fingerboard and bridge
Gotoh planetary geared tuners
Bone nut and saddle
17 frets
Made in Japan
Matte finish
Fremont blackline strings
35mm nut width
No case is included.

Pictures show an average example.