Kala KA-15S-S Satin Spruce Soprano Ukulele Bundle with Gig Bag, Tuner, Austin Bazaar Instructional DVD, and Polishing Cloth

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 1,422 ratings

Price: 79.99

Last update: 01-17-2025


About this item

The KA-15S comes with a Spruce Top and Mahogany back & sides in a light, natural finish and it maintains its high-quality, affordable, entry-level ukulele.
This Kala Ukulele is best for classroom use, practicing, and acoustic performance.
It also features a beautiful Walnut Fingerboard and Bridge, 12 Brass Frets which make it look more stylish with its ukulele class.
This is the most common size of ukulele, and the smallest, with the shortest scale length and tightest fret spacing – tuned G C E A.
This bundle includes a hard case, tuner, strap, Austin Bazaar instructional DVD, and polishing cloth.

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  • Ram9
    5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than those toy ukuleles found at souvenir shops.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018
    I gotta admit, I never imagined myself playing a ukulele before. A while back we were doing a campfire on the beach and a friend started playing a ukulele. It sounded pretty good and was much easier to carry around than a full size guitar. After doing a little more research I came upon the Kala ka15s ukulele and placed an order for the bundle.
    This is NOT your little toy ukulele that those cheap souvenir shops sell. This one feels like a real instrument and not a toy. The look, feel, and finish of this uke is really nice and good quality. Im glad I didnt choose those no-brand ukuleles.
    Shipping was sooner than expected, so thats nice. As noted by others, the strings take a couple days of playing to break in. All guitars do this, specially with nylon strings. I broke mine in in about 2 days of average playing. Once fully stretched, they hold tune very well. The tuners are pretty good. Ive had better and worse out of guitars so I cant complain there.
    The bundle I chose came with a polish cloth, instructional CD, tuner, and hard case. I havent used the CD as nowadays you can find almost anything on youtube. Having said that, Im glad there is a pretty big following to these instruments so, you can always find what you need online.
    Im not sure exactly why it came with the polish cloth. I guess its nice to dust off the instrument with, but since its in a case most of the time, it hardly gets dusty. I ended up using the cloth for my laptop instead. Still a nice gesture, cant complain about that. It would just be nice to skip the cloth and CD and save a few extra bucks.
    The tuner had me really surprised. I was expecting a really low quality tuner that hardly worked. But after testing it with my snark st-2 and my iphone app, I was really surprised at how accurate it is. It takes the same flat round battery as the snark, and I guess ill find out how long it lasts. You can turn it on and off by pressing the button and holding it for a few seconds. It will also turn off by itself when not in use for a while which is a really nice feature to save the battery. As for the size, I was expecting something really huge and heavy, but its actually almost the same size as the snark. I guess it just seemed larger on the pictures.
    I strongly suggest you spend the extra $10 and get the hard case instead of the soft bag. It makes a world of difference. Unlike most hard cases, this particular one has a cloth like exterior, but the inside is just like any hard case should be. Its a very soft material and has a storage compartment inside. I can fit a capo, tuner, and the case strap inside with extra room for a few more small things. Of course, it probably wont protect the ukulele if you fall on top of the case, but It can definitely protect it from drops or other objects hitting it.
    Overall, I strongly recommend this ukulele bundle for anyone wanting to practice playing it or wanting to try it out.
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    Ram9
    5.0 out of 5 stars Much better than those toy ukuleles found at souvenir shops.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2018
    I gotta admit, I never imagined myself playing a ukulele before. A while back we were doing a campfire on the beach and a friend started playing a ukulele. It sounded pretty good and was much easier to carry around than a full size guitar. After doing a little more research I came upon the Kala ka15s ukulele and placed an order for the bundle.
    This is NOT your little toy ukulele that those cheap souvenir shops sell. This one feels like a real instrument and not a toy. The look, feel, and finish of this uke is really nice and good quality. Im glad I didnt choose those no-brand ukuleles.
    Shipping was sooner than expected, so thats nice. As noted by others, the strings take a couple days of playing to break in. All guitars do this, specially with nylon strings. I broke mine in in about 2 days of average playing. Once fully stretched, they hold tune very well. The tuners are pretty good. Ive had better and worse out of guitars so I cant complain there.
    The bundle I chose came with a polish cloth, instructional CD, tuner, and hard case. I havent used the CD as nowadays you can find almost anything on youtube. Having said that, Im glad there is a pretty big following to these instruments so, you can always find what you need online.
    Im not sure exactly why it came with the polish cloth. I guess its nice to dust off the instrument with, but since its in a case most of the time, it hardly gets dusty. I ended up using the cloth for my laptop instead. Still a nice gesture, cant complain about that. It would just be nice to skip the cloth and CD and save a few extra bucks.
    The tuner had me really surprised. I was expecting a really low quality tuner that hardly worked. But after testing it with my snark st-2 and my iphone app, I was really surprised at how accurate it is. It takes the same flat round battery as the snark, and I guess ill find out how long it lasts. You can turn it on and off by pressing the button and holding it for a few seconds. It will also turn off by itself when not in use for a while which is a really nice feature to save the battery. As for the size, I was expecting something really huge and heavy, but its actually almost the same size as the snark. I guess it just seemed larger on the pictures.
    I strongly suggest you spend the extra $10 and get the hard case instead of the soft bag. It makes a world of difference. Unlike most hard cases, this particular one has a cloth like exterior, but the inside is just like any hard case should be. Its a very soft material and has a storage compartment inside. I can fit a capo, tuner, and the case strap inside with extra room for a few more small things. Of course, it probably wont protect the ukulele if you fall on top of the case, but It can definitely protect it from drops or other objects hitting it.
    Overall, I strongly recommend this ukulele bundle for anyone wanting to practice playing it or wanting to try it out.
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  • James Durbin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Big improvement over her toy ukulele
    Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2024
    My oldest granddaughter has been fooling around with a little plastic toy ukulele for a couple of years. She is a well trained musician and makes some very nice music on her toy uke. She tried my KA-15C and decided that she needed a real uke. This will be a Christmas gift next month. The package deal works out just perfectly, and when I found that it came from Austin Bazaar I felt comfortable ordering it. It arrived last week in pristine condition.

    I have had it out of the case for several days getting the strings stretched so that when she gets it she won't have to go through the process. Another granddaughter has a DA-15S. I can't wait for all three of us to get together and learn some songs together.
  • Heirloom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Quality Low End Uke
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2016
    I only got this bundle because it was cheaper than buying the uke and case separately. I learned uke on my own before buying this, so I will not be reviewing the instructional DVD. I will focus my review specifically on the uke itself as the tuner and case both seem to be of good quality, and the uke is the main point of this whole thing anyway.

    The uke has a nice moderately warm low end with slightly bright treble. The main problems I've noticed in other low end ukes are 1) the low end can be almost nonexistent 2) the machine heads (tuning pegs) and 3) the build quality is usually really poor and feels like it won't last more than a few years. This uke has none of those problems. 1) It has great tone from the low to the high ends. 2) The machine heads keep the strings in tune pretty well, though they're no Grovers (which can easily cost as much as this entire instrument). 3) The build quality seems good and unless I get rich this is the one I expect I'll have for years to come.

    Two points of very modest criticism:
    - The intonation is *slightly* off. My tuner (not the one that comes with this bundle) showed the 12th fret to be off by a few Hz, but it's not terribly noticeable to the ear. This may be fixable if you have a luthier adjust the saddle, but that would probably cost just as much as the uke itself, so don't do that.
    - As seems to be standard on many ukes, it has no strap button. This is easily remedied, however. Strap buttons are cheap and easy to install. This almost isn't a criticism though, as soprano ukes are lightweight enough that it's usually easy to hold them while playing at the same time, and if you're sitting there's no problem whatsoever.

    Lastly, when buying a ukulele or any stringed instrument, please ignore the strings it comes with. When I bought this uke a lot of people seemed to be fixated on the Aquila strings. And, while they're great strings that will make a world of difference and you should definitely get them if you don't have them (or a different preference), that's the absolute easiest thing to replace on any instrument and you're going to have to eventually anyway even if it just sits in your closet as another forgotten hobby. As someone who's been playing stringed instruments for ten years or more I couldn't care less about what strings an instrument comes with and neither should you.

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