This is a great beginner ukulele for anyone who wants to learn how to play! It sounds great and its made really well and comes with pretty much everything you need to begin for a pretty reasonable price!

As the Kala entry-level brand, Mykala is a fine ukulele for a fair price. The workmanship is good, the mahogany and other materials used seem very good, and the tuners are a little tight but work well. I am told by my ukulele club members that it sounds very good, so I am pleased with the Mykala Baritone ukulele. The bag included in this package is a good fit and looks nice. The other accessories are fine, but the strings provided are not for a Baritone ukulele, so I gave them to a friend with a smaller ukulele.

You will not find a better ukulele at this price... I've had it for 2 years. 3rd set of strings. It gets at least an hours play time every day... it's not my only uke but it's my favorite by far. I get odd comments when I pull it out at a campfire until people hear the sound. Always starts a sing a long...😎

Excellent

I bought the concert sized Ukulele about one year ago. I am a beginner and I thought a Ukulele would be a fun and easy starter instrument to learn, and it IS! The strings do take a week or two to break in and will require tuning often, but after they have stretched with some use they hold tuning pretty well, I rarely have to tune mine now, maybe a slight adjustment once a week, but the tuner that is included does the job well and is easy to use.The construction seems solid and I think the wood has a wonderful look to it. I can strum and chuck to my hearts content without worrying that the thing is going to come apart in my hands. There is one con that some others have mentioned, the small plastic loops around the base of the tuners are loose and will cause an annoying buzz sometimes. You could probably just remove them but I haven't heard it often enough for it to be too much of an issue.The bag seems fine, and I've taken the ukulele on two camping trips (so fun around a campfire) and it's nice to throw over a should when carrying a bunch of gear. I will be investing in a hard case because I've come to love this Uke not only because it's nice but because it has been a joy as my first instrument and I want to keep it safe forever. The DVD and cloth I immediately lost...I'm sure they're fine.Overall, I would definitely recommend this instrument for beginners. Learn 3 or 4 chords and you can play dozens and dozens of songs! Beware though, after you start to get good you may want a more expensive and nicer Uke...or even maybe a Banjolele!

Right out of the package this uklele was exactly what I expected. It's a really handsome instrument, especially for the price. The tuner comes with a battery and works very well. I was worried after reading some reviews about the quality of the strings it came with -- and honestly, I have nothing to complain about. They've stayed in tune astonishingly well.

Awesome instrument - arrived well packed, great case and tuner is great - a big step ahead of tuning by ear from my violin days! Great service - would definitely recommend.

Having this makes me want to play more!

As a music teacher and professional performer for nearly 40 years I've see all kinds and grades of fretted instruments.The Kala brand Pineapple-style soprano uke has cut costs where it matters least (cosmetic flourishes) and put the value where it matters most: Sound quality and playability.As several reviewers have cited in the past, the strings leave something to be desired, but are adequate for any beginner.The main problem with most of these less expensive ukuleles is intonation problems.One thing few reviewers ever mention is the fact that the hardest string to compensate for is the lowest pitched, or third string on a soprano uke. (Compensation means adjustment of the bridge saddle position so each string has an identical pitch when struck while being fretted at the 12th fret as the harmonic produced when struck while being merely touched at the 12th fret.)The 3rd string was out of tune with itself--but that was the only one. With such a short string length and such stretchy material as nylon, if only the 3rd string has faulty compensation then this can practically always be attributed to the strings.But on (for example) the Hohner soprano uke I bought, all strings were out of tune, and no brand of strings will improve it.On the cheapo Makala brand (not this maker's Makala MODEL--the name "makala" is in use by several brands) there is less compensation problem than the pricier Hohner, but it's still there.The Lanakai brand uke I bought sells for a similar price to this Kala brand uke/case/tuner ensemble, and has nicer tuners (but that's not really needed unless a uke's new tuners are actually falling apart--which some cheapos are doing right out of the box). And the Lanakai has basic, simple decorative inlays, and also Nylgut strings.A hard case like the one that comes with this Kala Pineapple package, if bought to protect the Lanakai mentioned above, would set you back at least half the cost of the instrument, as would an electronic tuner. The Lanakai has a more balanced tone in the upper pitch registers, and is slightly louder, but the latter could be due to the higher tension of the Nylgut strings.The clip-on electronic tuner that comes with this Makala Pineapple Uke is great when doing a gig in a noisy club, restaurant or even just at the campfire. A lot of new musicians are unaware that a medium sized restaurant has decibel levels similar to the noise level of a common lawn mower. Without a clip-on tuner, It's nearly impossible to get an instrument in tune without turning up your amp or PA system and treating your audience to a round of "ting-tong, ting-tang, ting-teng, ting-ting" on each string. The tuner that came with this uke even had a new flat mercury-type battery, and the tuner is easy to use, accurate and will work on other instruments (guitars, mandolins, banjos, etc.).I'd rate the quality of the Kala Pineapple tops for its price range, and with this package, with a $35 to $45 hard case, and a $15 to $25 tuner, you're basically getting the uke for free. By the way, the "buffing cloth" is pretty laughable as an accessory in this kit. The beginner's song sheet is enough to get a rank beginner started strumming chords, which is all most uke players ever aspire to anyway.Music teachers: This uke is a great way to get little fingers used to fingering chords that are basically identical to commonly-used guitar chords. We've used it successfully with children as young as three. You can confidently buy a dozen--or a hundred--of these Kala Pineapple Uke kits for use with a classroom full of beginners, though if used for the under-12 set, probably the Makala brand (not Makala MODELS of other brands) with its cheapo all-plywood construction would be a safer investment--you WILL lose a few in a class of 20 or more kids. Teacher's tip: When using with small children, punch or drill a hole in a heavy plectrum and tie a nice, pliable braided-nylon carpenter's chalkline string (available at hardware stores) to it and to the uke head so the creative little angels (who "always" drop the pick into their uke's soundhole) won't run you to death getting it out of the ukes.The Kala KA-MK-P Pineapple-Style soprano uke bundle is definitely the best deal on ukes ever. For those reading this review in the future, this is by far the best deal at this time (April 2013).