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Kohola Solid Top Acoustic Electric Ukulele Bass

Real low end. Fits in a gig bag. Plug in and feel the room move.

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Informations sur les tailles

Soprano - Soprano est la plus petite des quatre tailles de corps de ukulélé et est la taille de ukulélé traditionnelle. Le Honu Soprano est parfait pour les enfants qui apprennent le ukulélé ou pour les adultes qui préfèrent le ton plus brillant d'un ukulélé traditionnel.

Concert - Les ukulélés de concert sont actuellement la taille de corps de ukulélé la plus populaire dans le monde. Plus grand qu'un soprano mais plus petit qu'un ténor, un uke de concert est le parfait compromis pour la plupart des musiciens. Cette taille convient à tous les âges, bien que les petits enfants puissent être mieux adaptés à une soprano.

Ténor - Les ukulélés ténor explosent en popularité grâce au son plein et profond produit par leur plus grande taille. Plus grand que le concert, le ténor est idéal pour les adolescents et les adultes qui recherchent le plus de volume de leur ukulélé et un espace supplémentaire pour leurs doigts sur le manche.

Baryton - Comme son nom l'indique, un ukulélé baryton est le son le plus grand et le plus profond de toutes les tailles de ukulélé. Habituellement accordé comme les quatre cordes les plus hautes d'une guitare (DGBE), plutôt que l'accordage GCEA que l'on trouve sur la plupart des uke, un baryton est idéal si vous avez une formation en guitare car vous n'aurez pas à apprendre de nouvelles formes d'accords. Ils sont également très amusants si vous êtes un joueur de ukulélé qui cherche à expérimenter un ton différent.

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Four strings, floor-shaking fundamentals, and one hand to carry it.

Four strings, floor-shaking fundamentals, and one hand to carry it.

The Kohola Ukulele Bass puts genuine bass into a body you can sling over your shoulder. Tuned EADG like a standard bass guitar, with Aquila bass strings that deliver real tone and real feel. This isn't a novelty. Plug it into an amp through the Fishman Kula pickup system and the room fills from the floor up.

A solid acacia top gives it warmth and resonance that carries even unplugged. The 45mm nut width gives your fingers the space bass playing demands. A truss rod keeps the neck stable under the heavier string tension. Same Kohola-series appointments throughout — abalone-style rosette and purfling, maple binding, gold hardware. Every piece of acacia with its own grain, its own look.

For bass players who want something genuinely portable, or ukulele players who've been curious about the low end, this covers both. It's the most fun you can have with four strings at this end of the frequency range.

Full Specs
  • Body Shape - Bass
  • Top Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Body Wood - Acacia
  • Neck - Okoume
  • Fretboard - Solid Rosewood
  • Bridge - Solid Rosewood
  • Nut Width - 45mm
  • Nut and Saddle - Bone
  • Truss Rod - Included
  • Rosette - Artificial Abalone
  • Purfling and Binding - Artificial Abalone Purfling, Maple Binding
  • Finish - Open Pore
  • Tuning Heads - Gold Open Gear
  • Tuning Buttons - Cream
  • Fretboard Inlays - White Dots
  • Bridge Pins - Cream w/ Black Dots
  • Strap Pins - Gold, Heel and Bottom
  • Strings - Aquila
  • Electronics - Fishman Kula Pickup System
  • Scale Length - 514mm (20.25")
  • Gig Bag - 20mm Padded, Included

The Kohola Ukulele Bass puts genuine bass into a body you can sling over your shoulder. Tuned EADG like a standard bass guitar, with Aquila bass strings that deliver real tone and real feel. This isn't a novelty. Plug it into an amp through the Fishman Kula pickup system and the room fills from the floor up.

A solid acacia top gives it warmth and resonance that carries even unplugged. The 45mm nut width gives your fingers the space bass playing demands. A truss rod keeps the neck stable under the heavier string tension. Same Kohola-series appointments throughout — abalone-style rosette and purfling, maple binding, gold hardware. Every piece of acacia with its own grain, its own look.

For bass players who want something genuinely portable, or ukulele players who've been curious about the low end, this covers both. It's the most fun you can have with four strings at this end of the frequency range.

Full Specs
  • Body Shape - Bass
  • Top Wood - Solid Acacia
  • Body Wood - Acacia
  • Neck - Okoume
  • Fretboard - Solid Rosewood
  • Bridge - Solid Rosewood
  • Nut Width - 45mm
  • Nut and Saddle - Bone
  • Truss Rod - Included
  • Rosette - Artificial Abalone
  • Purfling and Binding - Artificial Abalone Purfling, Maple Binding
  • Finish - Open Pore
  • Tuning Heads - Gold Open Gear
  • Tuning Buttons - Cream
  • Fretboard Inlays - White Dots
  • Bridge Pins - Cream w/ Black Dots
  • Strap Pins - Gold, Heel and Bottom
  • Strings - Aquila
  • Electronics - Fishman Kula Pickup System
  • Scale Length - 514mm (20.25")
  • Gig Bag - 20mm Padded, Included
Included with every ukulele

The instrument and the path forward, in one box.

A Honolua ukulele on linen in window light, a tablet beside it playing a Starter Course lesson
Thirty days, and a real person If anything’s off, you email Dave and Dave sorts it out. Not a support ticket, not a queue.
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Free shipping, Canada and the US All ukuleles to your door. No surprises at checkout.
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Personal inspection in Calgary Every instrument checked and adjusted before it ships.
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Five trees planted with every ukulele Solid-top models also plant five kelp in Canadian waters.
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★★★★★

“This thing sounds like it should cost $2,000–$5,000.”

Mary Schneebeli · real review, Judge.me
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Series · Kohola

Honu Laminate
Mano Solid Top
Kohola Deluxe Solid Top
Nalu All-Solid

Fishman Kula pickup

Professional-grade pickup system built for bass frequencies. Plug in and the low end fills a room.

Solid acacia top

Warmth and resonance that carries even unplugged. Every piece of acacia with its own unique grain.

Built for the tension

45mm nut, truss rod, heavier string gauge. Everything about the build accounts for what bass strings demand.

Real bass, portable body

EADG tuning, Aquila bass strings, a body you can carry with one hand. A real bass instrument that fits in a gig bag.

Built to be played

Real instruments, down to the details.

Bone Nut & Saddle

Bone rather than plastic, for more volume, tone, and clarity.

Quality Tuners

More time playing, less time tuning.

Easy Restring Bridge

New strings without the wrestling match, whenever they’re due.

Gig Bag Included

A proper bag in the box, so it travels the day it arrives.

Selected Tonewoods

Wood, never plastic. A warmer tone that gets richer over time.

Checked and adjusted in Calgary before it ships. Thirty days to return it.

Every instrument is played, checked, and adjusted by Dave before it leaves Calgary. Fret ends smoothed, tuners tested, string height confirmed. If it isn’t the right instrument, you have 30 days to send it back. And if anything is ever wrong, you write to Dave and he handles it himself.

★★★★★

“The contact us option is NOT a black hole.”

Deborah McGale · real review, Judge.me
Before you decide

The questions people actually ask us

It can be, but go in with open eyes. This one isn’t in standard ukulele tuning, so the free Starter Course — which teaches standard GCEA — won’t map onto it note for note. Plenty of people start here anyway, especially guitar players, because the chord shapes are ones they already know. If you’re starting from zero with no guitar background, email me before you order and I’ll tell you honestly whether this is the right first instrument.

★★★★★

“She has never played the ukulele before, but has already learned half a dozen songs in only a few days.”

William Cleland

If you’re having any trouble, you reach out to Dave — he’ll help. You have thirty days if it’s not for you. And the honest bit: this one rewards a player who already has some music under their belt, or who’s genuinely drawn to its voice. If that’s you, it earns a spot on the couch arm rather than the closet shelf.

★★★★★

“I purchased the Honolua baritone about 6 months ago. I have played it every day since then.”

Greg Johnston

Every instrument is checked and adjusted in Calgary before it ships, shipping is free across Canada and the US, and if something isn’t right when it arrives, Dave makes it right. Your order is processed through Shopify’s secure checkout — the same platform used by millions of stores worldwide. Hundreds of customers across Canada and the US have ordered this way, and you’re buying from a small Canadian family business that shows up in the ways that matter.

★★★★★

“The website is super helpful for helping you to pick a ukulele as a beginner. The ukulele arrived promptly and looked exactly as advertised.”

Sayde Spiteri-James

Each instrument is designed by Dave in Calgary, manufactured by our factory partner overseas, and then personally checked and adjusted by Dave in Calgary before it ships to you. It’s how we keep a real instrument at a fair price.

★★★★★

“The value for the dollar that this ukulele represents is exceptional.”

Dennis Alfano

Most beginners are happiest on a concert — roomy enough for adult hands, small enough to feel friendly. But hands, arms, and living rooms differ, which is why the Match Quiz asks about you before it suggests anything. One thing worth knowing if you’re drawn to a baritone, a ukulele bass or a guitalele: those are tuned differently, and the free Starter Course teaches standard tuning.

★★★★★

“Am so happy with my decision and the ukulele Honolua’s quiz picked out for me!”

Randy Hutton

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