Kala Scout Ukulele Bass Review

9.8

This is a great looking U-Bass.  Sound good, look great, fun to play.  Available with frets or fretless.  Highly suggested.

$249.99
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The Kala Scout U-Bass is a Mahogany Acoustic Electric Bass Ukulele that looks and sounds amazing, so we decided to review it amongst our search for best bass ukuleles.  Whether you get the fretted or fretless bass version of the U-Bass, you will have a solid instrument on your hands.

Features:

  • Spalted Maple Top
  • High Quality Maple Back & Sides
  • Fine Mahogany Neck
  • Solid Black Binding
  • Satin Finish that accentuates the Spalted Maple
  • Finger Friendly Rosewood Fingerboard
  • Comes with a gigbag

The Spalted Maple Top has a very cool look that stands out and the Maple back and sides along with the Mahogany neck come together into a fine looking instrument.  There are versions of this bass that are spalted Mango which is similar but not the same as spalted Maple.  The spalted Mango has an orange hue which gives it the name Mango.

The Rosewood fretboard is also a great feature.  The fingerboard is easy to play and has a good finger feel. If you’re both a ukulele and guitar player, you can get that great feel and quality from an even more affordable guitar with the one we feature in our Jasmine S34C review.

The Scout line of U-Basses are from the Kala Brand which continues to provide some of the best consumer and professional music products when it comes to their ukuleles.


 

9.8 Expert Score

Scout Acoustic Electric U-Bass

This Acoustic Electric U-Bass is outstanding and looks spectacular.  The Scout Mahogany Acoustic Electric U-Bass comes in fretted and fretless bass styles.

The wood choices and finishes that Scout has for their U-Basses are beautiful.  The cutaway Mahogany Acoustic Electric Bass has a Spalted Maple Top, Back and Sides, with a Mahogany Neck and Back Binding.

With the Satin Finish and the Rosewood Fretboard, this U-Bass has a stellar look.

The Scout line of U-Basses are from the Kala Brand which continues to provide some of the best consumer and professional music products when it comes to their ukuleles.

Sound
9.7
Build
9.8
Look
10
PROS
  • Beautiful built guitar with exceptional looking spalted maple, maple and mahogany wood.
CONS
  • The gig bag that comes with the Scout U-Bass is a little flimsy.