Kmise Tenor Guitar Review, DEMO and SIDE BY SIDE Comparison to Kmise Baritone Uke: Mari Calfa-DePaul
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I BOUGHT THE OTHER INSTRUMENT IN THE VIDEO
YEARS BEFORE
#kmise #tenorguitar #baritoneukulele
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The kind folks at Kmise were nice enough to send me this new Tenor Guitar. I was excited because there are not a lot of budget tenor guitars out there.
This one is not made in the "traditional" sense because most tenor guitars have a very thin neck. This neck is even about the same width as their baritone ukulele. So, I decided to do a little side by side comparison!
I hope you enjoy the video and find it helpful if you are interested in a steel string instrument. It's a great instrument to learn if you ever wanted to learn 6 string guitar but either from injury or arthritis find the 6 string too hard to play. It's also a great instrument to play various types and genres of music. You can restring and then retune to play like a mandoline or the traditional Tenor guitar tuning of CGDA.
I found it to be very well made and the neck is smooth as silk. No sharp edges and the case is a BIG improvement from the ones they used to ship with their instruments. I bought three kmise products before this one and I can see a vast improvement.
I don't think you can go wrong with this guitar. I do play it in this video but stay tuned for a full song video using this guitar.
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Nice demonstration! Thank you, Maria!
Mervi Tirkkonen awe thanks for watching ! :) glad you liked it
Fantastic ! Answered all my questions!!!
Awesome thanks so much
I bought the cheapest baritone ukulele on Amazon and have tenor Banjo strings on it. I use tenor Banjo instead of tenor guitar because they are scaled a bit longed which gives me more options for tuning(they are brighter as well). I generally tune standard CGDA, but have tuned up to DGCF. Mine has no truss rod and after several years it's still intact. I've been on the market for a new one, preferably one with a truss rod. I'm considering a bass ukulele as well considering they are generally the same scale length as the baritone.
Very cool. I love the baritone size myself ! Enjoy yours and thanks for watching my video ajd commenting :)
Great comparison! Thanks!
Steve's Strings thanks so much !! :)
Very cool comparison. They look very similar but there's a HUGE difference in sound due to the strings and scale. I figured they would be different but honestly... not that different. Wild. This was a really informative video. Well done on all accords. Hopefully it goes viral. :-)
poorness studios thanks so much my friend. I really appreciate it especially the we are both musicians and lovers of all kinds of instruments!! And wouldn’t viral be nice lol. But I won’t hold my breath. Ha ha !😂😜
Thanks for the comparison, I would love to own that tenor guitar cuz it has a nice guitar sounds to it👍❤
thanks so much. I hope you get one too!
Also, I just ordered a kmise baritone ukulele. It's the tiger flame okoume version with the slotted headstock. I'm very excited.
Yeah enjoy!! Kmise makes really nice instruments!
I liked the tenor guitar best. It sounded like the baritone ukulele was slightly out of tune though, but I could be wrong. The tenor guitar was very pretty sounding. It's now on my Christmas list. Thanks for the demonstration.
thanks. I think the bari needs new strings~ because I felt the same after I filmed it...Yes I just made a new video ( yet to be released using it~~ ) I hope you get it for Christmas and I'd love to know how you like it and hear it~ :)
I've been experimenting with high D on my Pono baritone ukulele. Gives it the reentrant sound. I bought Fremont Black Lines tenor to baritone strings for my tenor ukulele. Need to play both for a few weeks.
That’s very cool. I did that with one too. I have to take it out of hiding again lol enjoy yours.
I really want to get one of their tenor guitars...I should not have watched this 😂 Now I REALLY want one! Love Kmise instruments and accessories!
Lucky Uke awe thanks so much. I’m happy you liked it. And aren’t we musicians all enablers. “You know you want it” ha ha. (Psss don’t tell your wife I said that ha ha 😂).
All kidding aside I was really impressed with how they have stepped up their game. The workmanship the case everything is even better. That says a lot about a company !!
Maria Calfa-DePaul ...my most viewed video is a Kmise review from like 3 years ago. It’s a great ukulele and I still have it! When I was doing in person lessons I made a habit of bringing it so the parent or family member could participate. It’s a great uke!
But yeah...I want that tenor guitar bad. In the last couple months I’ve gotten a beautiful new Gretsch guitar, a uBass and two banjos! I think I ought to hold off for a bit 😬😝
Lucky Uke That’s awesome to hear about the kmise video and yeah I really think even now they’re making a better product I mean My first one the edges are a little rough but this one is just like butter it’s really smooth and beautiful and a gig bag is a big improvement. And good luck holding off on getting the tenor guitar it really is a bargain just so you know and the tenor guitar world this is the least expensive one you’re going to get that actually sounds good
The tenor is so much brighter with its steel strings. The ukulele sounds muted and has noticeable nylon strings. I’m going to the guitar this AM to check them both out. I’m open to either but would lean toward the tenor given my druthers. Thanks for the review..
Good luck and thanks for watching.
does anyone know of a tenor guitar that has a nut width close or the same as ukulele?
This is very close !!
Thank you so much for this comparison. Are special strings required to tune the tenor guitar the way you did? (Like the baritone)?
nope! I was able to use the ones that came with it! :) thanks for watching!
@@MariaCalfaDePaul Thanks again Maria!
The strings are intended for fifths tuning (CGDA) but they work fine retuned to DGBE.
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful! But i have a question, can i use 4 bottom strings of an acoustic guitar for this tenor guitar if I'll break my strings?
Hmm you might be able to if you find out the correct gauge
I'm not sure what they are but any luthier will be able to tell you
They use a tool called a caliper
Good luck
@@MariaCalfaDePaul thank you!✨
@@p0cket_pants you're welcome !
I actually just purchased a Recording King Dirty 37 Tenor guitar. It's alot larger then the one you had in the video. What I want to ask you is I also have mine set to D G B E and I'm not to fond of the sound because I actually busted one of the strings right out of the box and restrung the entire guitar with what I believe to be the wrong gage strings. 🤦♀️ I wish I had never done that because now I don't know what strings were on it originally. Can you tell me what strings you would use for that chord setting? Great video also, thank you!
Hey there yeah I actually have the recruiting King and hated the strings they used. To light and I kept pressing them out of tune. So I put on 12’a Daddario
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Great review, too bad they don’t distribute it here in Europe and the shipping cost from USA is more than the cost of the instrument!
Oh darn that is really too bad. Have you tried to contact them ? I thought I heard they do but I could be mistaken. Thanks for watching my videos
@@MariaCalfaDePaul thanks for the suggestion I contacted them from the site kmise.com and they sent me a link to amazon in Italy. So I finally could order it!
@@francescomanfredi awesome!! I'm so happy for you!! yeah !!! :) Enjoy!!
the Kmise ukulele is kinda meh, so-so. i got a Kala baritone brand new for $200 on Reverb, and this thing is solid and beautiful, holds its tuning great, and has unbelievable projection and resonance. i still can't believe it was only $200.
Kala also makes an amazing tenor guitar with the wider nut (38mm, vs the usual 30-32mm small nut of a tenor guitar), solid spruce, also for $200. thing is, it comes in standard tenor tuning, so if you want to tune it Chicago (DGBE, like baritone uke), you have to recut the nut to accommodate the lighter strings.
for the extra $100 or so, i went with Kala. but Kmise is good if you're a very early beginner, or if you want something for a kid to start on.
but if you're an intermediate student, i really suggest Kala. it's just a much more solid instrument.
then later you can get into stuff like Pono, which offers quality instruments starting around $500 or so.
Thanks so much for all the info. I’m sure it will help folks make an educated decision. I do have that Kala and i keep it tuned CGDA and then I have blue ridge which I like very much too. Recently got the REcording King Dirty 30’s series tenor as I wanted to buy something that was a little more knock around then the blue ridge. I like it. The Kmise is a great option for a travel one. It’s so light and the cost is so inexpensive that you could also get as if I with a different set of strings and even make it madolin tuning or open D.
Enjoy your tenors !
What is the nut with of each? Thanks
Sorry I don’t have the baritone anymore. And the tenor is packed away. You might be able to find it on line but I pretty sure that they are the same from what I recall and also they are definitely much wider than your typical tenor guitar. In fact most like the same as all of their baritones.
Good luck and hope that helped a little
The tenor guitar has a sweet sound,lived your comparison 🤠🎸🐾why is it called a guitar it has four strings🤔
Thanks so much. I’m glad you liked the comparison and yes I think it has a sweet sound too. I can’t wait for you to hear the song I recorded. I will be publishing it hopefully Friday :)
And I forgot to mention that it is called a tenor guitar because it has steel strings. The original type of tenor guitars had a very skinny neck and were tuned CGDA. THen other tunings emerged like this one which they call Chicago Tuning. Then some people like to play fiddle tunes and they tune it GDAE ;which is the same tuning as the mandolin and I believe the fiddle. :)
The tenor guitar was originally developed by putting a 4-string tenor banjo neck (23-inch scale, CGDA tuning) on a guitar body. This came about because tenor banjo players were having fewer gig opportunities as band music evolved. The creation of the tenor guitar allowed tenor banjo players to play rhythm guitar without having to learn all new chords for a different tuning.
Steve's Strings Thats really interesting !!! Thanks for sharing that!!
Hello which has better sound? Kmise or hricane? Planning to buy one
I have only played one Hricane; a concert so I can’t speak for their products. However I have bought 3 Kmise ukes and they sent me this tenor and they are all excellent and I wouldn’t hesitate in buying from them. They are well made and affordable Hope that helps. 😊
Thanks! I’ll try Kmise for my first uke then :)
@@marianejadecaramat3710 I don’t think you will be disappointed. Plus they stand behind their instruments!
Like a monarch butterfly and a viceroy butterfly.
Cool !! Thanks for watching !!
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Sadly she crossed the rainbow bridge on March 5,2021 💔😢
What the hey is going on with that dog? Hiccups?
not really sure but sadly we lost her on March 5, 2021. I miss her terribly. She was a wonderful part of our family for almost 19 years. Her 19th birthday would have been May 28, 2021. She almost made it.
@@MariaCalfaDePaul Sorry to hear that. Pets ARE family.
@@Zekla oh thank you and yes she sure was 😢