Kala NSL-T REVELATOR - Italian Cypress/Mahogany Tenor Ukulele #37670124 (SUS EXCLUSIVE)

The Revelator design has been successfully passed over to Kala by Pete Howlett, and what a superb job they have done with this, our first Kala Revelator. This tenor sounds every bit as good as one of Pete's, and feels and looks the part too.

Southern Ukulele Store were early adopters of the Revelator and actually played a part in introducing Kala to the design a few years back. To see Kala bring higher output and refinement to this fantastic modern ukulele design has been literal music to our ears.

Pete has always described the Revelator as an 'acoustic anomaly'. Basically, he means that it has no right sounding as good as it does acoustically. If you have never heard a Revelator before you might see the slimline body and assume that there is going to be no acoustic volume or projection. And you wouldn't be more wrong! It is loud, lively and characterful, with a fuller tone than it has a right to make.

In the hand, this tenor ukulele is so light (without ever feeling fragile), because it is not a solid body instrument. The body is routed out before the top is glued to it, so very clever acoustic chambers are created which pump out this supernaturally rich and vibrant sound. And when you plug it in, you'll notice a very high quality sound through the installed passive piezo pickup.

Kala have produced at our request a series of limited edition one off models starting with the ukulele here which has a solid Italian cypress top and high grade Honduran mahogany back and sides. This combination produces the loudest acoustic sound possible from a Revelator with clarity and serious violin like vibrato. The wood looks fantastic, feels like a premium instrument and it sounds even better!

Romeo and I were honoured to be there the day this ukulele was completed in Petaluma, California by Marcos and his team at KALA USA. We chose this wood combination after falling in love with an original Howlett UK made Revelator with a cypress top we had a few years ago.

Specification:
High grade Italian cypress top
Honduran mahogany back and sides
UV cured satin finish
Royal blackwood fretboard and bridge
Corian nut and saddle
36mm nut width
Worth Brown A and E strings
D'Addario wound C and G strings
Passive Piezo pickup
Mother of pearl fretboard and headstock inlay
1.4375 inch body depth
435mm scale length
30mm padded gigbag
Certificate of authenticity