I received mine the other day.
[b]I really like the instrument[/b], apart from these little[b] details to be improved:[/b][list=1]
[*][b]The strings from factory do are sticky[/b]. I hope the Aquilas are better than them.
(do you know the brand of the originals?)
[*][b]The instrument body has sharpy, unfinished edges[/b]. So you have to sand them (not a huge problem though!)
[*][b]it is not very confortable for the forearm [/b](as it happens with my electro-acoustic bass guitar).
I think the solution could be a wooden rest for the forearm (more on that [url="http://www.guitarbench.com/2008/07/17/guitar-armrests-part-1-after-market-armests/"]here[/url] ).
[*][b]At first moments the "tunning" button worked. Not now[/b]. Hopefully the tuner does not work now but the instrument sounds connected.
Maybe it is something purely mechanic at the same button, so sooner or later I will try to get out to try to solve it.
[*][b]I don't like the batteries used,[/b] I would have preferred standard ones, not buttons.
Of course, It would have needed 4 AAAs to achieve the 6V I think it needs
[*][b]It lacks a place to rest the thumb [/b](as happens with this kind of instruments) Ok, you can rest it at the end of the fretboard,
but it is not the best position for the 4th string.
[url="http://bassbuddy.net/"]Something like this[/url] or [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/kala_u_bass_thumbrests.htm"]this[/url] could be a solution, provided it sticks to the instrument instead of being screwed.
Kalas have the same trouble though, that's why they sell them apart.
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[b]But overall, I am pretty satisfied[/b]. It seems [b]sturdy[/b], it is very [b]cheap[/b] and , having chosed a fretless one for a change,
it has new possibilities I had not at my other basses. [b]I like its sound, close to a contrabass, but also a little synthetic.[/b]
Forget about calling it "ukulele": it is something between a 1/2 to a 3/4 guitar size. Bigger than kalas,
so it can be played at home alone with acoustic sound only and it is enough. Not with other people, of course.
BTW, all them[b] seem to be gone at thomann site[/b] again. Not even in catalogue.