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Kala Solid Body 4-String U•BASS
A solid-body electric bass ukulele (U•BASS) with an okoume body, maple neck, 23.5-inch scale and a passive split-coil pickup, made by Kala. It is offered fretted or fretless and in left-handed versions.
in production Bass · 4-string
Specifications
| Type | Bass |
|---|---|
| Strings | 4-string |
| Scale | Bass |
| Top | Okoume |
| Back and sides | Okoume |
| Neck | Maple |
| Fingerboard | Laurel |
| Frets | 22 |
| Nut width (mm) | 41.3 |
| Pickup | Passive split-coil pickup |
| Controls | Volume, Tone |
| Finishes | Sunburst, Jet Black, Candy Apple Red, Pale Pink, Powder Blue, Sweet Cream, Surf Blue, Surf Green, Paisley Orange Burst, Floral Black Burst, Jet Black with Black, Mint, Pearloid or Tortoiseshell pickguard, Fretless Sunburst, Fretless Sweet Cream |
| Price | $369 street (2026-11-02) |
Restated from the maker's page (or the retailer page named below) as read on 2026-11-02. The price is the figure shown on that page that day; it will have moved.
Not on the page
- specs taken from the Sunburst Fretted page (UBASS-SB-TB-FS); other finishes were not opened and may differ
- finish list taken from product titles in Kala's catalogue data; some were out of stock
- price applies to Sunburst Fretted; Paisley Orange Burst and Floral Black Burst list at 449 USD and the left-handed Jet Black at 249 USD
- cutaway not listed
- output jack not listed
- tuning not listed
- year introduced not listed
- nut width converted from 1.625 in
- the name 'SUB' does not appear on the page
- price is the kalabrand.com store price; the page does not label it MSRP
Sources
- Kala product page (kalabrand.com). Read 2026-11-02. Covers: body, neck, electronics, price, status.
- Kala catalogue data (kalabrand.com products.json). Read 2026-11-02. Covers: strings, finishes, status.
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