2020s Kmise KMU31TG Tenor Guitar

These are cheap -- $99 new right now on Amazon with a gigbag. The fella who dropped it off brought it in a good hard case, however, with tweed on the outside so I'll gave it priced in the shop at the price of its case.

For a $99 instrument, how is it? Well, the sound is a bit thin but passable and certainly more than good enough to find-out if you want to play tenor guitar -- but the factory setup was truly terrible. With a restring and some adjustments, it plays spot-on and serves just fine. It also, actually, has a pretty nice look -- it's basic but clean in the old, 1930s-style, Hawaiian-uke-looking format.

I've currently got it tuned CGDA standard but it can restring/retune to anything else as desired. "Celtic" GDAE tuning sounds not so hot on it, mind you.

Repairs included: setup and adjustments.


Weight: 1 lb 14 oz

Scale length: 21 1/2"

Nut width: 1 1/2"

Neck shape: medium C

Board radius: flat

Body width: 10 1/4"

Body depth: 3 1/8"


Top wood: ply mahogany

Back & sides wood: ply mahogany

Bracing type: x

Bridge: rosewood or similar

Fretboard: rosewood or similar

Neck wood: mahogany

Action height at 12th fret:
bass 1/16” overall (fast, spot-on)
String gauges: 32w, 20w, 13, 9 for CGDA

Truss rod: adjustable

Neck relief: straight

Fret style: medium-narrow


Condition notes: it's basically new but may have light scritchy-scratch here and there that I'm just not seeing.


It comes with: a newer hard tweed-style case ($80 value).


Consignor tag: JW















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