TOM 23" Solid Top Mahogany Concert Ukulele – Ukelele Beginner Kit Includes Quick Locking Ukulele Strap for Professional, Beginners, Adults & Kids, Deep Resonance with D’Addario Strings (AM5-Concert)

The Tom Am3-T has a solid mahogany top and laminate mahogany back and sides. Laminate means that it’s a sort of thin plywood, with several layers of wood sandwiched together. Laminate is more resilient than solid wood, generally, creating a tougher, more stable instrument. The top is responsible for 90 percent of a ukulele’s tone character, and solid wood, properly done, is the premium standard. The sides and back can color the sound and affect projection, and what is to be hoped for is that laminate sides and back don’t color it with a scratchy, “boxy” sound. Good laminate usually sounds fine, sometimes very good, as is the case with this Tom instrument. The solid wood top is thin, under 2mm; it produces a rich, warm, rounded sound, the kind typical of a traditional ukulele. Low tones are mellow and resonate, high tones are clear and bell-like. Mine came with a good setup – that is, the strings were neither to low --which can create an unpleasant buzzing sound -- or too high, which can render the instrument more difficult to play and make it play out of tune. Mine was neither – it plays great. If you are a beginner, it is much easier and less frustrating to learn on an instrument that plays well. If you are experienced, you appreciate the “action” and intonation. I think it looks really nice -- spare, classic, traditional. It’s a satin finish and nicely done. Mine has a maple rosette around the sound hole, which plays into my tastes, but you can get the AM5-T, which is the same instrument but with abalone. It has side dots on the fretboard. It has two strap buttons and comes with a cool snap-on strap if you prefer to play with one – many players do, especially when standing up. The tuners aren’t awesome, but they work just fine. Premium tuners would probably have bumped this $74 dollar instrument to well above $100. Check out my attached video. It’s recorded with a phone, nothing fancy, but you can still hear it sounds great. On my Instagram or Facebook (@Gregkeyes1) you can hear me playing longer pieces on it. It comes with a very nice padded gig bag, the strap I mentioned, a microfiber cloth for cleaning it, a capo, a few picks, an extra set of strings and a beginner’s guide to playing. If I were a beginner, I would also love to see a tuner included. That would be pretty helpful if I didn’t already have one. You can use a phone app, though, or buy a tuner yourself. This ukulele is a good value. It’s inexpensive, but not cheap.

Well made, even the picks are nice! nice sound, good tutorial so you can play right away

This was given as a gift. The recipient was over joyed . Excellent quality , timely delivery , economical made this an even better choice.

Definitely a beautiful instrument. The sound quality is excellent and tuning is not a problem. I love the fact that it comes with a "goodie pack" of useful things for the ukulele. It's a wonderful instrument.

I had written a negative review about my Tom Ukulele. I was blown away when I was contacted buy them, they were wondering why gave them a bad report. I explained my thoughts. I figured that was the end of it. Then I received another email offering to do what ever they could do to fix my problem. WOW, that was amazing that they cared enough about me to fix everything. I have never been treated that good. If you are looking for a very good quality ukulele I would say get the TOM Ukulele. You cannot go wrong.

quality of uke was very good, issue with strings not strung (unwound from head ) on arrival.

I really like it! My 1st instrument and learning.

Having so much fun with this TOM concert ukulele! The intonation is so good! Well above what you would expect at this price. The D'Addario strings that come on it are very nice and easy to play. Frets are perfect. The voice of this ukulele is great! And it comes with great accessories including a little booklet to get ya started on your ukulele journey. I've been teaching and making videos with it and am very impressed! @Ukulele with Barry